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Thomas A. Peschka Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1972
Date of Passing Jul 19, 2007
About Thomas A. Peschka, 52, of Great Bend,
died July 19 at Via Christi St. Francis
Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He
was born Oct. 16, 1954, in Great Bend,
the son of Elmer and Geraldine Zorn
Peschka. He married Sherry Crosby on
Sept. 21, 1985, in Great Bend. A lifetime
Great Bend residence, he was a welder
and worked in farming.
Survivors include his wife, of the home;
mother, of Great Bend; three brothers,
Dan Peschka and wife Nancy, Joe
Peschka and wife Alethea, and Pat
Peschka, all of Great Bend; mother-inlaw
Betty Crosby, Great Bend; five
brothers-in-law, H.E. Crosby and wife
Tammy, Lakeland, Fla., Don Crosby and
wife Jodi, Diamonhead, Miss., Ed Crosby
and wife Karen, Pawnee Rock, Steve
Crosby and wife Lisa, San Diego, Calif.,
and Larry Crosby and wife Diana,
Littleton, Colo.; sister-in-law Jackie Reed
and husband Sebon, Great Bend; nieces
and nephews Joe Peschka Jr., Thomas J.
Peschka, Kim Bilder and husband Chris,
Georgeanne and Jason Hagan, Lance and
Amy Crosby, Jason and Ashley Crosby,
Kristen and Brad Madden, Kayla Crosby,
Brad and Karen Crosby, Chris Crosby,
Lindsay Crosby, Matt Crosby, Jeffrey
Crosby, Lauren Crosby, Kaci Reed and
Alex Reed; and several great-nieces and
great-nephews.
Thomas A. Peschka