Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Donna E. Hoff
Jan 6, 2014
Our mother, grandmother and friend, Donna Erickson Hoff, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at Elim Care Center in Fargo, ND. Donna was born November 21, 1922 in Twin Valley, MN. She went through high school in Twin Valley, MN and attended New York Hair Dressing School in Fargo, ND. After graduating, she decided that being a beautician and standing...
Beatrice Elaine Kartenson
Jan 5, 2014
Bea Kartenson, 86, passed away on January 5th, 2014, at her home in Fargo, North Dakota. Beatrice Elaine Jones was born on July 22nd, 1927 to Frank and Grace (Gold) Jones at St. John's Hospital in Fargo, and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1945. Bea met Gordon Kartenson in the fall of 1945 when they were both attending...
Ronald E. Hoffman
Jan 5, 2014
Ronald Eugene Hoffman, age 66, was birthed into heaven on Sunday morning, January 5th, 2014 at Villa Maria, Fargo, North Dakota. Ron was born on July 27, 1947, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. At age 5 he moved to Moorhead, Minnesota. Ron was involved in scouting, was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, enjoyed graphic arts, and he loved cars as...
Dorothy Cecelia Nash
Jan 4, 2014
Dorothy Nash, 91, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Bethany on University, Fargo. Dorothy Cecelia Wendlick was born February 8, 1922 to Elmer and Clara (Anderson) Wendlick in Riverside Township in Steele County, ND. She graduated from Finley High School in Finley, ND in 1940, and then attended business college in Detroit Lakes, MN. Dorothy married Roy...
Edna Stella Anderson
Jan 3, 2014
Edna Anderson, 95, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, January 3, 2014 at Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo. Edna Stella Galow was born on August 14, 1918 in Bisbee, ND to Adolph and Lydia (Gottschalk) Galow. She attended school in Perth and Bisbee and graduated from Bisbee High School in 1935. Edna married Haakon T. Anderson on October 5, 1939 at...
Carl J. Salthammer
Jan 1, 2014
Carl J. Salthammer, 82 of Fargo, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Carl was born April 23, 1931 to parents Mabel and Adolph Salthammer in Barnes County, ND. He attended school in Skandia Township and worked at his parents’ farm until enlisting in the US Army, where he served as a Corporal with honors in Germany...
Ralph J. Christlieb
Dec 31, 2013
Ralph John Christlieb, born March 27, 1936 in Osage, MN, passed away on December 31, 2013 at the age of 77 in his home in Hitterdahl, MN . Ralph was the son of Clarence and Elizabeth (Jesionowski) Christlieb of Park Rapids, MN. Ralph was born in Osage, MN and moved to Fargo as a child. He met and married Marlyn...
Paul C. Hagen
Dec 29, 2013
Paul C. Hagen, 93, formerly of Fargo and Mesa, AZ, died Sunday, December 29, 2013, at St. Benedict’s Senior Living in St. Cloud, MN. Paul Curtis Hagen was born January 3, 1920, in Portland, ND to Peder and Cora (Fore) Hagen. Paul graduated from Portland High School, where he played football and basketball. He attended college at the University of...
Thomas Joseph Gaughan
Dec 28, 2013
Thomas “TJ” Joseph Gaughan, 83, passed away peacefully, under care of Hospice and surrounded by family, on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Thomas “TJ” Gaughan was born February 10, 1930 in Fargo, ND to Thomas Joseph Gaughan II and Blanch (Freeman) Gaughan. He grew up in Verona, ND and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed...
Bernadine Charlotte Awes
Dec 28, 2013
Bernadine Charlotte (Holter) Awes was born to Bernard and Blanche Holter on January 31, 1928 near Oslo, MN. She died peacefully on December 28, 2013. Bernadine married Emory Awes on September 19, 1948. She was a strong, spirited woman but she exemplified the character of a servant, always putting others before herself. Bernadine loved to play board and card games...
Neil Allan Stenshoel
Dec 26, 2013
Neil Allan Stenshoel of Fargo, ND passed away December 26, 2013, at the age of 63, in Mesa, Arizona after a 7 month battle with cancer. Neil was born January 23, 1950, in Fargo, North Dakota to Norton and Signe (Storstad) Stenshoel. Neil graduated from Moorhead High School in 1968. He enlisted in the US Army in 1970, and at...
Iris R. Rockwell
Dec 26, 2013
Iris Rockwell, 85, of Fargo, ND passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Iris Ruth Rockwell was born September 2, 1928 to Adolf and Pauline Rauch in Biggar Saskatchewan, Canada. The family moved to Winnipeg, Canada where she completed her schooling. She married Steuart William Rockwell on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 in Winnipeg. Jeffrey William was...
Eleanor Rensvold
Dec 25, 2013
Eleanor Rensvold, 93, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead, MN. Margaret Eleanor Rensvold was born on May 16, 1920, to Melvin and Clara (Ohnstad) Holte, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fargo. She grew up on her parents’ farm near Gardner, North Dakota. She completed her grade school in Gardner and in Fargo, high school...
