
Jon Gedstad
Dates
October 16, 1961 - July 16, 2025Obituary
Jon Gedstad, 63, of Mitchell, SD, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 19, at Harvest Community Church in Mitchell with visitation one hour prior. Arrangements by Bittner Funeral Chapel.
Jon Robert Gedstad was born October 16, 1961, to Glen and Marcene (Smit) Gedstad in Sioux Falls, SD.
Jon had worked at Walmart for the past 17 years. He loved people and greeting them when they came into Walmart. Jon had also been serving at Harvest Community Church of the Nazarene for over 30 years, helping with teen ministry alongside his wife from 1991 to 2006.
Jon enjoyed fishing, hunting, and shooting clay pigeons for fun. He also loved watching football and was a Minnesota Vikings fan.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Karen; daughter, Madeaya (Jacob) Myers; granddaughter, Marnie Myers; mother-in-law, Marlene Graves; brothers-in-law, Ken Graves and Kent Graves; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and many aunts and uncles. Jon was also preceded in death by his father-in-law, William Graves; brother-in-law, Kevin Graves; and sister-in-law, Jean Graves
Visitation(s)
Saturday, July 19, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Harvest Community Church
1017 W Norway Ave
Mitchell, SD 57301
Service
Saturday, July 19, 2025
2:00 PM
Harvest Community Church
1017 W Norway Ave
Mitchell, SD 57301
Missed greatly.
Always a smile and a nice comment when going to Walmart !
Rest in peace friend…
Thoughts and Prayers to the Family!!
He certainly will be missed by many.
Enjoyed each other's company when I worked at Walmart for Pepsi,then, later becoming an employee of Walmart, had a lot of nice things to say about that.
Finding out also when we purchased our home,he and Karen lived one block away, complimenting us also for adoption of our granddaughter and knowing her from birth until now, very amazing, loving, wonderful person.
May he rest in peace and know that the Lord needed someone like him by his side.Peace and comfort for the family.God bless.
My dad David Fortney used to work at Walmart with him in a different compartment of the store but they always talked and joked he was a kind soul will miss him 🙏
RIP my frind