By Aberdeen Insider - March 12, 2025 in 
Luanne Swanson, 86, of Aberdeen, SD
The memorial service for Luanne Swanson, 86, of Aberdeen, SD, will be 11:00am, Friday, March 14, 2025, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with Pastor Jeff Whillock officiating. Burial at Ortley Cemetery, Ortley, SD, at a later date. Luanne died Friday, March 7, at Avera Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen.
Visitation will be 9:30-11:00am, before the service.
Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 South Main Street, is in charge of the arrangements.
Luanne Marie Monserud was born December 1, 1938, to Otto & Clara (Skatvold) Monserud in Ortley, SD. She went to school in Ortley and graduated from there. Luanne met her future husband, Owen Swanson, at the outdoor movies in Ortley in the summer of 1951. They married May 11, 1958, in Ortley and honeymooned in the Black Hills. She stayed in Milbank for one year while Owen was in the service, then moved to Georgia to join him. They came home and lived in Ortley, Butler, Stratford, Bath, and ended up in Aberdeen in 1967. They celebrated their 25th and 50th anniversaries with their favorite song, “Can I Have This Dance” by Anne Murray.
Luanne worked for Sears, the Brown County treasurer and (Avera) St. Luke’s business office for twenty years. Luanne loved walking, gardening and her flowers, animals, especially cats & dogs, and dancing the waltz. She liked to cook and bake, especially with her family. They enjoyed making her Christmas spritz cookies. She also liked shopping for shoes.
Grateful for having shared Luanne’s life are her husband Owen Swanson; children: Doug (Rhonda) Swanson and Lynae (Travis) Sitter; grandchildren: Leah Swanson, Hannah Swanson, Mitchell Krabill, Jacob Krabill, Michael (Arianna) Sitter and Megan (Parker) Piorkowski; great grandchildren: Braeden Street, Grayson Street, Henry Sitter, Harper Sitter, Ivy Piorkowski, and Owen Piorkowski; and sister Carole Monserud.
Preceding Luanne in death are her daughter Lisa Swanson; her great granddaughter Ella Marie Piorkowski ; and siblings: Lyle Monserud, Leone Sieh, and Lois Wagner