Michael Edwin Konz, 62, Adrian, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage.
A funeral Mass was Tuesday, Aug. 6, at St. Adrian Catholic Church. Burial was in the St. Adrian Cemetery.
Michael Konz was born Oct. 19, 1956, to Edwin and LaVonne (Heinrichs) Konz in Pipestone. When Mike was very young, the family moved to the family farm north of Adrian. Mike graduated from Adrian High School in 1974 and later from Pipestone Vo-Tech in agriculture banking. He began working at the Farmers State Bank in Trimont in January 1976.
Mike married Pam Kieser on June 27, 1981, at St. Adrian Catholic Church. The couple lived and worked on the family farmstead north of Adrian. Mike began as a substitute rural mail carrier in 1981. In 1991 he became a full-time carrier. He retired on July 31, 2019.
Mike was an active member of St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian, the Knights of Columbus, the St. Joseph’s Society, the Minnesota Rural Letter Carriers Association as a board member for eleven years, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, and had served on the Trimont Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad.
Mike enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing cards and visiting. His faith and family were central to his life and he loved being with his grandchildren.
Mike is survived by his wife, Pam Konz, Adrian; five children, David (Megan) Konz, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Paul (Ginger) Konz, Sioux Falls, James (Amber) Konz, Claremont, Jonathan (Brooke) Konz, Sioux Falls, and Kaitlyn (Scott) Voss, Marshall; ten grandchildren, Noah, Edwin, Oliver, Martin, April, Logan, RaeAnn, and Michael Konz and Whitney and Elizabeth Voss; his mother, Vonnie Konz, Adrian; three brothers, Dan (Deb) Konz, Brandon, South Dakota; Ray (Jan) Konz, Brandon, and Wayne (Roswitha) Konz, Mitchell, South Dakota; a sister, Cathy (Dan) Houlihan, Elysian; and a brother-in-law, Arthur “Butch” (Becky) Parker, Lake City, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his father, Edwin; an infant grandson, Matthew; and a sister, Patricia Parker.
Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Adrian, dingmannandsons.com.
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