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Annie “Thea” Decker-DeFoi, 32, passed away July 26, 2008.
Decker-DeFoi was born Aug. 2, 1975, in Harlingen, Texas, to Frank and Sally Decker.
She received her BSN degree from University of Alaska, Anchorage. She loved skiing, hiking, camping and anything in the Alaska outdoors. She was always caring for others and fixing the little “hurts.” Though she was living in Arizona her heart remained in her beloved Alaska. She loved Alaska and felt it her true home. Her ashes will be dispersed on the Little Su her family so loved to float, her family said.
She is survived by husband, Ian DeFoi, of Wasilla; 4-year-old son Zachary of Wasilla; parents Frank and Sally Decker; twin sister Dot; sister Jennifer; brother David; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
“She will be missed and never forgotten,” her family wrote.
Services will be held in Prescott, Ariz., on Aug. 2 at Wakelind Funeral Home.