Bernard “Bernie” Gunnink, age 87, of Hardwick, Minn., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, Minn.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, at the Colonial Funeral Chapel. Interment was in the Hillside Cemetery in Edgerton.
Obituaries
Mary Noralene (Klos) Lienhard, 88, of Sioux Falls, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 at the Alcester Care and Rehab Center in Alcester.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, at Miller Funeral Home Westside Chapel in Sioux Falls.
Harriet Gertrude Wehde, 91, of Brandon, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls.
A Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, at Heartland Funeral Home in Brandon. A Funeral Service will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Swedona Covenant Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Swedona Covenant Church.
Harriet Gertrude Nordstrom was born on Oct. 21, 1934, to Hadleigh and Gertrude (Berggren) Nordstrom, on a farm one mile from her home that she has lived at for the last 45 years. She moved to her family homestead when she was 1 year old. Harriet had two brothers and a sister. She attended Sunrise Hills Elementary School and went on to graduate from Brandon High School.
Harriet married Harley Sievers, and had two sons, Ken and Mark. The family lived in Sioux Falls. She later married A.D. Wehde on July 17, 1970, in Gillette, Wyo. They then lived in Wyoming for 15 years. Harriet and A.D. moved to their current homestead in 1985.
Artilda F. Haffner met Jesus face to face in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, held in the arms of her two children in her home, following a recent diagnosis of cancer. She was surrounded by the same love she spent a lifetime giving away. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls.
Artilda was born in Grenville, S.D., on Aug. 6, 1939, the youngest of four children born to Frank and Eva Block. She was 87 years old. She grew up on the family farm, where – according to her sisters – she managed to avoid most of the hard chores simply by being the baby of the family. It was on that farm that she first fell in love with animals and country living, a love that would stay with her for the rest of her life.
When Artilda was 10, the family moved to Sioux Falls. Just five years later, she met her future husband, Donald L. Haffner, at Pioneer Park in the Riverside neighborhood. After a short courtship, Don and Artilda eloped and were united in marriage on Feb. 4, 1956, beginning a life together that would span 65 years until Don’s passing in 2021.
Stephen “Steve” A. Baete, 83, of Sioux Falls, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026.
A visitation was held Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at Miller Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service with military honors at the South Dakota Veterans Cemetery beginning.
Vicki Lou Aaseng, 74, of Brandon, passed away at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 surrounded by her family.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday Aug. 18 at Risen Savior Catholic Church in Brandon.
Nancy Anne (Bjorkman) Pulford, 74, of Sioux Falls, passed away Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026 at Risen Savior Catholic Church, 301 N. Splitrock Blvd., Brandon. The family will be present to greet friends from 5-7 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. prayer service Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 at Miller Southside Chapel, 7400 S. Minnesota Ave., Sioux Falls.
Audrey Jane Kouril-Rud, 69, of Sioux Falls, died unexpectedly Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026.
Funeral services are planned for 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at Memorial Lutheran Church, 5000 S. Western Ave., Sioux Falls. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, also at the church.
Linda Shirl Pierret, 83, of Garretson, passed away Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Garretson. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. with Vigil and Rosary starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Garretson.
Austin Ryan Brown, 21, of Luverne, Minn., formerly of Brandon, passed away from a rare childhood cancer on Friday, July 24, 2026 surrounded by his family at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage.
