In 1923, Shirley was born in Beaver County, PA. She moved to San Diego, CA with her family in 1935. In 1941, she graduated from Hoover High School. That same year, she began her nurse’s training at San Diego County Hospital under the Cadet Corps Nursing Program. Upon completion of training, she served at Hoff General Army Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA.
In 1942, she married Dutch (Vernon) Decker, who served in the United States Marine Corps and then the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater.
Following the war, they bought property in La Mesa, CA where they built their family home. She continued to live there and raise their 3 children after Dutch’s passing in 1958. During this time, she volunteered in the church nursery and was known as Grandma Shirley. In later years, she returned to nursing as an RN. Shirley remained in the home until her passing.
Shirley leaves behind her loving children, son David Decker of La Mesa, CA, daughter Carol Stamos of Centralia, WA and daughter Heidi Allingham of La Mesa, CA. She is also survived by her grandchildren Greta Butler, Kirsten Decker, Corrie Decker, Tim Morfitt, Vicki Hessenflow, Nicholas Stamos, Carlos Stamos, Rose Sullivan, Peter Benker and Rachel Allingham, as well as her sister, Rosa Lee McKay, brother, Donald Plympton, and many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She is predeceased by her husband Vernon (Dutch) Decker, her parents Donald and Enid (Steele) Plympton and her sister, Patricia (Plympton) Williams.
Interment will be at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA.
In leu of flowers, donations can be made to Sharp Hospice in memory of Shirley Decker at give.sharp.com
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