JACK W. MITCHELL

JACK W. MITCHELL
Jack W. Mitchell was born on Jan. 2, 1948, in Concordia, Kan., to Myron E. and Sarah A. (Higgins) Mitchell. He died on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, Kan., at the age of 64.
Jack graduated from Concordia High School in 1966 and then Cloud County Community College. He served in the U..S. Army for three years and when he returned graduated from Washburn University with a degree in Philosophy and then received his teaching certificate from Emporia State. Jack taught woods and photography at Concordia High School until his retirement in 2010. Jack coached freshman basketball for several years and tennis until his retirement. He married Kathy Trost on July 29, 1972, at Huscher United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Huscher UMC and Kansas Tennis Association.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy, Concordia; sons, Steven Mitchell, Concordia, Kan., and Andrew Mitchell and wife Melissa, Powhattan, Kan.; daughter, Wendy Mitchell and fiancé Cody Moulton, Clay Center, Kan.; father, Myron Mitchell, Ellsinore, Mo.; brother, Charles Mitchell, Oklahoma City, Okla.; sisters, Connie Mitchell, Salina, Kan., Marymar Stolzenburg and husband Jim, Clifton, Kan., and Wanda Owen, Ellsinore, Mo. He was preceded in death by his mother.
The family selected cremation with memorial services at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Concordia, with the Rev. L. Dean Thompson officiating.
Friends may sign the register book from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday, at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home with family greeting friends from 7-8 p.m. The family suggest memorials to CHS Tennis Club, Teens for Christ or Huscher United Methodist Church, in care of the funeral home. For online condolences please visit www.chaputbuoy.com.

• DOROTHY BERNICE (CUPP) VON TUNGELN - Feb. 2, 2012
• ERMA BARTON - Feb. 1, 2012
• YVONDA LEE GRAY - Jan. 30, 2012
• ROBERT GENE WILKINS - Jan. 30, 2012