John Konok was born in Austria on July 6, 1894. He came to the United States from Canada as a young man.
He served in the United States Army Alaskan Division on the Aleutian Islands for a few years as a non-combatant.
In Carrington he worked at various jobs and for the railroad. He did yard work for others while keeping his own yard and garden in perfect condition.
He married Bessie Leota Jones on December 4, 1923, at Moorhead. Bessie Konok can be remembered by many in town as one saw her almost daily selling greeting cards.
The Konoks had six children: Lee, Johnnie, Mary Ann, Edna, Emma and Donna.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 29B