Brian Giedd

Funeral services for Brian Kenneth Giedd were held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at St. Isadore Church in Colome, SD with Fr. Zane Pekron officiating.

Tom Stevens was lector, Randy Donovan was musician and cantor, and the altar server was Rystan Desmet. Kathie Assman and Amy Davis were in charge of registration. Candy Cahoy, Kristi Hauf, and Amanda Fiebelkorn were flower attendants.

Urn bearers were Allan McKenzie, Ryan Painter, Alex Goeglin, and Josh Svoboda.

Interment was at Colome City Cemetery in Colome, SD.

Brian Kenneth Giedd was born on February 7, 1984, to Ken and Ruth (Hejl) Giedd in Winner, SD. Eagerly awaiting their little brother’s arrival were Brian’s three big sisters and with paternal grandparents Le-Roy and Donna.

Brian’s younger years were filled with playing on the family dairy farm south of Dallas, SD, hauling gravel in his Tonka truck, playing with sisters, cousins, and neighbors, fishing at local stock dams after chores, and even learning how to do latch hook with Grandma Donna.

Brian attended elementary and high school in Colome where he excelled academically. He also played the trumpet in band and was recruited by the American Legion to play taps at military services.

Brian attended St. Isidore’s Catholic Church in Colome where he was baptized, confirmed, and served in the church.

Brian lived on the farm south of Dallas with his family until 1996 when they moved to Colome. Brian graduated from Colome High School in 2002 with honors and several scholarships.

He attended the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, graduating in 2010 with a degree in law and passing the South Dakota Bar Exam. Brian chose to move to Kearney, NE, and work with his friend Brandon in his law office.

Brian Kenneth Giedd, age 41, of Kearney, NE, passed away unexpectedly in his home on November 18, 2025.

He is survived by his parents Ken and Ruth Giedd of Colome, SD; sisters Brenda Schmitz of Bonesteel, SD, Nancy McKenzie of Colome, SD, and Karen (Randy) Painter of Springview, NE; grandmother Dorothy Hejl of Yankton, SD; along with a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

He was preceded in death by his niece Alexa McKenzie, brother-inlaw Lance Schmitz, grandparents Joseph Hejl, and LeRoy and Donna Giedd, and great-grandparents.