Donald Sneen, 84, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Sept. 5, 2014 in Sioux Falls. He was born in Eau Claire, Wis. on July 5, 1930, and was the youngest of six children. The family lived on a farm near Elk Mound, Wis. He graduated from high school in Menomonie, Wis. and went to college at Eau Claire State for three years before transferring to St. Olaf College, where he graduated in 1952. Postgraduate he attended Luther Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received his Doctorate of Theology.

Don and Jean Jensen ’54 were married on Aug. 29, 1954 and recently celebrated their 60th anniversary. After graduation, they accepted a call to the parish of North Valley Lutheran in Milltown, Wis. and Laketown Lutheran in Cushing, Wis. In 1960, they moved to Yardley, Pa. while he attended Princeton Seminary. After graduation, they moved to Sioux Falls, where he taught religion at Augustana College for 33 years and served as interim pastor at Hope Lutheran for four years. He authored four books, including the history of Augustana College.

Don is survived by his wife, Jean; his children, David and wife Kathy, Cathy and husband Cary, and Beth and husband Robert; eight grandchildren, Melissa Burke and husband Ryan, and Sarabeth Kelly and husband Joe, Stephanie and Mallory Wencil, and Chris, Katie, Anna, and Michael Vroman; and four great-grandchildren, Lyla and Kieran Burke and Izziahna and Ayvalyn Anderson. He was preceded in death by his parents and five siblings. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Augustana College, Lutheran World Relief, or First Lutheran Board of Outreach.