Mr. Pecenka was an active member of the Society for Range Management and was an avid sprint car fan.

Mr. Pecenka spent his entire career as a seed salesman for Sharp Brothers Seed of Healy and Star Seed of Osborne.

He is survived by his two sons, Shawn of Tescott and Greg of Phoenix; a daughter, Amy Gurtner and husband Scott of Dodge City; his twin brother, Greg of California; two sisters, Becky Laverentz of Pensacola, Fla., and Rosemary Ballard of Conway, Ark.; and three stepgrandchildren.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth Street, Salina.

Memorial Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 230 E. Cloud, Salina.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Ottawa County Hospital, in care of the mortuary.