Funeral Service will be held Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the Sisseton High School Practice Facility, in Sisseton, SD with Pastor Dwight Fearing and Fr. Jerry Ranek officiating. Organist will be Billy Kohl and Kay Bursheim. Burial will be at St. Benedict's Catholic Cemetery, Sisseton, SD.
Wakes Service will be held at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Hall on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7:00 P.M., with the all night wake on Friday, November 6, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. Active pallbearers are Ronald Owen, Ronald Taylor, Owen Quinn, Jeremy Owen, Joshua Gill, Mike Kappes, RJ Doxtater, and Dylan Doxtater. Honorary Pallbearers are all of Aiyana's friends and cousins, the SHS Freshman class, and all area youth who may be or have ever battled with depression and emotional turmoil.

Aiyana Catherine-Germaine Englund, of Sisseton, South Dakota, passed away in her home on November 3, 2015. She was 15 years old.
Aiyana was born in Brainerd, Minnesota, on September 18, 2000 to Lillian "Cori" Owen and Neil Englund. At the time of her passing, she was a freshman at Sisseton High School in Sisseton, SD. Our precious angel loved to draw, write, tell jokes, make people laugh and smile, and hang out with her siblings, friends and cousins. She loved the Harry Potter movies, music, the rain, and dyeing her hair different colors. She was beautiful and smart and fun and creative. Aiyana was Two-Spirited and gender fluid. She loved being Aiyana, but she also went by her male identity, Adrian. She embraced both her female and male spirits. Aiyana was passionate about spreading her messages of equality, acceptance, and understanding. She wanted people to know that bullying hurts. Those words hurt. Aiyana/Adrian wanted us all to treat
each other with kindness and love. Her family asks that you please take her message along with you on your life's journey. Please reach out to others who may be struggling in any way.

Aiyana/Adrian Catherine-Germaine is survived by her parents: Lillian "Cori" Owen, of Green Bay, WI, Weston Quinn and Nichole Peterson of Sisseton, SD, and Neil Englund of Waubun, MN. Four brothers: Ronald Taylor, of Rocky Boy, MT, Owen Quinn and Dominic Peterson of Sisseton, SD, and Gauge Englund of Waubun MN. Four sisters: Jenna Taylor and Kelsey Englund, both of Sisseton, SD, Ashley Roy of Mahnomen, MN, and Nindonnis "Sunshine" Englund of Waubun, MN. Grandparents Ronald Owen of Enemy Swim, SD, Gloria Powless of Oneida, WI, Crystal Owen of Sisseton, SD, Fran Quinn of Sisseton, SD, and Vicki Bellanger and Mike Kappes of Waubun, MN. Great-grandparents Lillian Owen of Enemy Swim, SD and Marge Bellanger of Waubun, MN. Aiyana is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who loved her dearly.

Aiyana was preceded in death by her Great-grandfathers Hiram Owen and Lowell Bellanger, her step-mother Donna Roy, Kunsis Clara Eagle and Sister Irene DeMarrias, aunts Ronelle Owen and Jessica Gill Anderson, and her uncle Hiram "Lil Hiram" Owen.

Rest in peace, beautiful angel. We love you.