Helen Ann (Houston) Decker, 89, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2018 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, following a long illness. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, she then resided in Convent Station, before settling in her summer home in Monmouth Beach, where she has lived for the past 20 years.
She was predeceased by her parents, Robert S. and Helen L. (Engel) Houston; her husband, Kenneth M. Decker, Sr.; her brothers, Edward K. and Robert E. Houston; and her sisters-in-law, Sue and Joan Houston. Surviving are her two daughters and sons-in law, Kathryn M. Decker-Scheetz and Thomas and Anne C. Bogner and Joseph, all of Monmouth Beach; her son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth M. Decker, Jr. and Linda of Far Hills; her four grandchildren, J. Matthew Bogner and Danielle of West Long Branch, Elizabeth A. Bogner of Monmouth Beach, K.M. Jake Decker of Far Hills, and Helen Ann D. Scheetz of New York City; and her three great-grandchildren, Francesca and James Bogner and Nicodemus Bogner-Booth.