Thomas A. Peschka 52, died July 19, 2007 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He was born October 16, 1954 in Great Bend, the son of Elmer and Geraldine Zorn Peschka. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend, and was a welder and worked in farming. On September 21, 1985 he married Sherry Crosby in Great Bend. She survives. Other survivors include: his mother, Geraldine Peschka, Great Bend, 3 brothers, Dan Peschka and wife, Nancy, Joe Peschka and wife, Alethea, and Pat Peschka all of Great Bend;Mother-in-law, Betty Crosby, Great Bend; 5 brothers-in-law, H.E. Crosby and wife, Tammy, Lakeland, Fl, Don Crosby and wife, Jodi, Diamondhead, MS, Ed Crosby and wife, Karen, Pawnee Rock, KS, Steve Crosby and wife, Lisa, San Diego, CA, and Larry Crosby and wife, Diana, Littleton, CO; 1 sister-in-law, Jackie Reed and husband, Sebon, Great Bend; nieces and nephews, Joe Peschka, Jr., Thomas J. Peschka, Kim and Chris Bilder, 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 nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer Peschka and father-in-law, H.E. "Jack" Crosby, and sister-in-law Kathryn Crosby Wilson. Funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, with Pastor Jack Sweany presiding. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sunday with family receiving friends 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Monday, 9:00 a.m. until service time, all at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Pawnee Rock Cemetery, Pawnee Rock, KS. Memorials may be sent to the Great Bend Humane Society in care of the funeral home.