Onalea “Onee” Ann Barber
March 21, 1942 ~ May 13, 2025
Onalea “Onee” A. Barber, 83, formerly of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, surrounded by her family, at her home in Leavenworth, KS.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at St. John American Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls with a Memorial Service to follow at 10:30 a.m. To view the service via Livestream, you may click HERE.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to St. John Lutheran Church in Onalea’s memory.
Onalea “Onee” Ann Berdahl was born on March 21, 1942, in Minneapolis, MN to Carl and Mable (Hokensted) Berdahl. She grew up on a farm near Garretson, SD. She graduated high school from Augustana Academy. After high school, she attended Nettleton College where she learned shorthand. She then worked for the courthouse for a short time.
Onee met her husband, Ronald, and they were married on April 12, 1964. Shortly after the birth of their first child, Onee took on her most important job, raising her children. In their 61 years of marriage, they were blessed with three children, Sheri, Wayne, and Doug.
After her children were grown, Onee worked for Sam’s Club for numerous years. She touched many people’s lives with her soft words and selfless actions.
In 2021, Ron and Onee moved to Leavenworth, KS to live with their son Doug.
Grateful for sharing Onee’s life, are her husband, Ron Barber; daughter, Sheri (Frank) Natole, Sioux Falls; sons, Wayne (Janet) Barber, Overland Park, KS, and Doug (Karen) Barber, Leavenworth, KS; stepson, Robert (Nora) McDaniel, Sioux Falls; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous other children that were blessed to call her grandma and great-grandma.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl & Mable Berdahl.
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