Donna and Charles Decedue were mar­ried in New Orleans on December 27, 1966.
The couple met while attending the University of New Orleans. They went on to Louisiana State University where Charles earned a PhD in Microbiology and Donna completed a Master’s in Library Science. After a short stint with Duke Uni­versity, the couple moved to Lawrence with their children, Laura and Chris, in August of 1976.
Charles worked for the University of Kansas, first as a laboratory adminis­trator at Malott Hall, then the Executive Director of the Higu­ chi Biosciences Center. After retiring from KU, Charles was Senior Research Fellow at Crititech until his full retire­ment in June of 2014. He now enjoys vo­lunteering for Audio Reader and occasion­ ally taking a turn on­ stage or behind the scenes at Theatre Lawrence.
Donna was the Lib­ rary­Media Specialist at Hillcrest Element­ary. In retirement, she has volunteered for K­State’s Master Gardener Program and is currently act­ive with LINC Kit­chen and Audio Reader.
The couple will be celebrating with a trip to St. John’s American Virgin Is­ lands.