Paul A. Yutzy, 85, went to be with his heavenly Father on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.

He was born Sept. 21, 1926, in rural Reno County, the son of Joseph M. and Lizzie Schrock Yutzy.

A lifetime Reno county resident, member of Hutchinson Board of Realtors, a member of South Hutchinson Mennonite Church, he had been a farmer, a livestock trucker, a real estate and insurance salesman and worked security at Hutchinson Hospital for 24 years, retiring in 2006.

On Aug. 10, 1950, he married Ruth M. Roupp at Hesston. She survives.

Other survivors include: their daughters and families, Sondra and Bill Popp, Rita and Bill Eldridge, all of Hutchinson; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, Cameron Popp and wife Andrea Cordeo and children, Noah and Miriam of Alexandria, Va., Megan Miller and husband Dustin and children, Brody and Whitney, Cassi Johnston and husband David and daughter, Adelynn, Kyle Eldridge, all of Hutchinson. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Ronda Kay; brothers, Oliver and Edward; sisters, Nora Bontrager, Orpha Roth and Mary Jantzen.

A viewing will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, Hutchinson. A register book will be available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at the mortuary. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at South Hutchinson Mennonite Church, with Pastors Howard Wagler and Eric Miller officiating. Private inurnment will be at Yoder Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to the church or Hospice Care of Kansas, in care of the mortuary.