Nancy H. Thorndal
Dec 22, 2013
Nancy Wright Herbison Thorndal, 83, Fargo, died Sunday, December 22, 2013 at home, surrounded by her family. Nancy was born on March 3, 1930 in Minnewaukan, North Dakota to Herbert Wright and Pearl Marie (Brayton) Herbison. She was the third of four girls and remained close to her sisters throughout her life. She received Christian baptism at her home in...
Robert John Wicker
Dec 20, 2013
Robert “Rob” Wicker, 66, of Fargo (and formerly of Cavalier, ND) died on Friday, December 20. Robert John Wicker was born May 12, 1947, and at 9 months of age was adopted by Lee and Wally Wicker in Pearl Lake, MN. He graduated from St. Boniface High School in 1965, and received a BS in Education from Mayville State University...
Jeanne Heidi Roman
Dec 16, 2013
Jeanne Heidi Roman was called to her eternal home on December 16th, 2013 after a 15 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Jeanne was born September 18th 1962 to Marlyn and Joanne Avenson in Park Rapids, MN. September 18th was also her father’s birthday. She grew up there and graduated from Park Rapids High School in 1981. Jeanne was very involved...
Leonard Melford Linstad
Dec 11, 2013
Leonard Linstad, 94, Fargo, North Dakota died on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at his home. Leonard Melford Linstad was born on September 28, 1919 in Adams, ND to Magnus and Caroline Linstad. Leonard grew up attending country school. He worked on a family farm in Walsh County until the start of World War II. Leonard joined the Army Air Force...
Verlin John Heier
Dec 9, 2013
Verlin John Heier passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013 at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND. Verlin was born to John and Eva Heier in Gettysburg, SD on July 12, 1942. He grew up in Onaka, SD and graduated from Cresbard High School. Verlin graduated from Northern University in Aberdeen, SD in 1965. Verlin and Sandra were married September 8,...
Chester Alfred Gebert
Dec 7, 2013
Chet Gebert was born August 11, 1927 in Princeton, Minnesota. He was the youngest child of William and Ida (Noeske) Gebert. Even though his love of travel found him globe trotting after raising his family, Chet lived and worked most of his life within 250 miles of his hometown. He graduated from the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism in...
Amos Kenneth Flaagan
Dec 6, 2013
Amos Kenneth Flaagan, 84, of Fargo ND, passed away Friday, December 6, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo surrounded by his family. Kenny was born December 21, 1928 on the family farm near Pekin, ND. He was the youngest child of Martin and Gina (Thorson) Flaagan. He enlisted in the US Air Force and was stationed at Fairchild AFB at Spokane...
Donna E. Hoff
Jan 6, 2014
Our mother, grandmother and friend, Donna Erickson Hoff, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at Elim Care Center in Fargo, ND. Donna was born November 21, 1922 in Twin Valley, MN. She went through high school in Twin Valley, MN and attended New York Hair Dressing School in Fargo, ND. After graduating, she decided that being a beautician and standing...
Beatrice Elaine Kartenson
Jan 5, 2014
Bea Kartenson, 86, passed away on January 5th, 2014, at her home in Fargo, North Dakota. Beatrice Elaine Jones was born on July 22nd, 1927 to Frank and Grace (Gold) Jones at St. John's Hospital in Fargo, and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1945. Bea met Gordon Kartenson in the fall of 1945 when they were both attending...
Ronald E. Hoffman
Jan 5, 2014
Ronald Eugene Hoffman, age 66, was birthed into heaven on Sunday morning, January 5th, 2014 at Villa Maria, Fargo, North Dakota. Ron was born on July 27, 1947, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. At age 5 he moved to Moorhead, Minnesota. Ron was involved in scouting, was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, enjoyed graphic arts, and he loved cars as...
Dorothy Cecelia Nash
Jan 4, 2014
Dorothy Nash, 91, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Bethany on University, Fargo. Dorothy Cecelia Wendlick was born February 8, 1922 to Elmer and Clara (Anderson) Wendlick in Riverside Township in Steele County, ND. She graduated from Finley High School in Finley, ND in 1940, and then attended business college in Detroit Lakes, MN. Dorothy married Roy...
Edna Stella Anderson
Jan 3, 2014
Edna Anderson, 95, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, January 3, 2014 at Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo. Edna Stella Galow was born on August 14, 1918 in Bisbee, ND to Adolph and Lydia (Gottschalk) Galow. She attended school in Perth and Bisbee and graduated from Bisbee High School in 1935. Edna married Haakon T. Anderson on October 5, 1939 at...
Carl J. Salthammer
Jan 1, 2014
Carl J. Salthammer, 82 of Fargo, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Carl was born April 23, 1931 to parents Mabel and Adolph Salthammer in Barnes County, ND. He attended school in Skandia Township and worked at his parents’ farm until enlisting in the US Army, where he served as a Corporal with honors in Germany...
Ralph J. Christlieb
Dec 31, 2013
Ralph John Christlieb, born March 27, 1936 in Osage, MN, passed away on December 31, 2013 at the age of 77 in his home in Hitterdahl, MN . Ralph was the son of Clarence and Elizabeth (Jesionowski) Christlieb of Park Rapids, MN. Ralph was born in Osage, MN and moved to Fargo as a child. He met and married Marlyn...
