Marlene Kerner
News Staff
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Funeral services for Marlene Kerner, age 71, of Burke, SD, were held on Friday, July 28, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Burke, SD. Burial was in the Graceland Cemetery in Burke, SD. Clausen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She was born on April 27, 1952, to John and Darline (Powers) Gerdes in Mitchell, SD. Growing up, Marlene’s family moved around a lot because of her dad’s work as a truck driver for a construction company. The family would set up camp at each new road construction site and Marlene and her siblings would attend the local schools near the construction camps. Marlene often talked about how she didn’t mind the moving, except for when they attended a small school where she and her little brother (only 13 months younger than her) were in the same class.