MICHAEL HENRY METRO

Michael Henry Metro, age 71, passed away peacefully,  July 9, 2019. He was born in Concordia, Kan., to Alfred (Fritz) and Della Mae Metro on August 9, 1947.
Mike was in the first graduating class of the North Central Kansas Area
Vocational Technical School, Beloit, Kan., and graduated from the School of Practical Nursing in
1969. He graduated from Stormont Vail School of Nursing in 1976. He returned to Salina in 1977 to work at Asbury Hospital, which eventually became SRHC, through October 2010. He graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Science Business in 1989, and received American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding Specialist in 2002.  He was appointed to the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) 15 member, Ambulatory Payment Classification Advisory Panel from 2001 through 2005. He was offered and accepted a position with Via Christi Systems in 2011, and was employed there until his retirement in 2014.
Mike enjoyed bus tours with his wife, and they went to Yellowstone National Park in February of 2014 and the Pacific Northwest in spring of 2015.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ric; and daughter, Michelle Kinnick.  
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carol; sons, Curtis and Nick; son-in-law, Rob Kinnick; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 8 siblings, Sandra Hittle, Jolene (Dave) Clark, Larry (Deanna) Metro, Joyce Dutton, Jim (Michelle) Metro, all from Concordia, Kan., Steve (Deb) Metro, Albuquerque, N.M, Geralyn (Bob) Strait, Emporia, Kan., Julie (Kenny) O'Donnell, Salina, Kan. and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, July 15, 2019, at St. Mary's Queen of the Universe Catholic Church. Burial will follow at All Saints Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. and Rosary at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at Ryan Mortuary. Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Queen of the Universe Catholic Church, Hospice of Salina or a charity of your choice.