The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Kendal J. Thompson, 67, passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, S.D. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in De Smet, S.D. Father Richard Baumberger will be the Celebrant. Burial will be at Pleasant Lutheran Cemetery in Vienna, S.D., following lunch.

Kendal James Thompson was born Sept. 10, 1954, to Orville and LeAlma (Balogh) Thompson in Watertown, S.D. He graduated from Willow Lake High School in 1972 before receiving his Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Education at South Dakota State Universi...