Warren Criddle

Warren A. Criddle, 90, of Aberdeen, SD, died Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at Bethesda Home in Aberdeen.

Warren A. Criddle was born on February 1, 1932, to Albert and Lillian (Keller) Criddle at home in rural Brown County near Warner. He attended country school through eighth grade and graduated from Warner High School in 1950. After graduation, he helped his father and area farmers until 1953, when he entered the Army and was stationed at Fort Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska. After being discharged in 1955, he returned to the farm.

On February 9, 1958, Warren married Dvonna Bierman at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Mansfield, SD. They then purchased a farm southeast of Warner and raised small grains and dairy cows. He retired from farming in 2009. They moved to Aberdeen in 2015.

Warren was a member of the Rieck-Morgan American Legion in Warner, SD and Faith United Methodist Church in Aberdeen, and was the treasurer of West Rondell Township for many years. He cherished his grandchildren and enjoyed when they would come to visit and attending their many activities. He liked car races at the Brown County Speedway and watching NASCAR. Warren will be remembered as a kind-hearted, soft-spoken man who built a foundation of faith, family, and farming.

Grateful for having shared Warren’s life are his wife, Dvonna Criddle, Aberdeen, SD; children: Connie (Joe) White, Billings, MT, David (Nancy) Criddle, Warner, SD, Diane (Drake) Kary, Sioux Falls, SD, Dale (Wanda) Criddle, Sioux Falls, SD, and Neal (Heidi) Criddle, North Platte, NE; grandchildren: Debbie (Rick) Backous, Denise (Mike) Ferrucci; Ryan (Carmen) Criddle, Doug (Jennie) Criddle, Ross Criddle, Erin Criddle, Max Kary, Nicole (Colin) Weber, Kelley (Kiel) Hesse, Ambur (Nick) Petersen, Amanda (Mike) Connick, and Devin (Larissa) Lunzman; great grandchildren: Jerrick, Kailee, Stephanie, Jennifer, Joe, Isaac, James, Calista, Warren, Josyah, Landon, Brenden, Braylee, Evelyn, Micah, Jaden, Carson and William; great-great-grandchildren: Audrey, Charlotte, Weslen, Jack, Will, Beau, Cohen; sister, Joyce Jensen; brother-in-law, Delbert (Deb) Bierman; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceding Warren in death are his parents, Albert and Lillian; siblings: brother and sister-in-law, Earl and Betty Criddle, sister and brother-in-law, Opal and Darrel Krause, brother-in-law, Bill Jensen; father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Anna Bierman, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ronald and Ardell Bierman, and brother-in-law, Jerold Bierman.