Joyce L. (Pickens) Long Vaughn, 71, died Aug. 12, 2014 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 7, 1943 in Ulysses, KS, the daughter of Claude E. and Helen L. Schmidt Pickens.
She was a 1961 graduate of Hutchinson High School and received her Nursing Degree from Barton County Community College. As a Registered Nurse, she first worked in the Emergency Room at the St. John Hospital, later she was the Managing Nurse for the Pretty Prairie Sunset Home. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene, Hutchinson.
Survivors include her son, Mark Long and grandson Joshua Long, both of Hutchinson, brother, Charles Pickens, Olathe, KS, three nephews; Steven and Stacy Pickens (Isaiah and Ruth), Olathe, KS, Drs. David and Marta Pickens (Emma, Elijah, and Luke) Placerville, CA, John and Naomi Pickens (Aaron and Claire), Shawnee, KS, and a niece, Christi and Keith Clayton (Anna and Carson), Olathe, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Demi Long, and a daughter-in-law, Christina Long.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 PM, Sat. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home; burial will follow in Fairlawn Burial Park. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Jesus Film Harvest Partners, Olathe, KS, in care of the funeral home.