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Richard Alan “Rick” Michael, loving husband, father, “Papa”, brother and friend, went to be with his divine savior Jan. 28, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was 59.
He was born April 14, 1952, in Lyons. A former resident of Coats, moving to Hutchinson in 1989, he was a member of C.M.A. – Christian Motorcycle Association, Patriot Guard and CrossPoint Church.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. His duties included coastal work serving time on shipboard, delivering supplies and ammo. He was awarded the M-16 and M-14 Rifle Badges, National Defense Service Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal.
He spent many years as an oilfield driller throughout the Midwest. In 1991 he graduated from Hutchinson Community College and in 1993 he received his L.B.S.W. as a Phi Theta Kappa graduate of Bethel College. He was a social worker for Horizons Mental Health, New Beginnings, and Reno County Resource Center for Independent Living.
On Sept. 14, 1979, he married Tonya Jean Rojas in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: his children, Misty Nachtigal and husband David, Great Bend, Melanie Michael and Larry Jeremiah, and Christopher Alan Michael and Mena Sanchez, both of Hutchinson; two brothers, Terry, Wichita and Rod, Cheney; sister, Sue Banbury, Pratt; seven grandchildren, Makayla “Mackie”, Triana “T-Birdie”, Taiya “Peewee”, L.J. “Jack”, Macy, Miya, and Kylan “Bucky”; many nieces and nephews and all those who lovingly referred to Rick as “Papa.”
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at CrossPoint Church with Pastor Andy Addis presiding. Burial will be in Fairlawn Burial Park. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 9 p.m. with Family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and Crematory, Hutchinson. Memorials may be sent to the C.M.A. in care of the funeral home. Please visit www.penwellgabelhutchinson.com to leave personal condolences for the family.
Richard Alan “Rick” Michael, loving husband, father, “Papa”, brother and friend, went to be with his divine savior Jan. 28, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was 59.
He was born April 14, 1952, in Lyons. A former resident of Coats, moving to Hutchinson in 1989, he was a member of C.M.A. – Christian Motorcycle Association, Patriot Guard and CrossPoint Church.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. His duties included coastal work serving time on shipboard, delivering supplies and ammo. He was awarded the M-16 and M-14 Rifle Badges, National Defense Service Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal.
He spent many years as an oilfield driller throughout the Midwest. In 1991 he graduated from Hutchinson Community College and in 1993 he received his L.B.S.W. as a Phi Theta Kappa graduate of Bethel College. He was a social worker for Horizons Mental Health, New Beginnings, and Reno County Resource Center for Independent Living.
On Sept. 14, 1979, he married Tonya Jean Rojas in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: his children, Misty Nachtigal and husband David, Great Bend, Melanie Michael and Larry Jeremiah, and Christopher Alan Michael and Mena Sanchez, both of Hutchinson; two brothers, Terry, Wichita and Rod, Cheney; sister, Sue Banbury, Pratt; seven grandchildren, Makayla “Mackie”, Triana “T-Birdie”, Taiya “Peewee”, L.J. “Jack”, Macy, Miya, and Kylan “Bucky”; many nieces and nephews and all those who lovingly referred to Rick as “Papa.”
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at CrossPoint Church with Pastor Andy Addis presiding. Burial will be in Fairlawn Burial Park. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 9 p.m. with Family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and Crematory, Hutchinson. Memorials may be sent to the C.M.A. in care of the funeral home. Please visit www.penwellgabelhutchinson.com to leave personal condolences for the family.
