Obituary

Loretta Mae Decker Hall-Loomis, 57, formerly of Burrton, died Tuesday, March 25, 1977 at her hhome in Newton. She was born October 19, 1939 at Burrton, the daughter of Clayton and Waynita Jantz Decker. A longtime resident of Newwton, she was an LPN at Bethel Deaconess Hospital from 1975 to 1991. From 1991 to the present, she was a Registered Nurse at Newton Medical Center. She attended the Newton Bible Church.

On October 27, 1957, she married Donald L. Hall at Whitewater. He died June 16, 1967. On January 3, 1969, she married Gerald W. Loomis at Newton. They were divorced in 1984.

Survivors: mother of Newton, three sons, Braadley S., Goessel; Todd M., Newton and Craig L., Clearwater; two daughters, Stephanie R. Regier, Goessel and Faith M. Loomis of Newton; two brothers, Larry Decker, Clearwater and Toy Decker, Wichita; three grandchildren and one step grandchild.

Services were held Friday, March 21, at the Newton Bible Church with Ted Veer presiding. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.