Michael “Mick” Krantz

April 20, 1946 - June 8, 2017

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Michael “Mick” Krantz, age 71, Dell Rapids, S.D. passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls after a courageous battle with ALS disease he was stricken with in April 2014.

Mick was born on April 20, 1946, in Sioux Falls, the son of Andy and Alice (Ingemann) Krantz.

He received his education at Juve Country School and graduated from Trent High School in 1964. He started working at Amdahl Motors in Pipestone and was married on July 2, 1965, in Dell Rapids to Mary Ryan.

They started farming east of Trent and continued to farm even after they moved to Dell Rapids in 2011. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church and he served on the church council, the Cenex Board and the Flandreau School Board.

Mick loved to work on the farm, motorcycling, attending grandchildren’s events, socializing with people and traveling.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; three children: Todd (Jennifer), Flandreau, Michelle (Jerry) Bunkers, Dell Rapids, Kevin (AliceAnn), Dell Rapids; nine grandchildren: Tate (Emily), Paige, O’Shae, Alexis, Elizabeth, Michael, Andrew, Sidney, Brooklynn; one great-grandson, Henry; three siblings, Jim (Linda) Nelson, Watertown, S.D., Billy (Joann) Nelson, Garden City, Kan., Barb (Rodney) Hoffman, Lenexa, Kan. and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Roger Hersrud and his wife, Lynette.

Visitation and a prayer service were both held June 12 at Skroch Funeral Chapel, Flandreau. Burial in Oslo Cemetery, Trent, S.D. Memorials to the ALS Association.

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