John Robert Hutchens

John Robert Hutchens obituary

John Robert Hutchens

John Hutchens Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Buswell Funeral Home on Aug. 11, 2025.

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John R. Hutchens, 67, died at his home in Plainfield, WI, on July 30, 2025.

John was born in New York to Kenneth and Mildred (Brauner) Hutchens on September 6, 1957. After some time on the East Coast, the Hutchens family settled in Black River Falls, WI, where John attended school and graduated from Black River Falls High School. After high school, John managed several Perkins restaurants before turning to commercial painting with Omni Paint and Glass, a career from which he had retired.

John is survived by his siblings, Kenny Hutchens, Susan Turtzo, Kathleen Guenther, and Lori Tucker.

He is preceeded in death by his wife Laurie, his parents, Kenneth and Mildred Hutchens, and brother Richard Hutchens.

No services are planned at this time.

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