THOMAS HRDLICKA

Private funeral service with military honors for Thomas (Tucker) Frank Hrdlicka, 72, of Armour will be held on Tuesday, October 13 at Wagner Lake. Visitation with family is October 12 at Peters Funeral Home in Wagner with prayer service following. There will be a dedicated memorial place for him at the original Hrdlicka homestead. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas Frank Hrdlicka, son of Melvin and Vivian (Cedarburg) Hrdlicka, was born December 12th, 1947 at Wagner. He was baptized at the United Methodist Church. Tucker graduated from Ravinia High School in 1966. Tucker died peacefully Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Tucker and the love of his life, Linda Brownbear, enjoyed their love for each other for 36 years. Together they farmed north of Wagner. To this union they had one child, a daughter Tiffany Rose Hrdlicka.

Tucker lived his life to the motto of work hard, play hard. He was an accomplished carpenter/drywaller and followed his father’s footsteps of being a farmer. Before these life accomplishments, Tucker was drafted into the Army in 1966 and obtained a medal for being an expert rifleman. He was stationed in Germany and was a radio operator. He was honorably discharged in 1968.

Tucker enjoyed visiting with many neighbors, family and friends. Playing pitch and “shooting the moon” was one of his favorite things to do. Other favorite things he loved to do were woodworking, hunting and fishing. He will be remembered for his love of sweets, his sense of humor and always having a smile on his face. Some major milestones he had in his life were: farming next to his farther his whole life, bagging three wall-hanger bucks with some honorable mentions, catching 51 pounds of catfish which he reeled in himself this past June 2020 and the last one was living his life with no regrets.

Thankful for having shared his life are his better half: Linda Brownbear of Armour; child: Tiff (Chad) of Wagner; his sisters: Janet (Francis) Lhotak of Wagner and Eileen (Hardy) Steffen of Springfield; and many nieces and nephews.

Tucker was preceded in death by his parents Melvin and Vivian Hrdlicka, his brother Jim Hrdlicka, as well as his nephew Jeremy Lhotak.