Ernest “Ernie” Wayne Swier, 86, Brandon, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 5-7 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2025, at Heritage Lutheran Church in Brandon. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2025, also at Heritage Lutheran Church.
Ernest “Ernie” Wayne Swier was born April 26, 1938, in Humboldt, SD to Walter and Dorothy (VanderLugt) Swier. He graduated from Colton High School and South Dakota State University where he majored in Animal Science.
While a college student, Ernie was united in marriage to Wilma Jo Berdahl on Aug. 1, 1958. Ernie and Jo were proud parents to Scott, Chad, and Kelli. Family was the greatest joy in their lives.
The family moved to an acreage outside of Corson in 1971 and established Dakota Ridge Simmentals. This led the family to be very active in 4H where they enjoyed the Minnehaha County and South Dakota State Fair with the many friends they made. Ernie was also a past President of the South Dakota Simmental Association.
Obituaries
Services for Merlin A. Beermann, 88, of Brandon, formerly of Sheldon, Iowa, died Sunday, March 9, 2025, at Ava’s Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 15, 2025, at First Reformed Church in Sheldon. Burial will be at a later date at East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.
Torin Radigan passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 in Vermillion, S.D., at the age of 15. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls. Family will be present to greet friends for visitation beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Graveside services will follow his service at 2 p.m. at Tivoli Cemetery in Eagle Lake, Minn.
Torin was born in Sioux Falls on March 4, 2010. As a child, his family enjoyed his happy, laid-back energy and love of making people laugh. He loved Godzilla, a good pickle, and a root beer.
He attended Vermillion High School and was currently in his freshman year. He excelled in his studies, often in advanced classes. He loved learning new things, history, and reading. In his free time, Torin could be found hanging out with his best friend Connor Fasone, gaming with friends, working on cars with his dad, Chad, duck hunting, fishing, and hanging out with Uncle Greg, Uncle Will, and Aunt Danielle.
And most of all, heading out west to ride horses and work on the ranch with his big sister, Haylee and brother-in-law, Brett.
Thomas “Tom” Vincent Miller, 80, of Larchwood, Iowa, died Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Bethany Home in Brandon.
Janice ‘Jan’ Parry, 71, of Brandon, died Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Bethany Home, Brandon. Her memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 14, 2025 at the Bethany Meadows Chapel of Brandon. Please use the Bethany Meadows entrance door. Inurnment will be in the Hills of Rest Cemetery.
Renae Reed, 69, of Sioux Falls, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 at her home. A family directed Celebration of Life is being planned for later this summer.
Daryle L. Schuetts, 90, of Brandon, passed away peacefully Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Society in Canton. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2025, at George Boom Funeral Chapel in Brandon. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2025, at Brandon Lutheran Church. Graveside service with Military Honors will follow at Hills of Rest Cemetery, Sioux Falls. Visit georgeboom.com for an online guestbook.
Daryle was born on Aug. 2, 1934 in Edgerton, Minn., to Kenneth and Lillian Schuetts. He graduated from Luverne (Minn.) High School in 1953 and served in the U.S. Army at Fort Bliss in Texas.
Daryle and Esther Ormseth exchanged vows on Sept. 15, 1957 at Norway Lutheran Church. Together they raised three daughters, Beth, Marcia, and Jill, and many horses. Daryle and Esther enjoyed 67 years of marriage, most of them spent on the acreage and home they built near Brandon, S.D.
Richard “Dick” Miller, 84, of Sioux Falls, died Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Bethany Home in Sioux Falls. Memorial visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 9, 2025, at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls.
Robert J. Auseth, 77, of Brandon, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, under the care of Good Samaritan Luther Manor in Sioux Falls, surrounded by his family. Memorial services are planned for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6, 2025 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 at George Boom Funeral Home & Crematory in Sioux Falls. Interment will be in the South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, also in Sioux Falls.
Alfred “Al” G. Schneck, 90, of Sioux Falls, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. A Celebration of Life service was held Tuesday, March 4 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls. Inurnment was in the Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls.
