Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Marjorie Mae Brown
May 11, 2016
Marjorie Mae Johnson Brown, 92, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away on Wednesday May 11, 2016 at Rosewood on Broadway with her husband and daughters at her side. Marjorie was born April 10, 1924 to Dolpha (Carlson) and Phillip Johnson at their farmstead in Rothsay, Minnesota. Marge graduated from Rothsay highschool and attended Interstate Business School. She was united in...
Alice Lorraine Larson
May 11, 2016
Alice Lorraine Larson, 91, Argusville, ND, passed away on May 11, 2016 at the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in Bismarck, ND. Alice was born on January 16, 1925 to Axel and Laura (Sondeland) Wendelbo at the family farm, rural Grafton, ND. She attended Bell Country School and graduated from Grafton High School in 1943. After graduation and during WWII,...
Myrtle A. Tronson
May 10, 2016
Myrtle A. Tronson, age 98, Fargo, ND, passed away May 10, 2016 at Bethany on University, Fargo, ND. She was born to Theo and Anna (Anderson) Tronson on a farm in Traill County, ND on November 5, 1917. Myrtle was their only child. She was baptized at Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Mayville, ND and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Buxton,...
Donna Jean Elsner
May 9, 2016
Donna Jean Elsner, age 80, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 9, 2016. She was born August 20, 1935 to Laura (Amundson) and Emil Erickson in LaMoure, ND. She graduated from Litchville High School in 1953. She worked as a nurse’s aide and telephone operator in Valley City, ND and for Nash Finch in Fargo, ND. Donna married Gerald (Jerry)...
Norma Jean Flore
May 7, 2016
Norma Jean Flore passed away on May 7, 2016 at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo. Norma was born July 10, 1932, to Ernest and Viola Mae (Heath) Coats in Bismarck, ND. After graduating from high school, she moved to Fargo and met John "Jack" Flore and they were married for 35 years when he died in 1989. She raised four...
Louis Anthony Wolter
May 7, 2016
Louis Wolter, 79, of Arthur, ND, formerly of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society in Arthur, ND. Louis Anthony Wolter was born July 10, 1936, a 117 degree day, in Cologne, MN to Paul and Katherine (Rademacher) Wolter. They moved to North Dakota in 1939 with his parents and older twin brothers. He graduated...
Lillian Vilhauer
May 6, 2016
Lillian Vilhauer, 90 of Fargo, died Friday, May 6, 2016 surrounded by her family at Villa Maria Retirement Home. Lillian was born July 8, 1925 to William and Barbara Sayler in Wishek, ND. She grew up on a farm near Wishek. On June 7, 1947, Lillian married Harold Vilhauer in Jamestown, ND. They farmed in South Dakota until moving to...
David Eugene Speral
May 1, 2016
“Gone Fishin!” After many years of hanging up the “Gone Fishin” sign, David Speral hung it up for the last time on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Dave was born to Clifford E. and Doris (Rossow) Speral on October 1, 1952, in Breckenridge, MN. He moved with his mom and dad to Hope, ND in 1956. Along the way, he was...
David Thomas Wherry
May 1, 2016
David Wherry, 68, of Fargo, ND, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at his home in Fargo.
Leon Ray Pherson
Apr 30, 2016
Leon R. Pherson, 61, of West Fargo, ND, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Leon was born July 17, 1954 to Ernest and Harriet (Carlson) Pherson in Fargo, ND where he was a lifelong resident. He was educated in the Fargo Public Schools graduating from Fargo North High in 1972. Leon...
Mavis Elaine Bell
Apr 29, 2016
Mavis Elaine Bell was born August 6, 1926 to Joseph and Hilma (Huseby) Lundby in Battle Lake, MN. She passed away on April 29, 2016 at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, MN. Mavis is survived by her daughter, Teresa Herk, Phoenix, AZ; son, Eric Magnuson, Grand Forks, ND; grandchildren, Angela (Chad) Hagen, Minneapolis, MN, Nathan Herk (fiancé Tina Peterson), Phoenix,...
Sonja Beth Frith
Apr 28, 2016
Sonja Beth Frith, 65, passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2016 at Manorcare Health Services in Fargo, North Dakota. Sonja was on born on March 18, 1951 to Vernon and Corrine(Berkland) Molmen. She was one of four children. She lived in Tolna, ND and graduated from Tolna High School in 1969. She previously lived in Devils Lake, ND before moving...
Violet "Vi" Welton
Apr 28, 2016
Vi (Violet) Welton, 95, of Moorhead, MN died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD. Violet Mickelson was born on April 2, 1921 in Berlin, North Dakota to Martin and Ida (Thompson) Mickelson. Vi started school in a one-room schoolhouse in the Berlin area. In the midst of the depression and dust bowl of the...
