The memorial service for Harvey Joseph Metz, 88, of Aberdeen, SD, will be held at 2:00pm, Friday, October 23, 2026, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, with Pastor Nicole Martin officiating. Military honors will be provided by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post 24. Burial will be at Trondhjem Cemetery, Veblen, SD, at a later date. Harvey passed away peacefully on Friday, October 16, at Bethesda Home of Aberdeen.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Friday at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 South Main Street.

Harvey Joseph Metz was born on March 8, 1938, to Steven and Margaret (Zentner) Metz at South Heart, ND. He grew up on the family farm and attended school in South Heart. Harvey joined the US Army in 1961. After he was honorably discharged in August of 1967, Harvey returned home to North Dakota. He began playing music professionally in many country music bands, traveling all over the midwest. He always loved music and played the lead guitar, bass guitar, banjo and the fiddle. Harvey was united in marriage to Ramona Joy Hawkinson at Zion Lutheran Church on July 3rd, 1981, in Aberdeen. Harvey worked at Econo Foods and Menards, retiring when he was 80.

Harvey enjoyed going to his sons’ baseball games and loved spending time with his grandchildren. He enjoyed keeping up with the news and watching westerns and country music shows on television. Feeding the neighborhood cats was also a favorite pastime of his.

Grateful for having shared Harvey’s life are his wife, Joy Metz; his sons: Russell (Sabrina) Metz, Curtis (Lindsey Schock) Metz, and Douglas Metz; his grandchildren: Sheridan Metz, Bentleigh Metz and Carter Metz; and his siblings: Mildred Robinson, Alice Pajorlie, Thomas (Diane) Metz, Linda (Marty) Buzalsky, and Howard Metz.

Preceding Harvey in death are his parents Steven and Margaret; his son Patrick Underberg; and his siblings: Adolph Metz, John Metz, Agnes Custer, Bernice Heiser, Albert Metz, Janice Slater, Jimmy Metz, Eileen Rykowski, and Robert Metz.