Shirley Jean Hutton, 90, of Jackson passed away peacefully Monday, March 29, 2021, at her home surrounded by family.

She was born April 4, 1930, in Chillicothe, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde Glenwood and Margaret Mary Gall Finney. She married Dr. Walter William Hutton May 24, 1952, in Kirksville, Missouri. He passed away July 31, 2003.

Shirley was a 1948 graduate of Linneus High School (class of eight people). She then attended Kirksville Teachers College for three years. In 1951 she moved to St. Louis and worked for the FBI office. In 1952 she worked at the hospital in Moberly, Missouri, while Walter interned. In 1953 she and Walter moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, before moving to Keytesville, Missouri, in 1955.

She and Walter moved to Jackson in 1956, and in 1957 she went to work for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while the floodwall in Cape Girardeau was being built. In 1964 she started a 25-year career with the Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Services Agency, retiring in 1989.

Shirley was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson. She was an active member of the church, serving with the church club, the youth group and the Sunday School department. Wherever else a need would arise, she could be counted upon.

She served as the former president of the PEO "DJ" chapter from 2001 to 2003. She was also very involved with the General Federation of Women's Clubs and was a lifetime member of the Presbyterian Women's group at the church.

She is survived by those who loved her: Michael (Linda) Finney of New Hope, Minnesota; Susie (Doug) Buttery of Granby, Colorado, and their daughter, Jess; Kathy (Breck Tucker) Finney of Hannibal, Missouri, and their children, Brent Mehlenbacher and Danielle (Greg) Beck. and their children, Libby and Marley; Patrick (Dawn) Finney of Columbia, Missouri, and their children, Ian and Isolde; and Eric (Martha) Venable, Jessica (Darin) Teague, and their children, Tucker and Carter, Isaac (Brook) Venable, and their children Bode and Collins, all of Jackson.

In addition to her husband of 51 years, Walter Hutton, Shirley was preceded in death by three sons, William Kirt, Scott Glenwood and Evan Lee Hutton; and a brother and sister-in-law, Ronald Lovene (Margaret Ann) Finney.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Karen Dumey officiating. Interment will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to First Presbyterian Church in Jackson.

Arrangements are by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tributes tab of Shirley's personal obituary page at www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.