DE SMET — Thomas “Tom” Peckenpaugh, 74, of De Smet, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018, at the De Smet Good Samaritan Center after a two-year battle with cancer.
A funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 14, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in De Smet. Burial will follow in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Cemetery. Visitation hours are 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Thomas Paul Peckenpaugh was born October 14, 1943, at Carthage to Francis and Loretta (Callahan) Peckenpaugh. He graduated from De Smet High School in 1962. After high school, he attended South Dakota State University and graduated in 1967 with a degree in Animal Science.
While at SDSU, he was a member of the SDSU rodeo team, where he competed in bull riding and bareback riding. Following his graduation from SDSU, he returned to the family farm. Family was very important to Tom. He loved farming, ranching his Hereford cattle, and his quarter horses.
Tom is survived by two brothers, Jim Peckenpaugh, and Bob (Nancy) Peckenpaugh both of Carthage; sisters, Helen (Jim) Heiter of Alexandria, Mary (Roger) Widman of De Smet, Magaret (James) Mourek of De Smet, Janice (Alan) Serfling of Madison, and Pat Peckenpaugh of Sioux Falls; 15 nieces and nephews, and several great-nieces and nephews; and friend, Judy Fredrichs.
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