A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 21, 2025, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Rural Titonka. Burial will be held in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Russell Dean Bruns passed away on November 14, 2025, at Kossuth Regional Health Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Russ was born on September 11, 1959, in Buffalo Center, Iowa, to Norman and Marlys (Steinburg) Bruns. Russ was preceded in death by his parents, Norman and Marlys Bruns; his brother Scott Bruns; his aunt Velida Bruns; his in-laws Dick and Peggy Lallier; and his brother-in-law Dick Manske.