Funeral Mass for Peter T. "Pete" Krebs, 66, of Lemmon, SD will be Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon. Fr. Tony Grossenburg will officiate and Pete's ashes will be buried at Greenhill Cemetery in Lemmon, following the Mass. A Rosary/Wake Service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church prior to the Mass.


Peter Thomas Krebs was born on December 19, 1945 to Nicholaus and Katherine (Martin) Krebs in Lemmon, SD. He attended North Lemmon Consolidated grade school and St. Mary's grade school. Pete graduated from High School in 1963.


Following his graduation, he entered the National Guard and moved to Washington State in 1964. Pete returned to Lemmon in 1970 and began working with his dad and brother at Krebs and Sons Blacksmith's. He started his own construction business, Pete Krebs Construction, in 1971. If you have a pole building within 100 miles of Lemmon, Pete probably built it. He married Judy Lenerville in 1974. To this union three children were born, Rita, Billie and Sarah.


In 1989 Pete married Barbara Schmidt Odell. Pete loved gardening and also enjoyed spending many hours playing cards with his friends at the Legion in Lemmon. Pete also served as a volunteer fireman in Lemmon. In 2008, he retired from his construction business.


Pete passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.


He is survived by his wife, Barbara Krebs, Lemmon, SD; three children, Rita (Jason) Jackson, Rapid City, SD, Billie (Tom) Gormley, Tucson, AZ and Sarah (Jeff) Oase, Reeder, ND; stepchildren, Greg (Becky) Odell, Minot, ND and Joseph (Becky) Odell, Missoula, MT; grandchildren, Sean Elder, Samantha Oase, Vanessa Oase, Logan Gormley, Amanda Odell and Corey Landsberk; sisters, Lorraine (Larry) Moser, Lemmon, SD, Doris (Earl) Kile, Lemmon, SD, Triena Warfield, Colstrip, MT, Ann Watkins, Yakima, WA, Cindy (Jim) Kountz, Vancouver, WA and Jackie (Pete) Timm, Bowdle, SD; brothers, Cliff and Robert Krebs, Lemmon, SD and Frank Krebs, Pinehaven, WY; uncles and aunts, Henry (Eva) Krebs, Pullayup, WA, John Martin, Dickinson, ND and Rose Krebs, Lefor, ND; and numerous nieces and nephews.


Pete was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Nick Krebs; three nephews, Alex Leno, Ernest Scott Krebs and Tony Netzler; brothers-in-law, Paul Warfield and Wayne Smolnikar; father-in-law, Joe Schmidt; and step father-in-law, George Sweeny.


A memorial has been established to the American Cancer Society.