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He married his college sweetheart and wife of sixty-four years, Loretta Young Decuir. He earned his Juris Doctorate from [[Tulane University]] Law School in 1966. While serving as a Clerk for the Louisiana Supreme Court, he was admitted to the Louisiana Bar Association in 1966 and remained an active member until his passing. <ref name=obit/> He was state senator from 1976 to 1992, when he resigned to become  an appellate judge on the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a post that he filled until 2012.<ref name=obit>Judge Oswald A. Decuir Obituary 2024 - Pellerin Funeral Homes, accessed September 14, 2024.</ref><ref>SENATE DIRECTORY 1880-2004 (la.gov), accessed September 14, 2024.</ref>  

He married his college sweetheart and wife of sixty-four years, Loretta Young Decuir. He earned his Juris Doctorate from [[Tulane University]] Law School in 1966. While serving as a Clerk for the Louisiana Supreme Court, he was admitted to the Louisiana Bar Association in 1966 and remained an active member until his passing. <ref name=obit/> He was state senator from 1976 to 1992, when he resigned to become  an appellate judge on the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a post that he filled until 2012.<ref name=obit>Judge Oswald A. Decuir Obituary 2024 - Pellerin Funeral Homes, accessed September 14, 2024.</ref><ref>SENATE DIRECTORY 1880-2004 (la.gov), accessed September 14, 2024.</ref>  

[[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] Jeff Landry]] paid tribute to Judge Decuir in a tweet on [[Elon Musk]]'s X. As Attorney General (before his election as governor in 2023), Landry noted that he had convinced Decuir to serve for eight more years in the Louisiana Department of Justice. "He still wanted to serve his state, and I’m grateful he did." Landry wrote.  

[[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[Jeff Landry]] paid tribute to Judge Decuir in a tweet on [[Elon Musk]]'s X. As Attorney General (before his election as governor in 2023), Landry noted that he had convinced Decuir to serve for eight more years in the Louisiana Department of Justice. "He still wanted to serve his state, and I’m grateful he did." Landry wrote.  

Judge Decuir was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Bill Mitchell and Bob Mitchell, and stepfather, William Mitchell. He was survived by his wife; his sister Myra Decuir Gosnell; his son Jon Scott Decuir, Sr. (Loren Mancuso Decuir), and two grandchildren. A mass was celebrated on September 10 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New Iberia. He was entombed in the Holy Family Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>

Judge Decuir was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Bill Mitchell and Bob Mitchell, and stepfather, William Mitchell. He was survived by his wife; his sister Myra Decuir Gosnell; his son Jon Scott Decuir, Sr. (Loren Mancuso Decuir), and two grandchildren. A mass was celebrated on September 10 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New Iberia. He was entombed in the Holy Family Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>