Eugene Hyten, son of the late John Henry Hyten and Lillie Mae Trotter Hyten was born on July 9, 1930 in LaValle, Missouri and departed this life on September 21, 2020 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 90.

Mr. Hyten was the street department superintendent for the City of Dexter for over twenty-three years.  He was a member of the Duck Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Puxico and was a resident of Dexter.

On May 5, 1950 he was united in marriage to Wanda Marie Parsley in Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Hyten preceded him in death on May 21, 1996.

He is survived by one son, Lloyd S. Hyten and his wife Tresia of Dexter; by one daughter, Susan Marie Cox and her husband Doug of Dexter; by five grandchildren, Casey Sluder and husband Jacob, Whitney Horton and her husband David, Chris Hyten, Bradley Cooper and Kyle Cox all of Dexter and by six great-grandchildren, Aiden Cooper, Harper Cooper, Hudson Horton, Austin Sluder, Chandler Sluder, Patton Sluder and Cameron Sluder; and by one sister, Pauline Kyle of Grapeland, Texas.

Other than by his wife and his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Bill Hyten, Paul Hyten, Floyd Hyten, Johnny Hyten and Leroy Hyten and by three sisters, Esther Powers, Sylvia Caldwell and Ruth Pate.

Visitation will be conducted on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Jacob Sluder officiating.

Memorials may be made to the 18 ForeLife, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841 OR Stoddard County Children’s Home, P.O. Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841.  Envelopes will be provided at the funeral home.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.