With profound sadness, we announce the passing of both John and Lorelei Foss.  Our loving and devoted parents and friends to all whose lives they touched. Together in life and death, they both left us on September 11, 2021, at the age of 75.  John grew up in Spring Grove, Minn., and attended St. Olaf College.  Lorelei grew up in Minneapolis, Minn., where she attended the … [Read more...]

Ione Clara Torine (Omodt) Johnson, 95, of Austin, Minn., died Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield. Ione was born in Spring Grove, Minn., on November 4, 1925, to Melvin and Regina (Dalhar) Omodt.  She married Eugene Johnson on January 7, 1946, at the Riceford Lutheran Church Parsonage in Riceford, Minn. For many years, Ione worked at Land O’ … [Read more...]

Beulah Viola (Ganrud) Onstad, 93, of Spring Grove, Minn., passed into the eternal Care of our Lord on May 25, 2021, at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center.  Beulah was born on December 29, 1927, at the Spring Grove Hospital to Benhard “Benny” and Violet (Christopher) Ganrud. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church where she was a lifetime member. On February 15, … [Read more...]

Morris “Mike” Truman Tweeten was born July 19, 1926, on a homestead near Bucyrus, Adams Co., N. Dak., to  Lewis and Matilda Anderson Tweeten, homesteaders on the North Dakota prairie. He was baptized at Wolf Butte church, September 5, 1926. Morris attended the Argon and Darling Spring Schools. Morris’ youth was spent on the North Dakota prairie where he gathered arrowheads … [Read more...]

Wayne Franklin Bunge was born on April 21, 1935, to Franklin and Hilda (Fruechte) Bunge, and was the youngest of four children. He was a lifelong resident of Spring Grove, Minn., and graduated from Spring Grove High School in 1953 as “Most Likely to Succeed.” On October 2, 1954, he married Marian Rostad at Faith Lutheran Church in Blackhammer, Minn. Wayne was a dairy farmer. … [Read more...]

Dale Bunge, of Spring Grove, Minn., passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021, on a beautiful spring morning doing what he loved to do. He was beginning the field work for another season of planting. He was a farmer. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spring Grove, Minn. Dale was a 1976 graduate and valedictorian of Spring Grove Pubic School. Like … [Read more...]

Everett Silas Sollien, 89, of Decorah, Iowa, passed peacefully in his home surrounded by family on the night of April 3, 2021.  Everett was born in Spring Grove, Minn., to Syver and Florence (Rauk) Sollien on September 16, 1931.  He graduated from Decorah High School in 1949. Everett grew up farming with his family.  Outside of his enlistment in the U.S. Army from 1954 to … [Read more...]