Donna R. Dirksen

Donna Dirksen, 95, passed away peacefully on February 4, 2026, at Bethesda Home in Aberdeen, SD, surrounded by her family.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 13, 2026, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Faulkton, SD, with Pastor LeShea Avery presiding. Burial will follow in LeSueur Cemetery, Bancroft, SD. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Donna Ruth Currier was born July 12, 1930, to Valentine and Margaret (Reeter) Currier on a farm near Iroquois, SD, moving at an early age with her family to a farm near Bancroft, SD. She attended all eight years of grade school at the Engelking country school, graduating from Bancroft High School in 1948.

On June 4, 1948, she married Delbert Dirksen at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Bancroft, SD. They farmed in the Bancroft area for several years. During that time, they had two daughters, Deanna and Debbie. Her husband began employment with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Service in December of 1957, continuing to live on their farm by Bancroft until moving to Brookings, SD in August of 1959. Then in July of 1960, they moved to Faulkton, SD, living there until 2023 when she moved to Bethesda Home in Aberdeen, SD.

She was employed by the Faulkton School Lunch Program for 21 years, was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church and the American Legion Auxiliary in Faulkton.

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law: Deanna (John) Bensen of Brandon, SD and Debbie (Ron) Beckler of Aberdeen, SD; three granddaughters and two grandsons: Kristi (Paul) Herting of Watertown, SD, Bill (Kristin) Bensen of Spencer, IA, Jim Bensen of Sioux Falls, SD, Stephanie Baker of Britton, SD, Nicole (Isaac) Abeln of Columbia, SD; 8 great-grandchildren: Brenna Herting, Amanda (Jake) Schmit, Micah Bensen, Cason (Georgia) Dinger, Cambry Dinger, Jack Baker, Dillon Abeln and Alex Abeln; 2 great great-grandsons: Wesley Libby and Sutton Dinger; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert, on June 2, 1999; her father in 1985; her mother in 2000; brother, Merlin Currier; sister-in-law, Joan Currier; brother, Kenneth Currier; sister-in-law, Pauline Currier; and three nephews; Dan Currier, Matt Rowan and Trenton Rounds.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to: Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Faulkton; LeSueur Cemetery, Bancroft; and Faulkton Senior Meals Program.

Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with Donna’s arrangements.