Mark Konkel was born on September 15, 1949, to Joyce and Earl Konkel in Springfield, Colorado. He grew up in Baca County, Colorado; where he attended the Butcher School through fifth grade. He attended middle school in Elkhart, Kansas, before going to high school in Hugoton, Kansas, where he graduated in 1967. He lettered in both football and wrestling during his high school years, with his wrestling gaining him a scholarship to Dodge City Community College. Mark attended several colleges over the next four years before working on several ranches in Texas and custom haying with his brother, Dane, in Garden City, Kansas. Mark moved to Wyoming in 1974, where he lived in Shirley Basin, Buffalo and Gillette before settling down in Casper where he sold western wear and vehicles for six years. In 1984, Mark moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he sold cars for five years before moving back to Casper to work for Coliseum Motors. In 1994, Mark moved to Aztec, New Mexico, where he sold vehicles and New Holland equipment until his retirement. A year after Mark moved to Aztec, Joyce joined him there and they lived together on Mark's irrigated acreage, on which they ran a few calves and horses. They took care of each other until Mark's passing on February 26, 2015. Mark always maintained a love for horses and agriculture, as well as a love for travel and the outdoors. His family was very important to him and he was a very supportive son, brother and uncle. He had a strong relationship with his Heavenly Father his entire life, and made that walk official by professing his faith in 1990, and with his baptism in 1992. His love for his family and his Heavenly Father remained strong until the end. Mark was preceded in death by his father, Earl Konkel. He is survived by his mother, Joyce Konkel; brothers, Dane (Patti) Konkel and Tracy (Pat) Konkel; sisters, Connie Mann, Jan DeMoulin and Robyn Konkel; nine nephews and nieces.