Thomas J. Hutchins

Thomas J. Hutchins, 80, of Fredericksburg, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015.

A memorial service was held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, June 20, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church with the Rev. Jeff Hammond officiating.

Interment of the cremains is planned at a later date.

Arrangements were under the direction of Schaetter Funeral Home.

Hutchins was born Aug. 8, 1934, in Shields, Kansas, the son of Clarence Thomas Hutchins and Mary Sharp Hutchins. He married Lane Murphy on Jan. 3, 1981, in Montgomery, Alabama, and she survives.

In addition to his wife, Hutchins is survived by two daughters, one son and spouses, including Donald and Laurie Hutchins, of North Carolina, and Kimee and Gene Wilkens and Lisa and Gary Howard, all of Kansas.

Survivors also include seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; one sister, Carol Autin, and one brother, Eugene D. Hutchins, both of Kansas.

Hutchins was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Thomas J. Hutchins Jr., and one brother, Calvin T. Hutchins.

Memorials may be made to Race Track Chaplaincy Retama Park, Hill Country Memorial Hospice or to The Good Samaritan Center.