Jan Pauls, 64, of Hutchinson, former Kansas State Representative, died Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Select Specialty Hospital on St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born September 26, 1952, in Hugoton, to Paul F. and Lois (Duncan) Long.

Jan graduated from Sterling College and the University of Kansas School of Law where she received her Juris Doctorate. She worked as a private practice attorney, was a Reno County Prosecutor, District Court Judge, and served as a Kansas State Representative for the 102nd District from September 1991 to 2017. Jan was proud to be the longest serving woman to ever serve in the Kansas legislature. She served as a commissioner for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and on the Kansas Sentencing Commission. Jan attended First Church of the Nazarene.

While in college, Jan and her brother, Duncan, organized a Christian rock band called the 'Concrete Rubber Band' and performed at various Christian functions and churches. They composed and performed original music for several tapes and a record.

On September 30, 1990, she married Ronald Pauls in Hutchinson. They shared almost 27 years of marriage. He survives.

Other survivors include: parents, Paul F. and Lois Duncan Long of Alden; sisters-in-law, Maggie Long of Manhattan, Deanna Speer (Steve) of Wichita, Debbie Barry (Tim) of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; brothers-in-law, John Pauls (Eleanor) of Andover, Roger Pauls (Denice) of Owasso, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Jan was preceded in death by her brother, Duncan Long, who died in December 2016.

Memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at First Church of the Nazarene, 4290 N. Monroe, Hutchinson. A private burial will be held at Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson. Friends may call from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, all at Elliott Mortuary. Memorials may be made to the Ruth Dougherty Mission Fund, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.