Funeral services for Kenneth Preszler, age 85 of Lemmon, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 27, 2008 at St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lemmon. Pastor Frank Gantt will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery at Lemmon.


Special music will be provided by Rhonda Tomac.


Serving as casketbearers are Chuck Christman, Ray Schopp, Luther Schoon, Shawn Preszler, Daryl Storm, and Dean Larson.


KENNETH PRESZLER was born April 12, 1923 at Meadow, SD. He was the tenth out of eleven children born to Jacob and Christine (Albrecht) Preszler. Kenneth grew up on the family farm at Meadow and attended a local country school. He started high school at Meadow Central and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1941. Kenneth farmed with his father. On June 18, 1944, he was united in marriage to Joyce Bartell at Shadehill, SD. They purchased a farm east of Meadow where they raised their children, Leon, Nancy, Linda, and Floyd. Over the years they continued to expand their farming and ranching operation. When his children became older and were interested in rodeo, Kenneth also became involved and following his kids to high school and college rodeo's. He competed in the Old Men's Breakaway and the Team Roping.


In 1996, they retired and sold their farm and then moved into Lemmon. When his health began to fail he was cared for at home by his wife. Kenneth entered Western Horizons Care Center in Hettinger in July of 2008. He passed from this life on Tuesday afternoon, December 23, 2008 at Western Horizons Care Center in Hettinger.


He was a member of St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and served on numerous boards including the ASCS Board, and Lemmon School Board.


Surviving family members include his wife, Joyce, Lemmon, SD; two sons and daughters-in-law, Leon and Suzanne Preszler, Yankton, SD; Floyd and Barbara Preszler, Rapid City, SD; two daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy and Greg Kampfe, Rapid City, SD; Linda and Frank Pisacka, Crawford, NE; ten grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Mildred and Fred Voigt, Cordova, TN; Pearl Ehlert, Little Chute, WI; one sister-in-law, Betty Preszler, Lemmon, SD; and number nieces and nephews.


Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers, Arthur, Ervin, Robert, Raymond, Harold, and Harry Preszler; two sisters, Lillian Johnson and Esther Watts.


Visitation will be Friday 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and on Saturday one hour prior to services at St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church.