Lori Ann Koenig

Private family graveside services were held Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at Highland Cemetery in Fairfax, SD. Emmett Kotrba officiated. Clausen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Lori Ann Koenig was born Sunday, April 11, 1965, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lynch, NE, to Donald and Betty (Stoltenberg) Bentz. She was the only daughter. Lori had four brothers: Darrell, Allen, Chad, and Kevin. She was baptized June 2, 1965 at the United Church of Christ in Fairfax, SD. Lori went to school in Fairfax, where she graduated with the class of 1983. On December 10, 1983, she was united in marriage to Randy Koenig, and to this union one daughter, Charity Lynn, was born in May 1984.

Lori loved spending time with her grandchildren, Bryce and Savanna. She always had time for new and old board games, cooking new recipes, watching movies, and Sunday drives to the river.

Lori was a rural mail carrier for the US Postal Service for nearly 25 years. She took pride in making sure her customers were taken care of. On Saturday, January 11, 2025, while on her mail route, Lori was in a car accident that tragically took her life.

Lori was preceded in death by her father, Donald Bentz, grandparents Fred Jr. and Lydia Bentz and Frank and Theresa Stoltenberg, and her in-laws Edwin and Philomena Koenig.

Left to mourn are her mother Betty Bentz, husband Randy Koenig, daughter Charity (Travis) Fischer, grandchildren Bryce and Savanna Fischer, brothers Darell (Joann), Allen (Vonda), Chad (Michele), and Kevin (Lynne), and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and friends.