Paul F. "Frank" Blea, 66, died March 31, 2011, at Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Tulsa, Okla. He was born Jan. 29, 1945, in Hutchinson, the son of Paul Hector and Mary Antonia Aleman Blea. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1964 and attended Hutchinson Community College. A former resident of Hutchinson, he was retired, and had formerly been a printer, a guard at the Hutchinson Reformatory and a firefighter at the Headquarter Station for the city of Hutchinson.

He was married to Diana Lynn. They later divorced. Survivors include: his mother, Mary Blea, Hutchinson; sisters, Stella Blea and Sharon Engle, Hutchinson; two daughters, Kimberly Blea-Brown and husband Bryon, Tulsa, Okla., and Cristie Winston and husband Michael, Tulsa, Okla.; three grandchildren, Brianna Brown, Jordan Brown and Paul Winston; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father and a nephew, Michael Ray Luna.

Parish rosary will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2011, with Mass to follow at 10:30 at Church of the Holy Cross, with Father Joseph Eckberg presiding. Friends may call 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will be in Fairlawn Burial Park. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association or Church of the Holy Cross, in care of the mortuary. Please visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a personal message for Frank's family.