KONRAD, Raymond J. 1916-2010

KONRAD, MAYER, ANDERSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/2/2010 at 20:24:08

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Raymond J. Konrad

CARPENTER - Raymond J. Konrad, 93, of St. Ansgar, formerly of Carpenter, died Sunday (Feb. 28, 2010) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at St. Ansgar Baptist Church, St. Ansgar, with Pastors Gary Gonnerman, Joel Konrad and Mark Konrad officiating. Burial will be in the Newburg Cemetery, Carpenter. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 641-713-4920.

[Globe Gazette online, Tue., March 2, 2010]

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Raymond J. Konrad

CARPENTER, IOWA - Raymond J. Konrad, 93, of St. Ansgar, and formerly of Carpenter died Sunday, February 28, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.

Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at St. Ansgar Baptist Church, St. Ansgar, with Pastors Gary Gonnerman, Joel Konrad and Mark Konrad officiating. Burial will be in the Newburg Cemetery, Carpenter.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.
Raymond John Konrad went home to be with the Lord just shy of 94 years old.

He was born in Tripp, S.D., on March 19, 1916, to Ida Mayer Konrad and John Konrad. Ray moved to Carpenter as a young man to work driving truck for the elevator. This is where he met Jean and on Feb. 22, 1941, they were married in Osage. Ray served overseas during World War II as an airplane mechanic. He then returned home, bought a corn sheller and started his own business, finally going into farming. Ray and Jean raised five children and the family is still growing. Ray came to know Christ as his savior as a young man and His children and grandchildren are thankful for the legacy of faith that he left. What an amazing God!

Raymond is survived by his children, Dian and her husband, Rodger Hoelscher, of Greene, Carol and her husband, Glenn Nelson, of Hudson, Wis., Joel and his wife, Linda Konrad, of Forest Grove, Ore., Mark and his wife, DeeAnn Konrad, of Tigard, Ore., Lois and her husband, EuiHum Paik, of Beaverton, Ore. He is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years Ruth Jean Anderson Konrad; his parents, his brothers Harvey and Howard; and a sister Ruth Brooks; brothers-in-law, Cleo Brooks and Neil Wiley; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 641-713-4920.

[Globe Gazette online, March 3, 2010]