Debra Faye Hinkson

Debra F. Hinkson of Wichita, KS, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at New Life Home Plus in Wichita.

Debra was the daughter of Quentin and Velma Hinkson of Wichita, KS. She graduated from North High School in 1971, and from Wichita State University in 1980, where she received her BA in Social Work. She studied Health and Mental Health at The University of Kansas, receiving her Masters of Social Welfare in 1985. She worked at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita before moving to Akron, OH, where she was a Medical Social Worker at Edwin Shaw Hospital from 1988 to December 1992. Increasingly debilitated by MS, she returned to Wichita, KS, ca. 2007.

Debra was preceded in death by her parents, Cyrus Quentin Hinkson and Velma Faye Hinkson. Surviving members of her family are her sister, Sharon Elaine Wheeler and her husband, Allen Lynn Wheeler; and brother, Craig Quentin Hinkson and his wife, Ellen Hinkson. Debra’s nephews are Richard Allen Wheeler, married to Ann Marie Wheeler; Jonathan Wade Wheeler, married to Tina Marie Wheeler; and Cyrus Lee Hinkson. Grandnephews are Aaron Joshua Wheeler, Zane David Wheeler, Weston John Wheeler, and Blake Joseph Wheeler.

The celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, March 14, 2022, at Cochran Mortuary, located at 1411 N. Broadway. Parking is behind the mortuary, accessible via Market Street. Memorials can be given to Kindful Hospice, 1608 E. Lewis St., Suite 100, Wichita, KS 67211, and to New Life Home Plus, LLC, 1214 N. Charlotte, Wichita, KS 67208.

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