AKRON, Iowa -- Michael Alan Stoos, 40, of Gaithersburg, Md., formerly of Remsen, Iowa, and Akron, passed away suddenly on Sunday, March 14, 2010, from injuries suffered a car accident in Maryland.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with the Rev. William McCarthy and Rev. Tim Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the St. Catherine's Catholic Cemetery, Oyens, Iowa. Visitation will be anytime after 4 p.m. on Monday, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home and Monument in Remsen. Condolences may be sent online to fischfh.com. Services were also held March 19 at Pumphrey Funeral Home in Bethesda, Md.

Michael was born on Jan. 31, 1970, at Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Dean Stoos and Kathy Delzeit. He was raised and educated in Akron, graduating from Akron Westfield High School in 1988. He then attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D., graduating with honors in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in engineering.

On May 23, 1992, he married Karen Simon in Hoven, S.D. In 1994, the couple moved to Gaithersburg, Md., where Mike was currently the chief technology officer and the director of infrastructure for The Food And Drug Administration in Washington, DC.

Mike was a world traveler including Switzerland, Germany and Japan. He also loved to play poker, going fishing, volleyball, drinking wine and playing his guitar with his friend, Martin HakimDin.

Survivors include his wife, Karen of Gaithersburg, Md.; his father, Dean Stoos and his special friend, Linda Stansberry of Dakota City; his mother, Kathy Delzeit of Plainsville, Kan.; his maternal grandparents, Robert J. and Dorothy Konz of Le Mars, Iowa; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Henry and Margaret Stoos; his aunt, Janet Konz; his uncle, Richard Konz; and his stepfather, Don Delzeit.

Pallbearers will be Andrea Gotto, Dan Nacke, Cassie Oetken, Krista Peters, Brian, Chris, Craig and Jeff