William "Bill" Konda

Marion. William “Bill” Konda, 66, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 at the Dougherty Hospice House. Funeral services will be at 10:30am Monday, September 30, 2013 at the First Church of Monroe, Monroe, SD with burial in the Monroe Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2:00pm Sunday at the Hofmeister Jones Funeral Chapel, Marion with family present from 6-8pm Sunday evening. William Steve Konda was born on March 8, 1947 in McKennan Hospital at Sioux Falls, SD to Henry and Madeline (Miller) Konda. He attended country school and Parker High School until the age of 16 when he left school to help his Dad farm. He was drafted into the US Army and served 18 months in Vietnam. While in the service he received his GED and was the Soldier of the Month Award winner in 1967. He ended his career with the US Army as a 2nd PLT with the 86th Engineer Battalion. On August 15, 1969 he was united in marriage to Trudy Wieman at Monroe, SD. He worked for Don Burns Trucking delivering feed to farmers, Schwartz Manufacturing for 23 years as a welder, and Viking Glass as an installer. In 1995 he began his career with Southeastern Electric in Marion and retired on August 30, 2013 after 18 years of service. He also worked part-time on the Curt Matthies Farm, which he truly enjoyed. He had a deep love for his family and worked hard to provide for them. His love for his grandchildren was unending. He enjoyed helping them with their projects, attending their activities and enjoyed having them at his home. He took great pride in his employment and he gave 100% on any project that needed to be done. He deeply enjoyed hunting, fishing, wood working and farming with his friend Curt Matthies. A couple of his most talked about memories are that of his hunting trip with his son, son in laws and friends at Woonsocket and his fishing trip with his cousin Steve Konda at Mobridge. Bill was a member of the First Church of Monroe since 1969, serving on the consistory for several years, was a Marion City Council member, a Marion School Board member, a fireman with the Marion and Monroe Fire Departments, and a member of the VFW and American Legion. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Trudy; 3 daughters Nikki (Tracy) Hardin, Camanche, IA, Shelly (Mike) Wieman, Marion, and Brooke (Chris) Wipf, Harrisburg; a son Troy (Jenni) Konda, Black Hawk, SD; 6 grandchildren, Paige Hardin, Payton Hardin, Lane Wieman, Levi Wieman, Conner Wipf, and Aiden Wipf; his mother Madeline Konda, Marion; 2 brothers, Robert (Bonnie) Konda and Greg (Cindy) Konda, all of Parker; 3 sisters, Carol Smith, Freeman, Lorraine (Larry) Bauerle, Lennox, and Diane (John) Quinzer, Marion; his mother and father in law, Evelyn and Elmer Wieman, Yankton; a brother in law, Curt Wieman, Marion, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Henry.