Gail Ramona Wegenast
Apr 26, 2016
Gail Ramona Wegenast, 79, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at her home in Fargo. She was born on June 29, 1936, in Pelican Rapids, MN, to Alfred and Betsy Korsgaden. Gail lived and attended school in Rothsay, MN, through the 10th grade, graduating from Barnesville High School. She attended Dakota Business College where she met her husband of...
Elizabeth Ann Ostby
Apr 26, 2016
Elizabeth Ann Ostby (Swanston) 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday April 26, 2016. She was born on May 17, 1932 to William Milton and Kathleen Clare (Doyle) and she grew up in Fargo. She graduated from Fargo Central High School, attended Dakota Business College and MSUM. “Lizzy” was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. Her favorite pastimes were...
Carol Louise Stoudt
Apr 25, 2016
Carol Louise Stoudt, 81, of Fargo, ND passed away at her home on Monday, April 25, 2016. Carol was born April 26, 1934 in Fargo, to Richard M. and Marlys (Carl) Stoudt. Carol was raised and graduated from high school in Jamestown, ND. She attended DePauw University, later graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in social work....
Charlie William Krogen
Apr 24, 2016
Charles "Charlie" William Krogen, Sr., died Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Charlie was born December 5, 1924 to William F. and Agnes H. (Carlson) Krogen in Fargo, ND. He attended school in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. Charlie served in the US Navy from 1943-1946 in the South Pacific. Charlie married Dorothy...
Jean Iris Aalgaard
Apr 24, 2016
Jean Iris McDonald was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 11, 1911. She died April 24, 2016, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Her parents were George W. and Elizabeth McDonald. The family lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she attended school. She attended the University of Saskatchewan before graduating with a degree in registered nursing from Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba,...
Frieda Olson
Apr 24, 2016
Frieda Olson, 82, beloved Mother, was called to her eternal resting place on April 24, 2016. She entered this world on June 28, 1933 in Judd, ND, born to William and Dorothie (Gahner) Bitz. She married Ernest Heller Olson in Moorhead, MN and they made their home in Fargo, ND. She is survived by her daughter Pam (David) Forde, West...
Dale T. Pedersen
Apr 24, 2016
Dale Thomas Pedersen, 67, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at his home in Fargo, North Dakota. Dale was born December 24, 1948 to Roy and Helen (Schmitz) Pedersen. He was one of three children. He graduated from Lamoure High School. Following high school, Dale served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He served as a combat infantryman,...
Marjorie Mae Brown
May 11, 2016
Marjorie Mae Johnson Brown, 92, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away on Wednesday May 11, 2016 at Rosewood on Broadway with her husband and daughters at her side. Marjorie was born April 10, 1924 to Dolpha (Carlson) and Phillip Johnson at their farmstead in Rothsay, Minnesota. Marge graduated from Rothsay highschool and attended Interstate Business School. She was united in...
Alice Lorraine Larson
May 11, 2016
Alice Lorraine Larson, 91, Argusville, ND, passed away on May 11, 2016 at the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in Bismarck, ND. Alice was born on January 16, 1925 to Axel and Laura (Sondeland) Wendelbo at the family farm, rural Grafton, ND. She attended Bell Country School and graduated from Grafton High School in 1943. After graduation and during WWII,...
Myrtle A. Tronson
May 10, 2016
Myrtle A. Tronson, age 98, Fargo, ND, passed away May 10, 2016 at Bethany on University, Fargo, ND. She was born to Theo and Anna (Anderson) Tronson on a farm in Traill County, ND on November 5, 1917. Myrtle was their only child. She was baptized at Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Mayville, ND and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Buxton,...
Donna Jean Elsner
May 9, 2016
Donna Jean Elsner, age 80, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 9, 2016. She was born August 20, 1935 to Laura (Amundson) and Emil Erickson in LaMoure, ND. She graduated from Litchville High School in 1953. She worked as a nurse’s aide and telephone operator in Valley City, ND and for Nash Finch in Fargo, ND. Donna married Gerald (Jerry)...
Norma Jean Flore
May 7, 2016
Norma Jean Flore passed away on May 7, 2016 at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo. Norma was born July 10, 1932, to Ernest and Viola Mae (Heath) Coats in Bismarck, ND. After graduating from high school, she moved to Fargo and met John "Jack" Flore and they were married for 35 years when he died in 1989. She raised four...
Louis Anthony Wolter
May 7, 2016
Louis Wolter, 79, of Arthur, ND, formerly of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society in Arthur, ND. Louis Anthony Wolter was born July 10, 1936, a 117 degree day, in Cologne, MN to Paul and Katherine (Rademacher) Wolter. They moved to North Dakota in 1939 with his parents and older twin brothers. He graduated...
