Blade William Bieker, infant son of Brandee and Robert Bieker, Russell, KS, died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at the Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Appleton, WI.

His funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 6, at the First United Methodist Church in Huron. Burial will be at Platte City Cemetery in Platte, SD.

Blade is survived by his parents, Brandee and Robert; 3 siblings, Ti, Aurora, and Draven; his grandparents, Tony and Pauletta Bieker, Rexford, KS, Pricilla Baker, Kaukauna, WI, and Kevin Kouf, Mitchell, SD; 2 uncles, Travis Bieker, and Devin Baker; aunt, Heather and Jeff Tuttle of Stockbridge, GA; and 2 great-grandmothers, Evelyn Meitl, Oberland, KS, and Doris Kouf, Huron, SD.