21. Venora Katherine Stephens was born on May 22 1890 in Missouri. Venora Katherine is listed in a Family Group Record, prepared by Patricia Hudson Stephens, Westminster, Colorado. She is also listed in the 1905 Census of Galena, Kansas as being 14 years old. She died in May 1973 in Illinois. Venora's death date is according to the Social Security Death index. Venora is listed as Mrs. C.E. Decker of Normal, Illinois in the obituary of her brother Rev. Thaddeus Stephens. Her Husband Charles E. Decker was a professor at Normal University.
Charles
E. Decker was born on Dec 31 1887 in New Hampton, Iowa. He was a in 1942
in Normal, Mclean County, Illinois. Charles was a professor at Normal University
(presently Illinois State University). He died in Apr 1963 in Illinois. Charles'
death date is according to the Social Security Death index. Charles was a student
at Aurora College and also was the Editor in Chief of the campus newsletter Pharos.
He then went on to become a teacher at his alma-mater. He later lived with
his family in Eureka, Illinois. Venora Katherine Stephens and Charles E. Decker
had the following children:
31 i.
Chuckie Decker was born on Oct 13 1921 in Illinois. He died in Dec 1974
in Illinois.