Visitation: Visitation, with family present, will be Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 3 – 5 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, SD.
Service: A Celebration of Sarah’s Life will begin at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 22, 2025 at Oak Hills Baptist Church in Sioux Falls, SD. A private family burial will be held prior to the service.
Sarah Lynne Dykstra was freed from her earthly body on September 12, 2025, to spend eternity dancing in the presence of Jesus and walking the streets of gold. A Celebration of Sarah’s Life will begin at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 22, 2025 at Oak Hills Baptist Church in Sioux Falls, SD. A private family burial will be held prior to the service. Visitation, with family present, will be Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 3 – 5 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, SD. Memorials can be directed to LifeScape.
Sarah was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 26, 1978, to Joel and Vicki Dykstra. Her life was marked by her ever-present smile and her positive attitude despite lifelong disabilities that required her to spend all her days in a wheelchair. She grew up with two younger sisters, Cindy and Laura, whom she loved. She lived a life of activity and broad experiences despite her limitations. The family moved to the town of Woking in Surrey, England in 1990 where Sarah attended British school wearing the typical uniform of a burgundy jumper (“sweater” in American) and pleated skirt, white shirt and a burgundy tie.
After finishing school at 16 she attended Lord Mayor Treloar’s college for the disabled in Alton, England, as a residential student, returning home on weekends for the first year until the rest of the family moved to Rome, Italy in 1995. After two years at Treloar’s Sarah relocated to Dorin Court, a home for the disabled. During the family’s time in England Sarah accompanied them on trips to Cornwall, Scotland, Paris and the Netherlands. She made one trip to Rome to attend her sister’s high school graduation in 1998 and rejoined her family permanently in Sioux Falls in 2000, where she lived and received services at Sioux Vocational, now LifeScape.
Sarah loved her nieces and nephew and enjoyed spending time with them whenever possible and playing card games with them. She also loved her LifeScape family and brightened the life of staff and fellow residents with her bright smile and quick sense of humor.
Left to cherish their memories of Sarah’s life are her parents, Joel and Vicki Dykstra, her sister and brother-in-law Cindy and Shane Breen and nieces Abby, Ella and Emma Breen, her sister Laura Johnson and niece Ellie Johnson and nephew Liam Johnson, her brother-in-law Josh Johnson, aunts and uncles and cousins too numerous to list and many dear friends at LifeScape and in England whose lives were touched by knowing Sarah and who will always smile when they think of her.
Love and prayers to all of your family!!❤️
Very sorry to read this, Sarah was a remarkable lady, sending my love and prayers to you all
Hello Dykstras,
So very sorry to hear about Sarah. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. She was always such a sweetheart.
We lost my sister Connie this past December 11th. She passed in her sleep, and we miss her dearly.
God bless you all,
Joe and Cathy Cope
I am so sorry for your loss. Losing your child is one of life’s most difficult experiences, but God is there to guide you through every step of the way.
Strength for today.
MAY OUR GOD WRAP HIS LOVING ARMS AROUND ALL OF SARAHS FAMILY AND GIVE THEM COMFORT. SO VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
So sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers
My deepest sympathies to your family. Peace be with you. Laurie
My sympathy on the loss of your daughter. Prayers