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Surrounded by his loving family, on September 13, 2011. Age 84. Of Brooklawn. Formerly of Philadelphia. Devoted husband of 63 years to Mary T. (nee Solen). Loving father of Ginny DeLong (Bill), Joan Barton (Joseph) and Fred Decker. Cherished grandfather of the late Joseph Raymond, Jesse, Christian and Lauren and great-grandfather of Ashlee and Olivia Nicole. Predeceased by his sisters Caroline Boyle and Catherine Ayrer and his brother, Frederick F. Decker.

Ray proudly served our Country in the U.S. Army. He retired after 40 years as a Supervisor of Operations for Tidewater Grain Co. in Philadelphia. He worked 12 years as an Orthopaedic Technician for DeLong-Born Orthopaedic Associates in Haddonfield. Ray was one of the founding parishioners of St. Maurice R.C. Church where he served as a Eucharistic Minister and was also involved in the Holy Name Society at the church. He was also a Eucharistic Minister at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Ocean City. Ray was a member of the Brooklawn American Legion Post # 72, Lamont Social Club in Philadelphia and Past President of the Belles of Saint Mary’s Drum and Bugle Corps in Gloucester City. 

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Monday evening from 6 to 8 PM and again on Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 AM at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday at 10 AM at St. Joachim Parish: Saint Maurice R.C. Church: 401 Community Road (at U.S. Route 130 South), Brooklawn. Interment with U.S. Army Honors in New Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. Family requests memorial donations to Discovery House Ministries: 106 Vesper Ave., Westmont, NJ 08108-2438 or to Temple Lung Center c/o Temple University School of Medicine: 3500 N. Broad St., 11^th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19140.  Please write in the memo: Raymond J. Decker. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of Raymond J. Decker. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Ph: 856-456-1142

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