Individual Details
Melvin Walter Decious
(27 Aug 1915 - 30 Mar 1997)
Events
| Birth | 27 Aug 1915 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Residence | 1920 | Fairview, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1925 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Greenfield Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Same House | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Martelle, Greenfield Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Military | 4 Feb 1943 | Camp Dodge, Polk, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Death | 30 Mar 1997 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Obituary | 31 Mar 1997 | Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Doris L. Jahnke (1923 - 1992) |
| Child | Paul Decious (1948 - ) |
| Child | Lynn Allen Decious (1951 - ) |
| Father | Walter C. Decious (1891 - 1972) |
| Mother | Lydia Ann Richard (1896 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Thelma Pearl Decious (1920 - 2016) |
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M814-8VQ : accessed 29 July 2019), Melvin W Decious in household of Walter C Decious, Fairview, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing ED 65, sheet 6B, line 67, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 495; FHL microfilm 1,820,495..
2. "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQC-QG6J : 16 March 2018), Melven Decious in household of Walter Decious, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,429,396..
3. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJG-14M : accessed 29 July 2019), Melvin W Decious in household of Walter C Decious, Greenfield, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1B, line 60, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 662; FHL microfilm 2,340,397..
4. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMYX-D4G : 27 July 2019), Melvin Decious in household of Walter Decious, Martelle, Greenfield Township, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-7, sheet 1A, line 32, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1172..
5. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMYX-D4G : 27 July 2019), Melvin Decious in household of Walter Decious, Martelle, Greenfield Township, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-7, sheet 1A, line 32, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1172..
6. "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PF-KR1 : 5 December 2014), Melvin W Decious, enlisted 04 Feb 1943, Cp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland..
7. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRT-C9N6 : accessed 29 July 2019), Melvin Decious, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 31 Mar 1997; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Gazette, The, born-digital text. .
8. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23Y-H5VZ : 7 June 2016), Melvin W. Decious, 1997; Burial, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States of America, Cedar Memorial Park; citing record ID 158201751, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
9. "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMB-PXNQ : 15 September 2015), Melvin W. Decious, died 1997; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States..