Ordell Glenn Swenson

October 13, 1946 ~ December 27, 2023

Ordell G. Swenson, 77, Sioux Falls, died Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, following a series of health issues.

Visitation with family will be 5-7pm, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at Heartland Funeral Home, with a time of sharing at 7pm. Funeral Services will be 10am, Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at Heartland Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Swedona Covenant Church Cemetery, rural Brandon, with Full Military Honors.

Ordell Glenn Swenson was born on October 13, 1946, on a farm near Garretson, to Alvin Leroy and Hazel Thelma (Oien) Swenson. He attended three area country schools in the Garretson and Dell Rapids areas, before finishing in Brandon from 6th grade until graduating in 1964. He was drafted into the United States Army on December 6, 1965. He was honorably discharged in December 1967. He met Viola Krueger in Brandon, at the Til Huset’s Bar. They were married on December 5, 1969. He started working for Queen City in August of 1970 until retiring in 2008 at 62. He attended two years of business college.

Ordell is survived by his four children, Darla Swenson, Karen (Grant) Hanisch, Glenn Swenson, and Donald (Sara) Swenson; five grandchildren, Kole Hanisch, Kaylee Hanisch, Kyle Hollingshead, Cody Swenson, and Jesse Swenson; and brother, Harold Swenson.

Ordell is preceded in death by his wife, Viola Swenson; parents, Alvin and Hazel; and one sister, Rosalie Peterson. 

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