Mitchell "Mitch" Craig Hensley, 62, Kingston, Missouri, passed away on May 31, 2013, at his home. He had moved to Kingston in 1997, and had previously lived in McCook, Nebraska, and Hill City, Kansas.

Mitch was born on February 14, 1951, in Hays, Kansas, to George William and LaDonna Karns Hensley. He was a 1969 Hill City High School graduate, and then received his B.S. in Business Finance from Kansas State University in 1973, and received an Associate Masters Degree in Banking from Boulder, Colorado. He had worked in the banking industry for 23 years in Kansas and Nebraska, and then had worked at Variform in Kearney, Mo., and airport security at Kansas City International Airport.

He was preceded in death by his father.

On August 6, 1971, he married Brenda Manny in Hill City, Kansas. She survives of the home.

Additional Survivors: Mother, LaDonna Hensley, Hill City, Kansas; Sister, Marcia (Tim) Pyle, Hutchinson, Kansas; Four children, Kerry (Angela) Hensley, Kingston; Blake Hensley, Kingston; Courtney Hensley, Kingston; and Ashley (Jeff) McNew, Cameron; 5 grandchildren, Katherine, Dominick, Tristan, Micah, and Danielle; In-Laws, Floyd and Carolyn Erickson, Mesa, Az, and Lawrence and Kathy Manny, Wichita, Kansas; and numerous other family members, nieces, and nephews.

Mitch had been a member of the Kingston Church of the Nazarene, and he had also previously sered as a school board member and member of the Masonic Lodge and the Shriners.

Cremation was entrusted to Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

There will be no formal visitation or graveside services.

Celebration of Life: 7 p.m., Thursday, June 6, at the Kingston Church of the Nazarene.

Celebration of Life: 11 a.m., Saturday, June 8, at the Christian Church in Hill City, Kansas.

The family requests attendees to wear something purple to the service in remembrance of Mitch's love for Kansas State University.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Caldwell County Foundation Cancer Assistance Fund, or The Kingston Church of the Nazarene.