Thomas Walter Pudge passed into the arms of Jesus on September 21, 2026, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Tom was born July 13, 1994, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, to Linda Marie Ballou Pudge Hood and Harold Dwane Pudge.

Tom attended Minneapolis and Glasco elementary schools and Glasco and Concordia high schools, graduating from Concordia High School in 2014. He later took classes at Beloit Vo-Tech School.

Tom accepted the Lord while in junior high and tried to live a life honoring Him through many trials and tribulations.

Over the years, Tom held many jobs, including working as a convenience store clerk and in food service. His most recent employment was with the FedEx Distribution Center.

Tom was preceded in death by his father, Dwane; grandparents, LaVerne and Mary Ballou and Harold and Edith Pudge; uncles, Larry and Gary Ballou, Darreld Pudge, Bud Porter, Jerry Morris, Roger Snellenberger, and Richard Cook; and aunt, Nancy Ballou.

Tom is survived by his mother and stepfather, Linda and David Hood; brother, Michael Pudge; sisters, Heidi and Lyndsi Pudge; stepbrother, Justin Hood; uncle, Phil Ballou and wife Karen; aunts, Judy Weis and husband Brett, Elsie Porter, Karen Morris, Mary Campos and husband Ray, Melva Snellenberger, and Devonne Cook; niece, Marley Joy Pudge; and special friends, Jennifer Beasley and Linda Harris. Tom also had many cousins and friends.

Tom was an organ donor so that the quality of many lives could be improved.

Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M., Friday, October 2 at the Mission Minneapolis, 203 E. Tenth Street, Minneapolis. Memorials may be made to The Mission Minneapolis and may be left in care of Wilson Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 166, Minneapolis, KS 67467.