Civil servant, tourism promoter.
Born around 1916, he worked in the hotel industry and the Manitoba Travel and Tourism Association. He was an Executive Assistant for the 1967 Canadian and 1970 Manitoba centennial celebrations. He then joined the Attorney General’s Department as Director of Lotteries and Gaming Licensing Board until he retired. He served a five-year term as Secretary for the Board of Review. He loved golf, sang, played piano and organ, and was a member of the Sturgeon Creek United Church.
On 20 December 1941, he married Victoria May “Vickie” Plaster (1921-2008) at Winnipeg and they subsequently had three children: Darolyn Donna Decker (1942-2021, wife of Gilbert Jack Borsa), Robert Morley Decker, and Donald Bruce Decker.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 3 February 2003.
Marriage registration [Samuel Morley Decker, Victoria May Plaster], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 2003.
“They will never be forgotten” by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2003, page A6.
Obituary [Victoria May Decker], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 February 2008.
Obituary [Darolyn Donna Borsa], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 October 2021.
This page was prepared by Ian Stewart.
Page revised: 9 August 2026
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