Ernest Bork

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Ernest Bork, 61, of Mt. Vernon, SD, died Sunday, June 1, 2025, at Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell. Graveside services will be at 1:00 PM Saturday, June 14, at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. A Celebration of Life will follow at the Mt. Vernon Fire Hall.

Ernie was born on a spring day on April 26, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, to Jerome and Rhennetta (Korbic) Bork. As a child, the Borks lived on the North Side of Chicago in the Palmer Square neighborhood. The family moved to Drue Lake, IL, in 1972. Ernie spent the next 10 years in the Gurnee, IL area. He graduated from Warren Township High School in 1982. Ernie graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University with a business degree in 1987. Ernie's love for football began in grade school and continued throughout his Dakota Wesleyan career.

Ernie married Cindy (Streetr) Bork in 1992. That same year, they moved to Mt. Vernon. They had one son, Hunter. Everyone who knew Ernie enjoyed his sense of humor. He was a great joke teller with a great laugh. Ernie also loved pheasant hunting and fishing trips to the Missouri River. Ernie spent most of his life in South Dakota.

Happy to have shared his life are his brothers, Randall (Tracy) Bork of Mt. Vernon, SD, Jerry (Lori) of Rapid City, SD; nephew, Maxwell Bork of Mt. Vernon, SD; nieces, Reva Bork and Rhennetta Bork of Tennessee.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Cindy Bork; son, Hunter Bork; parents, Jerome of Rhennetta Bork.

Please direct all memorials to P.O. Box 88, Mt. Vernon, SD 57363, or Bittner Funeral Chapel.

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