HUTCHINSON, Michele

West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona December 10, 2010 Michele Hutchinson, 37, of Avondale died Dec. 5, 2010, in Phoenix of chronic rejection of transplanted lungs. Mrs. Hutchinson was born Dec. 12, 1972, in New York, N.Y. She was a forensic scientist at the Mesa Police Department until medically retired in 2003. She also was a founding member of the Lung Transport Support Organization, www.GotMask.org. On Dec. 3, she was named KEZ radio station's Woman of the Month for her work with Lung Transport Support Organization. She is survived by her husband, Glenn; three stepsons, Brent, William and John; her mother, Marga Whlock; and two sisters, Elizabeth Bennett and Irene Dimagio. Services will be from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Regency Mortuary, 9850 W. Thunderbird Road, Sun City. Memorials may be sent to the Lung Transplant Support Organization, 4980 S. Alma School Road, Suite, 2 Box 163, Chandler, AZ 85248.