Shirley June Decker, 87, of Colorado Springs, and former resident of Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, passed away in her home on January 21, 2011, after an extended illness. Shirley was born in Flint, MI, to the late Nellie and Albert Abbey, on March 5, 1923. She was the second of five children. She worked as a draftsman, after high school, doing defense work for the war effort. Shirley married Gerald Decker of Mount Morris, MI in 1943 and the couple, initially, resided in Pensacola where he served as a Marine Corp pilot. Various military assignments took them to several locations in the country, during WW II and the Korean War, while they were raising two daughters. Shirley established a successful interior design business, in the 1950s, while the family resided in Enterprise, AL. When the family moved to New Jersey in the early 1960s, she continued her work as an interior decorator, in the Atlantic City area. Shirley, and husband Jerry, retired to Gulf Breeze in 1979 where she donated her interior design skills to friends and Concord Presbyterian Church. She loved quilting, and was an active member of the Pensacola Quilters Guild. One of her fondest memories, from Gulf Breeze, was sailing Santa Rosa Sound with her husband while dolphins swam alongside. Shirley was widowed in 1991 and continued living in Gulf Breeze, until moving to Colorado in 2005. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Decker and sister Dorothy Austin. She is survived by her daughter Terry Ousley and husband Joseph of Pensacola; daughter Deborah Hoffman and husband Richard of Colorado Springs; brother Vernon Abbey of Ocala; sister Jean Hicks of Grand Blanc, MI; sister Sarah McClelland of Belleview; grandson Clinton Fitch III of Rapid City, SD; granddaughter Tara Darcy of Pace; great grandson Tristan: great granddaughter Lily. A graveside service will be held on Monday, February 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Barrancas National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pikes Peak Hospice, 825 East Pikes Peak Ave., Suite 600, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, www.pikespeakhospice.org. HARPER-MORRIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL is in charge of arrangements.