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Harold R. "Hal" Decker

1929 - 2018

BORN

1929

DIED

2018

Harold Decker Obituary

was born on June 30, 1929 in Albany, New York. Hal went to be with the Lord peacefully at home, in his bed, with his loving wife, Peggy, by his side. Hal is survived by 4 children, 6 grandchildren, a niece, and a nephew. Hal was an engineer and brilliant man with many God given talents - an instrument rated pilot, avid sailor, and a patent holder for his numerous inventions. His favorite phrase was "I am what I am by the Grace of God." Hal requested donations be made to Whiskers and Paws of Oviedo and K9s for Warriors as he loved animals.

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Published by Orlando Sentinel on Apr. 8, 2018.

Memories and Condolences
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38 Entries

Peggy Decker

June 30, 2025

Precious Husband, remembering the day that you came into this world. Thanking the good Lord that He blessed me with the gift of being your wife. I miss you and know that one day, I will see you again.

Peggy Decker

April 2, 2025

Precious husband, it is difficult to believe that seven years have passed since God called you home. Thank you for taking good care of me while you were here on earth. I miss you and take comfort that one day, when the Lord calls me home, we will be praising Him together again. I love you Dear.

Peggy Decker

June 27, 2024

Precious husband,
As your earthly birthday approaches, it is hard to believe that six years have passed since you went home. I miss you so and look forward to the day when we are both worshipping God together in Heaven. I love you and it was an honor to be your wife.

Peggy Decker

April 2, 2024

Precious husband, it is hard to believe that six years have already passed since you went home to be with Jesus. I look forward to the day that, I too, will be absent from the body and present with our Lord and Saviour, and in your presence one more. I miss you so.

Peggy Decker

June 30, 2023

Dearest husband, remembering you on your earthly birthday, and knowing that you are safely in the arms of Jesus. I love you and I miss you. It was an honor to be your wife.

Peggy Decker

April 2, 2023

Remembering you and missing you dearest husband . God blessed me with you. I know that when my time comes and He calls me home , we will be praising and worshiping Him together.

Pam and Bob Colligan

April 4, 2022

You are in our thoughts and prayers. We miss him too.

Marina Fantinel

April 3, 2022

Peggy, thinking of you and sending you love. May the beautiful memories give you strength and peace. Your friend who always remembers you.

Peggy Decker

April 2, 2022

Precious Husband,
I can´t even imagine your joy now in the presence of our Lord. I will miss you until God calls me home.

Peggy Decker

April 2, 2021

Precious Husband,
Will miss you till I see you again. Rest easy in the presence of the Lord.

Peggy Decker

April 2, 2020

Precious husband, it is hard to believe that two years have passed since your going Home to our Lord. I miss you so much. Going through this without you is so difficult, but I am so happy that this is not something that you had to endure. I will miss you until the day that we are reunited. Until that day, God will strengthen me and be with me every day as I navigate my life without you.

December 18, 2019

Howie and Andrea,
Thank you so much for that precious picture with Hal and aunt Marie. I wanted to go to that party so badly, but at the time we had four pets A large dog and three cats. We had no one who could take care of them, and we both agreed that we did not want to board them. So I stayed home and cared for them so that your uncle could go. I don't know how you can privately send me your phone number, so if you could think of any way to do that please let me know.
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Yes, my husband was a very special man. Although I miss him terribly ,I know he is with the Lord and his family who preceded him in passing. If it's any consolation to you, he passed very peacefully with a smile on his face. I did my very best to take good care of him till the very end. He was so appreciative of anything and everything that I did for him. I miss him so and will always miss him until I see him again when I am called Home.

Love,

Peggy

Harold & my mom, Marie (10/10/2004)

Howard & Andrea Richburg

December 17, 2019

Peg, I just stumbled across Harold's obituary. I'm so, so sorry for your loss.

We have been trying to send you a Christmas Card every since relocating to Florida in 2013 but it was returned as undeliverable each year. I decided to see if a little research on the internet might turn up your new address but instead I was shocked to learn Harold has gone home to the Lord.

Please share our condolences with your family, Harold was a very special man.

The attached pick is when Harold flew up to NY to attend his Uncle Frank's 90th birthday party. They have all been reunited again.

Love,
Howie & Andrea

Marina Fantinel

November 24, 2019

My condolences Peggy, for you and your whole family.

Happy birthday precious husband. You are restored in Heaven. So proud to have been your wife here on earth. Until God calls me home anand we meet

Peggy

June 30, 2018

Joann Decker

May 17, 2018

My heartfelt condolences to Leslie, Dan, Cathy & Barbara. You were fortunate to have shared in your Dad's life for such a long time. May God hold you in his hands and comfort you. Harold now has peace.

Missing you so much but know we will see each other when God calls me home

Peggy

May 3, 2018

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May 2, 2018

Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Decker family

Steve Tischler

April 16, 2018

Rest In Peace Grandpa Decker.
I will never forget the times we talked and played billiards together at family gatherings.
Love you

Loving niece Pam sent this to me, along with heart necklace engraved with both of our names. Love and miss you with all of my heart.

Peggy Decker

April 16, 2018

My precious husband, it was an honor to care for you, to be able to show you the depth of my love for you. You finished the race strong !

Peggy Decker

April 14, 2018

April 12, 2018

Time flies when you are having fun! Hal lived a vibrant, full, long and a charmed life. RIP

Frankie Morrone Jr

Gary O'Brien

April 11, 2018

First, I want to say I am very sad that my grandfather has passed away. I love you and I will always cherish the moments I have spent with my grandfather such as; our all day motorcycle trips to Daytona Bike Week, our family gatherings just sitting around talking and making everyone laugh, just stopping by his house to check on him and say hello, occasionally a simple phone call to see how he is doing, helping him with building materials for the new house he just built. I wish I would of been able to have had more time with my grandfather while I was growing up but he was a very successful man. Not to many people in this world can say they have achieved what he did as a business man. Until we meet again, Grandpa.

