Ellen Decker
Ellen (Dee) Decker was born on May 7, 1943, in Hughesville, MT, to Jim and Helen Crants. She grew up in Wolf Point and graduated high school in 1961. While working at the Tastee Freez, she met her future husband, Jim. They married on July 11, 1963. The couple lived in Glasgow, Wolf Point, Chinook, Whitefish and finally Billings, where Jim and Dee both called home for the rest of their lives. Along the way, they welcomed three children: Susan, Tracey and Craig.
As a stay-at-home mom for many years, Dee shared her love of reading, swimming, ice skating and the outdoors with their children. Her family was fortunate to have an endless supply of her delicious home-baked bread, fry-bread, canned fruits and jams always available. She sewed tailor-made clothes for her children and later took up knitting blankets, scarves and mittens for her friends and family. She never met a home improvement project she wouldn’t try, and she loved working around the yard, creating beautiful flowerbeds and seating areas to enjoy the sunrise and her morning coffee with her cat, Smoky. read more
