Staff Report
Thomas (“Hutch” “Tucker Ryan”) Lloyd Hutchings was born March 14, 1943, in Caliente, Nevada, with his Identical mirror twin John (“Dobe” “Hutch”) Alexander Hutchings to Thomas (“Speed”) Lowell Hutchings and Janice (“Sue”) Margaret Lloyd Hutchings. Tom passed away on October 11, 2024, from a brain bleed at Northern Nevada Medical Center in Reno at 7:45 p.m.
Tom, a third-generation Nevadan, was raised in Pioche, NV, before moving to Carson City in 1955. He graduated from Carson High in 1962, where he played football, ran track and field, and participated in downhill skiing. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, Mackay School of Mines, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in geology in 1974. He married his wife, Mary Deming Hutchings, in 1971. They moved to Fallon, Nevada, in September 1972, and he was residing there at the time of his passing. Tom and Mary have two sons, Paul Lowell Hutchings, born in 1979, and Scott Hutchings in 1983.
Tom was an avid archery hunter. He taught his boys archery and participated in archery shoots in Nevada and California as part of the Fallon Bowmen Club. He was an upland game bird hunter and fisherman and enjoyed riding his quad all over the mountains of the Silver State. Tom was a loyal friend, a proud father and grandfather, a loving husband and son who always would help those in need. He was loud, gruff, and unapologetically rough around the edges but had a heart of gold and a laugh that was recognizable even in a crowded room.
Tom worked for the Nevada road department as an inspector and road reporter and spent nine seasons as a BLM wildland firefighter on the helitack crew, traveling to Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Nevada fighting fires. He had his General Contractors license for ten years and worked at Kennecott Rawhide Mine for 14 years before retiring in 2006. In his retirement, he went on to serve on the Churchill County Mosquito, Vector & Noxious Weed abatement board from 2019-2023.
He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Lowell Hutchings of Pioche, NV, in 1974; granddaughter, Taylar Rose Mary Hutchings of Fallon, NV, in 2015; brother, John Alexander Hutchings of Pioche, NV in 2015; and mother, Janice Margaret Hutchings of Pioche, NV in 2017.
He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Hutchings of Fallon, NV; sons, Paul Lowell Hutchings and Scott Hutchings, both of Fallon, NV; five grandchildren, Nathan Jakob Hutchings of Kansas City, MO, Reece Hailey Hutchings of Reno, NV, Hunter Christian Hutchings of Reno, NV, Christine Olivia Hutchings of Fallon, NV, and Jameson Mark Edwards of Reno, NV; daughter-in-law, Crystal Rose Hutchings of Fallon, NV; niece, Laura Marie Baker and her children Brandon Shimkovsky, Mackenzie Baker, and Andrea Baker of Reno, NV; as well as numerous friends and extended family.
There will be no service per his request.
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