"Our beloved son, brother, cousin and friend Walter Lynn Hutchison, 66, of Flatwoods, WV passed away Friday March 24, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio.

Lynn, as he liked to be called, was born in Buckhannon WV to Rev. O. Lloyd Hutchison and E. Louise (Westfall) Hutchison on March 27, 1950. He graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University majoring in math, physics, and astronomy. A switch to computer sciences led him to graduate work with a Master's Degree from the University of Arizona. Afterwards he went to Texas where he worked on the space shuttle. He subsequently returned to Ohio and spent the next 39 years developing industrial computer software. He retired from ASEA Brown Boveri in Lewisburg WV.

In his spare time, Lynn enjoyed birding, star-gazing, family and local history genealogy, paleontology, and researching his DNA. A skilled woodworker, he returned to his hand-crafted mountaintop cabin on the family homestead.

He authored the books - “West Virginia Westfalls, Their Place in America's History” and the fictional work “The Lucy Hypothesis”.

Lynn is survived by his mother, brother, Larry C. Hutchison (Pat) and sister Linda Avery (Harold).

Lynn loved his dogs. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Virginia-Maryland
College of Veterinary Medicine or the hospice Kobacker House in Columbus OH would be greatly appreciated."

The calling hours/funeral service will be held at the Stockert-Paletti Funeral Home, 308 Flatwoods Corner Road, Flatwoods, WV on Saturday April 1, 2017 at 2pm. Burial will follow at the Stone Run Cemetery. Words of Comfort and memories may be expressed to the family at stockert-paletti.com.

The Stockert-Paletti Funeral Home of Flatwoods, WV is in charge of the arrangements for the Hutchison family.

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