Bernice Ann Kjelden Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Bernice Ann Kjelden of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who passed away at the age of 81, on November 22, 2023. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Louis Erichsen and Margaret Erichsen (Ashbaugh); her daughter Dawn Renee Kjelden; her brother Lowell Erichsen; her brothers-in-law, Dennis Kjelden, Harold Berkland, Arthur Keith Shaver and Doug Sweetland; and her nieces, Shelley Bjerke and Jill Christina Hintz.
She is survived by: her daughter Faye Annette (Andrew) of Bloomington, MN; her husband Dean Kjelden of Sioux Falls; her grandchildren, Lauren Black (Joshua) of Wassenaar, Netherlands, Katlin Munson (Tylor Letzring) of Sioux Falls, Elliot and Samuel Atwood of Bloomington, MN; her great grandchildren, Aubrie, Alexander, Augustus Black, Eloise and Rosalie Munson; her siblings, Wayne Erichsen of Tempe, AZ, Joyce Ulven of Sioux Falls, Vivian Shaver of Sioux Falls, LaVonne Kjelden of Sioux Falls, Linda Berkland of Sioux Falls and June McKillip of Sioux Falls; her sisters-in-law, Joan Erichsen of Sioux Falls and Karen Sweetland of Marshall, MN; her brother Marlin; and her sister-in-law Barbara Bjerke of Clear Lake, SD. She is also survived by many other relatives and friends.
For those wishing to send flowers, we kindly request a donation be made to the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society instead as a way to honor Bernice.