Paul C. Hagen
Dec 29, 2013
Paul C. Hagen, 93, formerly of Fargo and Mesa, AZ, died Sunday, December 29, 2013, at St. Benedict’s Senior Living in St. Cloud, MN. Paul Curtis Hagen was born January 3, 1920, in Portland, ND to Peder and Cora (Fore) Hagen. Paul graduated from Portland High School, where he played football and basketball. He attended college at the University of...
Thomas Joseph Gaughan
Dec 28, 2013
Thomas “TJ” Joseph Gaughan, 83, passed away peacefully, under care of Hospice and surrounded by family, on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Thomas “TJ” Gaughan was born February 10, 1930 in Fargo, ND to Thomas Joseph Gaughan II and Blanch (Freeman) Gaughan. He grew up in Verona, ND and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed...
Bernadine Charlotte Awes
Dec 28, 2013
Bernadine Charlotte (Holter) Awes was born to Bernard and Blanche Holter on January 31, 1928 near Oslo, MN. She died peacefully on December 28, 2013. Bernadine married Emory Awes on September 19, 1948. She was a strong, spirited woman but she exemplified the character of a servant, always putting others before herself. Bernadine loved to play board and card games...
Neil Allan Stenshoel
Dec 26, 2013
Neil Allan Stenshoel of Fargo, ND passed away December 26, 2013, at the age of 63, in Mesa, Arizona after a 7 month battle with cancer. Neil was born January 23, 1950, in Fargo, North Dakota to Norton and Signe (Storstad) Stenshoel. Neil graduated from Moorhead High School in 1968. He enlisted in the US Army in 1970, and at...
Iris R. Rockwell
Dec 26, 2013
Iris Rockwell, 85, of Fargo, ND passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Iris Ruth Rockwell was born September 2, 1928 to Adolf and Pauline Rauch in Biggar Saskatchewan, Canada. The family moved to Winnipeg, Canada where she completed her schooling. She married Steuart William Rockwell on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 in Winnipeg. Jeffrey William was...
Eleanor Rensvold
Dec 25, 2013
Eleanor Rensvold, 93, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead, MN. Margaret Eleanor Rensvold was born on May 16, 1920, to Melvin and Clara (Ohnstad) Holte, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fargo. She grew up on her parents’ farm near Gardner, North Dakota. She completed her grade school in Gardner and in Fargo, high school...
Nancy H. Thorndal
Dec 22, 2013
Nancy Wright Herbison Thorndal, 83, Fargo, died Sunday, December 22, 2013 at home, surrounded by her family. Nancy was born on March 3, 1930 in Minnewaukan, North Dakota to Herbert Wright and Pearl Marie (Brayton) Herbison. She was the third of four girls and remained close to her sisters throughout her life. She received Christian baptism at her home in...
Robert John Wicker
Dec 20, 2013
Robert “Rob” Wicker, 66, of Fargo (and formerly of Cavalier, ND) died on Friday, December 20. Robert John Wicker was born May 12, 1947, and at 9 months of age was adopted by Lee and Wally Wicker in Pearl Lake, MN. He graduated from St. Boniface High School in 1965, and received a BS in Education from Mayville State University...
Jeanne Heidi Roman
Dec 16, 2013
Jeanne Heidi Roman was called to her eternal home on December 16th, 2013 after a 15 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Jeanne was born September 18th 1962 to Marlyn and Joanne Avenson in Park Rapids, MN. September 18th was also her father’s birthday. She grew up there and graduated from Park Rapids High School in 1981. Jeanne was very involved...
Leonard Melford Linstad
Dec 11, 2013
Leonard Linstad, 94, Fargo, North Dakota died on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at his home. Leonard Melford Linstad was born on September 28, 1919 in Adams, ND to Magnus and Caroline Linstad. Leonard grew up attending country school. He worked on a family farm in Walsh County until the start of World War II. Leonard joined the Army Air Force...
Verlin John Heier
Dec 9, 2013
Verlin John Heier passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013 at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND. Verlin was born to John and Eva Heier in Gettysburg, SD on July 12, 1942. He grew up in Onaka, SD and graduated from Cresbard High School. Verlin graduated from Northern University in Aberdeen, SD in 1965. Verlin and Sandra were married September 8,...
Chester Alfred Gebert
Dec 7, 2013
Chet Gebert was born August 11, 1927 in Princeton, Minnesota. He was the youngest child of William and Ida (Noeske) Gebert. Even though his love of travel found him globe trotting after raising his family, Chet lived and worked most of his life within 250 miles of his hometown. He graduated from the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism in...
Amos Kenneth Flaagan
Dec 6, 2013
Amos Kenneth Flaagan, 84, of Fargo ND, passed away Friday, December 6, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo surrounded by his family. Kenny was born December 21, 1928 on the family farm near Pekin, ND. He was the youngest child of Martin and Gina (Thorson) Flaagan. He enlisted in the US Air Force and was stationed at Fairchild AFB at Spokane...
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