Joseph Dewey Deckard

Joseph Dewey Deckard, 90, of Hobe Sound, Florida, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015, surrounded by his loving children and family. Dewey Deckard was an active member of the Hobe Sound Bible Church. Dewey and his wife, Barbara, moved to Hobe Sound in 1967 to put their children in Hobe Sound Christian Academy and to help expand the printing business at Hobe Sound Bible College.

Dewey Deckard was preceded in death by his loving wife of 65 years, ‘the sweetest little girl in the whole wide world”, Barbara Colleen Sowders Deckard, on December 25, 2014. He is survived by his five children Timothy Joseph Deckard (Linda), Melissa Faith Cook (Gene), Joshua Wesley Deckard (Vicki), Angela Elizabeth Mitry (Nagy), and Lydia Michele Wilson (Ralph), all of Hobe Sound with the exception of Angela Mitry residing in Sydney, Australia. Nine grandchildren, Sheryln Deckard, Joseph B. Deckard, Emily McGuire, Amber Deckard, Amanda Bailey, Timothy Mitry, Justin W. Deckard, Melody Mitry and Madison Wilson. Four great-grandchildren, Allegra Ruggerio, Bryanna Ruggerio, Taylor Deckard, and Aryiah Deckard. Tony Ruggerio and Gracie McGuire preceded great-grandpa in death.

Dewey was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Nora Deckard, two brothers, Sanford A. Deckard and Charles Deckard, and two sisters, Goldie Strange and Mary Belle Neal.

A visitation will be held Wednesday, May 20th from 6-8 PM at Aycock-Riverside Funeral and Cremation Center, 1112 Military Trail in Jupiter. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 21st at 1 PM, at Hobe Sound Bible Church. Interment will follow at Riverside Memorial Park in Tequesta.

“He gave life. It was beautiful. He gave death, I trust him.”