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Mrs. Doris Naa
Lamiley Asherker Decker passes on
Audrey Quaye
April 29, 2016
Dear Onukpai and Anyemimei,
The sad passage of Mrs. Doris Naa Lamiley Asherker
Decker (nee Nylander) of the OAA 1950 Year Group has
been announced in Accra. Mrs. Decker passed away on
Friday, April 15th, 2016 in Accra.
Mrs. Doris
Decker worked for the Ghana Library Board as a
Librarian. Her late parents are the Hon. C. T.
Nylander, Ghana's Education Minister during the First
Republic, and Mrs. Nylander (nee Nuno) who were
prominent members of Accra society.
The late
Mrs. Doris Decker is survived by her children:
Stephen Decker, Michael Sonny Decker (UK), Mrs. Caroline
Otoo (Bank of Ghana), Francis Decker (Orica Ghana, Ltd);
her siblings: Mrs. Hannah Evans-Lutterodt, Mrs. Naa Choi
Ocquaye, Mrs. Iris Mensa-Annan, and Mr. Ladikpo (Ladi)
Nylander; grandchildren, cousins, nephews, nieces, and
grandnephews and grandnieces.
Funeral arrangments
are as follows:
Laying in State: Thursday, May
5th, 2016 from 4:00 am to 8:00 am at her residence - Hse
No B25713, Oblogo Rd, Lartebiokoshie, Accra. (There will
be no wake.)
Funeral and Memorial Service:
Thursday, May 5th, 2016 from 9:00 am at the Cathedral
Church of the Most Holy Trinity, High Street, Accra
Burial: Thursday, May 5th, 2016 at the Gethsemane
Memorial Gardens, Shiashie, East Legon
Final
Funeral Rites: following burial at the Barclays Bank
Club House, Independence Ave, Accra
Dress Code:
Black and white
Our sincere sympathy goes to
Mrs. Doris Decker's children, siblings and entire
Decker, Nylander, Nuno and Vanderpuije families of Ghana
and abroad.
May Mrs. Doris Decker's dearest
and beloved soul rest in eternal peace.
The
photos below of the late Mrs. Doris Decker were taken
in the 1950s by Mr. James Barnor at the Aglionby Library
which subsequently became the Accra Central Library.
Audrey Quaye
April 29, 2016
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