Allen DeWayne Kroshus

July 18, 1934 - November 12, 2016

Allen DeWayne Kroshus, age 82 of Spring Grove passed away Sat. Nov. 12, 2016 at his home. He was born July 18, 1934 to Oscar and Myrtle (Johnson) Kroshus in Ypsilanti, North Dakota. When Allen was young, he did a lot of hunting with his dogs. When he was older, he worked on a cattle farm for a few years. On Nov. 22, 1992 he married Janice Mathison. He decided to go into the bee-honey business and built a very large honey house for all his bee equipment and for extracting his honey. He had 12 bee colonies in 3 counties. He sold his honey to people around the area and to Sue Bee Honey Company for 50 years. He also did a lot of gardening, made and sold 12 fiddles and knew how to do all his car repairs himself. One of his fiddles was sold to a musician in Nashville in the new Hank Williams Band. The last ten years he had Parkinson’s Disease and dementia. Survivors include his wife Janice of Spring Grove. His sister Georgia Rosendahl of Spring Grove and several nieces and nephews.