mily get togethers, and hanging in Dick's shop; but the highlight of his life was spending time with his boys and grandkids whom he loved to the moon and back. He passed away on May 12, 2015 after a brief battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents and his mother and father-in-law. Tom is survived by his wife Carol of Emmetsburg; sons: Chad & wife Tonia of Mallard, and Shayne & wife Melissa of Northwood; grandchildren: Makaio, Bella, Manny, Ryan, Bailey, & Olivia; sisters: Marilyn (Larry) Neubauer of Ardmore, OK, Rosemary Schafer of West Bend, and Lois (John) Hostettler of Milbank, SD; brothers: Nick (Prudy) Hoch of Cylinder and Jim (Hazel) Hoch of Emmetsburg as well as many family and friends.