Ethel Muriel Solum Thoresen, age 83, of Bloomington, Minn., passed away April 22, 2014. Ethel grew up on a dairy farm in Spring Grove, Minn., attended St. Olaf College, and was retired from the ELCA Board of Pensions.

She was preceded in death by first husband of 46 years, John Thoresen. She is survived by husband, William Morgan ’57; children, Deborah Rickard, John Jr. “Jack”, and Bruce; grandchildren, Nathan, Michelle, Kari, Kelsey, Colten, David, and Laura; eight great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Lorraine Solum.