Edwin J. Berens, 79, has gone home, leaving behind a circle of those who loved him.
What follows is written with love, by those who knew him best.
Edwin's story began in 1936, and unfolded across the years that followed.
Edwin held deeply to the Lutheran faith — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew him best.
Belief, when lived, becomes a kind of inheritance.
Edwin J. Berens, 79 died Friday, August 5, 2016 at Southridge Care Center, Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be at 10:30am Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at Grace Lutheran Church, Parker. Visitation with family present will be from 6-8pm Monday evening at Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home, Parker with a Prayer Service at 7:30pm. Edwin J. Berens was born on December 25, 1936 at Chancellor, SD to Ed and Helen (Folken) Berens. As a young man he moved with his family north of Parker. On August 4, 1956 he was united in marriage to Marlene Rehfeldt at Humboldt, SD. They lived at Parker where he was employed with the Turner County Highway Department as the shop forman for 43 years, retiring in 1999. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Marlene; 2 children Debra (Daryl) Dreesman, Humboldt, and Michael (Jodie), Sioux Falls; 6 grandchildren , Heath, Cory (Becca), Stacie (Brian), Melissa, Kelsey, and Makayla and 3 great grandchildren, Ella, Emmett, and Connor; and 3 brothers, Ralph (Merrianna) and Lyle (Margo), all of Parker, and Larry ( Loretta), Colton. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Shirley, and 4 brothers, Dean, Merle, Harold, and Robert.