SILENT TEAR

Just close your eyes and you will see
All the memories that you have of me
Just sit and relax and you will find
I'm really still there inside your mind

Don't cry for me now I'm gone
For I am in the land of song
There is no pain, there is no fear
So dry away that silent tear

Don't think of me in the dark and cold
For here I am, no longer old
I'm in the place that's filled with love
Known to you all, as "up above"

Love your Grandson, Gary

Christopher Rigsby

April 10, 2018

Rest in Peace Grandpa Decker! Thank you for bringing Stacy and I to the circus when we were kids, it's one of the best memories I have of us spending time together!
Love,
Chris

Cathy Ratcliff

April 10, 2018

Dearest cousin Peggy,
My deepest sympathy over your loss. Hal loved your dearly as you did him. So enjoyed spending time with you and Hal on our visits to Florida. There are no words to ease your pain. I know your faith I God will get you through this until the time you are together again. God Bless You. Love you sweet girl, Cathy

Paul Decker

April 9, 2018

First I want to say thank you for your kindness and generosity for my Grandfather. His children are hurt in many ways right now.

For Grandpa.. My father, (Dan) and myself (Paul) got in the plane and flew to Clearwater to check on the sail boat. I'm 6 years old and sitting on Dad's lap. The fact that both steering wheels did the same thing made me curious to feel what Grandpa was doing exactly,lol. I am met with a stinging hand followed by do not touch that when your grandpa is flying. Grandpa says "Dan" it's fine with a chuckle. Still with a stinging hand, sitting on the lap of the cause of this pain now says. Paul it's okay. I am stone as to not even acknowledge that I was being addressed sitting with my arms crossed they both start laughing seemingly out of control and how mad I must be.

I love that memory and sharing that story with friends and family. Nothing tops camping with the four Decker boy's and Grandpa not waterproofing his army tent he and Dad are in. Murphy made sure to explain that law as the sky dropped every drop of water it had soaking them and everything they had with them. Our trip to Target to grab emergency clothes and tarp etc. How they looked like a wet cat. White t shirt with my father's chest visable and how much I enjoyed the stories and light hearted time together.

I'm sorry for the long comment. It has been hard to put feelings to words with this.

April 9, 2018

Hal Decker was a brilliant business man. I always enjoyed listening to his stories and learned a great deal from him. I will miss him. My prayers are with his family.
Kay Whitehouse

Joe Ginsburgh

April 9, 2018

It was with great sadness that I heard of my uncle's passing. It brought back a flood of memories from so many years ago. Hal was my kinda my family folk hero. He moved from the Albany region when I was very young. He was my father's 2nd youngest brother and the stories of this successes came coming back from Florida on a regular bases. He was a brilliant man, truly the definition of the WWII enpterpeur, no task to hard or challenge to great. He seemed to succeed at them all. What a great encourager to myself and so many others. These last years were a difficult for Hal. So many serious health issues. His primary desire was to remain at home for as long as he could. Thanks to the many self sacrifices made by Peggy he was able to achieve that. I wish to personally give praise to Peggy for those many years of extraordinary efforts.
My condolences to Peggy & the family ,the world has lost a great man that accomplished much.
Uncle Harold; you will always be remembered by me for so many things. See you on the other side.
Your nephew
Joe Ginsburgh & my wife Cindy
Rainbow Lake, N.Y.

Pamela Colligan

April 9, 2018

Uncle Harold was my Dad's younger brother. I always remembered he was a brilliant businessman, an entrepreneur and a wonderful Uncle. When my Dad died suddenly in Florida at the age of 53 Uncle Harold called and said he would handle everything. I was devastated and it was a big relief. He came to New York at least once a month for over a year. He was so compassionate and helpful. I will never forget it. He asked me to look after Grandma now since my Dad couldn't anymore. I did that until the day she died. I personally cannot say enough good things about my Uncle. I was so happy when he married Peggy. I know they loved each other very much. She took such good care of him until the day he died.

Bob and I send our sincere condolences to Peggy and the family.

Stacy, Dave, Noah & Ella Blake

April 9, 2018

It was an honor to have known Hal. Cookie is surely resting comfortably in his lap in Heaven.
Hugs!

Diane & L Headrick

April 8, 2018

We are so honored to have met Hal. We were always impressed by his intelligence and accomplishments. I will always regret not having enough time to interview him about his professional history to preserve for posterity. He always loved the animals, too, so his furry family was no doubt happy to see him again. Our heartfelt condolences, Peggy. You did everything to comfort him and let him pass on his own terms. God bless.

Priscilla Espinoza

April 8, 2018

Hi Peggy, So sorry you lost Hal as I know how much you cared for him and he for you! My sympathy for you and his children and extended loved ones! You will see him again!

Love Priscilla Espinoza

Pam & Bud Whetzel

April 8, 2018

RIP Dear Hal. God Bless you forever.

Richard Manchester

April 8, 2018

Hal was always a very gracious patient and treated this homecare nurse with love and respect.His great sense of humor was on display with every visit.This nurse will surely miss this very special man.

Peggy Decker

April 8, 2018

My precious husband....I will miss you until I see you again. Absent from the body, present with the Lord. Still miss your physical presence but know you are with our Lord and Savior.

April 8, 2018

Pam Whetzel

April 8, 2018

May God Rest His Soul. He is now in the house with our father The Lord with no pain just happiness. Prayers and caring thoughts are for his wife Peggy.

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