She was born March 8, 1940, to Donald and Berniece (Ehrich) Sweet in Blue Earth, Minn., and grew up on the family farm as the third of seven children. She attended country school until transferring to and graduating from Blue Earth High School. Alice worked in Blue

Earth at the hospital, Green Giant, and at the bowling alley, where she met her future husband. She married Mervin Heiko Bruns on June 3, 1960, and moved to the Bruns family farm where she and Mervin raised three children.

Alice loved being a farm wife and living on the farm until the final months of her life when she moved into Woodlands Assisted Living facility in Clive, Iowa. Faith was an

important part of her life, and she was active in Good Hope Lutheran Church in Titonka where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir for many years. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed gardening, fishing, sewing, traveling and spending time with her

family and friends. She had a fun-loving spirit and will be missed by many.

Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Mervin; her parents, Donald and Berniece (Ehrich) Sweet; her brother and sister-in-law, Loren and Fern Sweet; sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Roland Wedel; and her brother and sister-in-law, Lowell and Nancy

Sweet. Alice is survived by her daughter, Jolene (Tony) Asa of Kalispell, Mont.; her daughter, Lori Salsby (Scott Deibler) of Norwalk, Iowa; her son, Kevin (Dawn) Bruns of Mason City, Iowa; grandchildren, Brett, Jeffrey, and Sophia Asa, Nicholas (Jayme)

Ruhnke, Timothy (Kaylynn) Ruhnke, Jacob, Riley and Bria Bruns; her great-grandchildren, Eric, Ellie and Olivia; her sister, Carol (Patrick) Meschke; her sister, Sheryl (Robert) Leverton; her sister Janet (Mark) Anderson; as well as many nieces and nephews. Online

condolences may be left at www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com.

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