Dan Zietz
Dan Lee Zietz, 56,
Minot, went to be with his
lord on June 9th, 2016,
after a brief illness.
Dan was born August
10, 1959, in Minot, the
son of Eugene and JoAnn
(Pugh) Zietz. He was
raised in Minot and the
surrounding area, attend-
ing Minot public schools.
He graduated in 1978.
Dan enjoyed many hob-
bies including: hunting,
fishing, playing softball,
and being at the lake. Dan
married the love of his life
Danelle Buettner on May
17th of 1980, and together
they raised three dau-
ghters, who gave Dan the
thing he admired the
most, his 6 grandchildren.
Dan was once employed
with Minot Public
Schools and Glacial Hold-
ings Inc. as their general
manager before purchas-
ing 1st Minot Manage-
ment.
Dan was an active busi-
nessman in the communi-ty as the owner of 1st
Minot Management. He
was a member of the
Minot Builders Associa-
tion, Moose Lodge, and
Minot Apartment Associa-tion. Dan took great pride
in his work and always
considered and made his
employees feel like fami-
ly.
Dan’s biggest pride was
his one and only grand-
son, Tristen (aka T). Dan
and T shared a bond like
no other and T saw him
as “dad.” Together they
enjoyed hunting, fishing
and just being together.
Dan spent his life
spreading joy to others.
He was well known and
everyone he knew shares
great memories with him.
Dan loved to cook for any-
body that would eat it! He
enjoyed cooking for the
Zietz Family Holidays,
where there could be
more than 40 people at
times.
At the time of his death
Dan & Danelle were in the
process of moving into a
new lake home at Lake
Metigoshe. Dan was look-
ing forward to a summer
full of friends and driving
his pontoon. He said he
was ready to move from
their place near Van Hook
and settle in to the beauty
of the trees up north.
Dan considered stop-
ping at Harley’s early in
the morning a part of his
daily duties. He said if he
missed it the day just
didn’t go as smoothly.
Dan is survived by his
wife, Danelle Zietz,
Minot; three daughters:
Angela Cook, Minot, Sa-
vana (Jeff) Pitcher, Velva
and Tonya (Justin) Mat-
tern, Minot; six grandchil-dren: Tristen Zietz, Tiara
Cook, Karma & Paiton
Pitcher, Karami & Maci
Mattern; siblings: Kathy
Holmes, MN, Gordy (Can-
dy) Zietz, Garrison, Bruce
(Colette) Zietz, MN, Kevin
(Judy) Zietz, Rugby, Tom-
mie (Tina) Zietz, Ken-
mare, Jamie (Lisa) Zietz,
Minot, Dennis (Luanne)
Zietz, Stanley, Sue (Brian)
George, Minot, sister-in-law Sue Zietz, Minot, sister-in-law and brother- in-law, Echo and Mike Oen, Monticello, MN, along with many beloved nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces and cousins.
Dan is preceded in
death by his parents: Eu-
gene and Joann Zietz,
brother, Eugene Zietz and
brother/best friend, Mike
Zietz.
Funeral Service: Tues-
day, June 14, 2016, at 2:00
p.m. in St. Mark’s Luth-
eran Church, Minot.
Visitation: Monday,
June 13, 2016, from 3:00
p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in
Thomas Family Funeral
Home, Minot.
Memorials are pre-
ferred to the donor’s
choice.
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the online memorial regis-
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