Phillip Charles Hutchins

He was born on May 1, 1973 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Kathleen Hutchins and the late Jerry Hutchins. He was one of six siblings. On August 2, 1997, he married Kerry Randolph.

Phil attended Lawrence High School until his senior year and graduated from Croswell-Lexington High School in 1991. He went on to receive his BS in Chemistry from Grand Valley State University, where he was a pole vaulter for the track and field team. He received his MS in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and was most recently employed with CISCO. He was honored to have received the Golden Hammer – a peer-nominated award.

He loved being outside, camping, hiking, visiting parks with his two boys. He became an active member of the triathlon community in 2003.

He is survived by his wife Kerry and their sons, Joshua (six) and Matthew (four); his mother, Kathleen Hutchins, of Lawrence, MI; two brothers, James (Josefina, Julia, Robert) Hutchins, of Columbia, SC and Michael (Jean, Ariel, Greg, Marcus, Gabby, Jessica) Hutchins, of Glenview, IL; three sisters, Susan (Steve, Megan, Emily) Pearson, of Paw Paw, MI, Mary Zoe (Charlie) Hutchins, of Loveland, OH and Kate (Greg) Rhoades, of Cary, NC; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harold and Christine Randolph, of Croswell, MI; two sisters-in-law, Alicia (Gary, Kayla,Wesley) Turner, of Three Rivers, MI and Darci (Mike, Lindsay, Audrey) Hart, of Midland, MI. He also leaves behind several aunts, uncles, cousins, and cherished friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Jerry Hutchins, of Lawrence, MI.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 16th from 1-3 PM and 6-8 PM at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home (200 SE Maynard Road in Cary, NC). Funeral Services will take place on December 17, 2010 at 2 PM at the First United Methodist Church of Cary.

In lieu of flowers, it was Phil’s wish that you would consider a memorial contribution to one of the following charities: Methodist Home of Children (www.mhfc.org), Blazeman Foundation (www.waronals.com), Catfish Hunter ALS Chapter (www.catfishchapter.org), Jerry R. Hutchins Memorial Scholarship (www.LawrenceTigers.com/alumni)

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