Lillian Vilhauer
May 6, 2016
Lillian Vilhauer, 90 of Fargo, died Friday, May 6, 2016 surrounded by her family at Villa Maria Retirement Home. Lillian was born July 8, 1925 to William and Barbara Sayler in Wishek, ND. She grew up on a farm near Wishek. On June 7, 1947, Lillian married Harold Vilhauer in Jamestown, ND. They farmed in South Dakota until moving to...
David Eugene Speral
May 1, 2016
“Gone Fishin!” After many years of hanging up the “Gone Fishin” sign, David Speral hung it up for the last time on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Dave was born to Clifford E. and Doris (Rossow) Speral on October 1, 1952, in Breckenridge, MN. He moved with his mom and dad to Hope, ND in 1956. Along the way, he was...
David Thomas Wherry
May 1, 2016
David Wherry, 68, of Fargo, ND, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at his home in Fargo.
Leon Ray Pherson
Apr 30, 2016
Leon R. Pherson, 61, of West Fargo, ND, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Leon was born July 17, 1954 to Ernest and Harriet (Carlson) Pherson in Fargo, ND where he was a lifelong resident. He was educated in the Fargo Public Schools graduating from Fargo North High in 1972. Leon...
Mavis Elaine Bell
Apr 29, 2016
Mavis Elaine Bell was born August 6, 1926 to Joseph and Hilma (Huseby) Lundby in Battle Lake, MN. She passed away on April 29, 2016 at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, MN. Mavis is survived by her daughter, Teresa Herk, Phoenix, AZ; son, Eric Magnuson, Grand Forks, ND; grandchildren, Angela (Chad) Hagen, Minneapolis, MN, Nathan Herk (fiancé Tina Peterson), Phoenix,...
Sonja Beth Frith
Apr 28, 2016
Sonja Beth Frith, 65, passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2016 at Manorcare Health Services in Fargo, North Dakota. Sonja was on born on March 18, 1951 to Vernon and Corrine(Berkland) Molmen. She was one of four children. She lived in Tolna, ND and graduated from Tolna High School in 1969. She previously lived in Devils Lake, ND before moving...
Violet "Vi" Welton
Apr 28, 2016
Vi (Violet) Welton, 95, of Moorhead, MN died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD. Violet Mickelson was born on April 2, 1921 in Berlin, North Dakota to Martin and Ida (Thompson) Mickelson. Vi started school in a one-room schoolhouse in the Berlin area. In the midst of the depression and dust bowl of the...
Gail Ramona Wegenast
Apr 26, 2016
Gail Ramona Wegenast, 79, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at her home in Fargo. She was born on June 29, 1936, in Pelican Rapids, MN, to Alfred and Betsy Korsgaden. Gail lived and attended school in Rothsay, MN, through the 10th grade, graduating from Barnesville High School. She attended Dakota Business College where she met her husband of...
Elizabeth Ann Ostby
Apr 26, 2016
Elizabeth Ann Ostby (Swanston) 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday April 26, 2016. She was born on May 17, 1932 to William Milton and Kathleen Clare (Doyle) and she grew up in Fargo. She graduated from Fargo Central High School, attended Dakota Business College and MSUM. “Lizzy” was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. Her favorite pastimes were...
Carol Louise Stoudt
Apr 25, 2016
Carol Louise Stoudt, 81, of Fargo, ND passed away at her home on Monday, April 25, 2016. Carol was born April 26, 1934 in Fargo, to Richard M. and Marlys (Carl) Stoudt. Carol was raised and graduated from high school in Jamestown, ND. She attended DePauw University, later graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in social work....
Charlie William Krogen
Apr 24, 2016
Charles "Charlie" William Krogen, Sr., died Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Charlie was born December 5, 1924 to William F. and Agnes H. (Carlson) Krogen in Fargo, ND. He attended school in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. Charlie served in the US Navy from 1943-1946 in the South Pacific. Charlie married Dorothy...
Jean Iris Aalgaard
Apr 24, 2016
Jean Iris McDonald was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 11, 1911. She died April 24, 2016, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Her parents were George W. and Elizabeth McDonald. The family lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she attended school. She attended the University of Saskatchewan before graduating with a degree in registered nursing from Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba,...
Frieda Olson
Apr 24, 2016
Frieda Olson, 82, beloved Mother, was called to her eternal resting place on April 24, 2016. She entered this world on June 28, 1933 in Judd, ND, born to William and Dorothie (Gahner) Bitz. She married Ernest Heller Olson in Moorhead, MN and they made their home in Fargo, ND. She is survived by her daughter Pam (David) Forde, West...
Dale T. Pedersen
Apr 24, 2016
Dale Thomas Pedersen, 67, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at his home in Fargo, North Dakota. Dale was born December 24, 1948 to Roy and Helen (Schmitz) Pedersen. He was one of three children. He graduated from Lamoure High School. Following high school, Dale served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He served as a combat infantryman,...
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