The Reverend Robert L. “Bob” Albin, 84, died Oct. 13, 2016, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 20, 1932, in Burdick, to Albin C. and Amy A. (VanLoon) Anderson.

Bob graduated from Lindsborg High School in 1950, Bethany College in 1954, and Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois, in 1959. He pastored churches in Texas, Indiana, and Kansas before moving to Hutchinson in 1993, to pastor the Zion Lutheran Church. Bob also served as chaplain at the Good Samaritan Society, Hutchinson Village. Bob retired in 2006. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and Grace Episcopal Church.

On July 12, 1959, Bob married Nancy J. Bell in Salina. She died Feb. 26, 2007. Other survivors include: son, Stephen Albin (Kendra) of Salina; daughters, JoAnn Jordan (Jeff) of Hays, Muriel Stevenson (Monte) of Hutchinson, Sara Redetzke (A.J.) of Manhattan, Kan., Heather Caudillo (Jeremy) of Hutchinson; family friend, David Pilcher of Lincoln, NE; 15 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Elenor Cork of Goddard, Martha Holmquist of Lindsborg, Sonja Johnson of Salina, and Carolyn Ford (Walter) of Ft. Worth, Texas. Bob was preceded in death by: his parents; son, Timothy; and three brothers-in-law.

Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Grace Episcopal Church, Hutchinson, with the Reverend Dr. J. Ted Blakley, the Rt. Reverend Michael P. Milliken and the Reverend Peter C. Jacobson presiding. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in Highland Cemetery, New Cambria. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with the family present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to Grace Episcopal Church, Zion Lutheran Church, Bethany College or PFLAG Hutchinson, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.