Albert "Al" Henry Strecker, 64, died Dec. 3, 2008, at his home.

He was born June 5, 1944, the son of Ernest and Eva May Weller Strecker.

He was a 1962 graduate of Paradise Rural High School. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1967 with a B.S. in engineering.

He then received his P.E. (Professional Engineering) license in 1971. He was an agricultural engineer currently working as a sales representative for Engineered Sales of Kansas City.

He served as a staff sergeant for the Army Reserves from 1967-73. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, and of AMBUCS, K-State Alumni and the American Society of Agricultural Engineering.

On June 6, 1965, he married Janice "Jan" E. McNeal in Paradise. She survives.

Other survivors include: sons, Scott and wife Cindy and Stuart and wife Lori, both of Lawrence; brother, Glen, Olathe; sisters, Mary Anderson, Osborne, and Wanda Kay Augustine, Hutchinson; grandchildren, Lidia, Jai, Henry, Maggie and Ada May; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Methodist Church, Hutchinson, with the Rev. Pat Ault-Duell presiding. Memorial service will be held at the Paradise United Methodist Church at 3:30 p.m. with inurnment to follow in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery Paradise. Cremation has taken place. Friends may sign the guest book 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Hutchinson AMBUCS for AmTrykes, Trinity Untied Methodist Church or Paradise United Methodist Church in care of the mortuary.

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