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Marietta Ruth Dechert was received into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, August 23, 2020. She was born November 21, 1930 to Carl and Alegra Ruth Jones in Chanute, KS. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Col. Louis Tarleton Dechert. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Sue Jackson, San Antonio, TX, and her Son and wife, Louis Tarleton Jr. and Paula Sue Dechert of Perkins, Oklahoma, 6 Grandchildren, Charleton Dechert and wife Sarah of Weatherford, TX, Andrew Dechert of Oklahoma City, Stephani Hill and Husband Mark of Stillwater, OK, Shannon Murphy and husband Shawn of Perry, OK, Stace Barnard and wife Angela of Frisco, TX and Sarah Carter and husband Charles, Perkins, OK, 15 Great Grandchildren and 2 Great Great Grandchildren, also a sister, Carlann DaSilva and husband, Lionel of Newport Beach, CA.
Marietta grew up during WWII in Los Angeles, CA, graduating from University High School in June 1948. She attended Phillips University, Enid, Ok, where her Maternal Grandfather had previously served as President. There she met and married Louis Tarleton Dechert on August 21, 1949. Her husband enlisted in the U.S. Army at the outbreak of the Korean Conflict and Marietta spent the next 23 years as an Army wife in the U.S., Germany, and Bolivia.
During their travels Marietta served as a Red Cross Grey Lady & Staff Aide, 1st V.P. of the Ft. Knox Officers Wives Club, and a Commanding Officers Wife. Throughout her life she served as a Sunday School Teacher and was also instrumental in establishing and expanding church libraries.
In the fall of 1974 Marietta joined a small tour group of the Christian Missionary Alliance to South East Asia and its Mission Fields in Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Thailand. She spent six weeks in Penang, Malaysia at the Dalat School for Missionary Children and worked to update the library. A few weeks after returning home she watched the destruction of many of the places she had visited.
Marietta became a Pastors wife when Col. Dechert became an ordained Pastor with the Christian and Missionary Alliance a number of years after retiring from the Army. They planted or served in churches in Arizona, Oregon, California, Kansas, Texas, and Florida. Marietta loved music and served at many locations as either a pianist or organist. She was also an accomplished seamstress and won many ribbons at local and state fairs with her handiwork. Her green thumb meant that she left behind a small part of God’s beauty to the next occupants of the many places they lived through the years.
In their later years, the Dechert’s lived in Alexandria and Pineville, Louisiana. During this time Marietta accompanied her husband on many of the trips he made as National President of the Korean War Veterans Association, arranging activities and events for the wives of members. She also was active in the Ladies Auxiliary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and served as President of the Louisiana State Organization 2006-2007. At the time of Col. Dechert’s death they were living in San Antonio, TX. She then moved to Red Bud Assisted Living in Perkins, OK to be near her Son, Louis Jr. and family. At the time of her death she was living at Golden Age Nursing Home in Guthrie, Ok. She will return to San Antonio, TX for private burial beside her husband at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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