Terence L. “Big Terry” Redetzke, 62, died November 7, 2016, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City.  He was born July 12, 1954, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Martha (Hawes) Redetzke.  Terry was a 1972 graduate of Hoisington High School.

A lifelong Hoisington area resident, Terry was a truck driver and the owner of TP Inc. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, and a lifetime member of OOIDA, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
On October 30, 1976, he married Pamela J. Harrison in Great Bend, Kansas.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Pamela Redetzke; children, Tanna Vine and husband Dustin of Ellis, Terry Redetzke and wife Sandy of Ellis, and Amanda Redetzke of Overland Park; siblings, Cathy Kruhm and husband Burt of Littleton, CO, Linda Rubio and husband Martin of Hoisington, Greg Redetzke of Hoisington, and Carol Redetzke of Great Bend; father-in law, William Harrison of Cedarville, AR; brother-in-law, Shane Harrison of Overland Park; and six grandchildren, Maleah, Westin, and Myles Vine, and Grace, Sydney, and Carter Redetzke.

He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents, Leo & Cecelia Redetzke; mother-in-law, Shirley Harrison; brothers-in-law, Clay and Lance Harrison; and his beloved dog and best friend, Jake.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 11, 2016, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Anselm Eke.  Burial will follow in St. John Catholic Cemetery.
Friends may call 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, with family to receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Vigil and Rosary led by the Knights of Columbus at 7:30 p.m., all at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.  Memorials may be made to Kans for Kids or the Clara Barton Hospital Foundation, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.