Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Gwen E. Blankenship
Jul 2, 2013
Gwendolyn Elaine Rogers Blankenship Gwen was born November 29, 1924 in Barnesville, MN to Hazel (Emerson) Rogers and Earl E. Rogers. She attended school and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1942. She married Virgil Howard Blankenship on April 23, 1943 in Barnesville. They farmed in Prairie View Township where they raised their five children. Gwen was a member of...
Curtis S. Zahrt
Jul 1, 2013
Curtis Shane Zahrt died July 1, 2013 surrounded by his wife and son in his home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Curtis was born October 31, 1956 in Spencer, IA to Darwin and Ann (Lauritsen) Zahrt. After graduating from Spencer High, he enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa, where he graduated in 1980 with...
Dorothy E. Taylor
Jul 1, 2013
Dorothy E. Taylor, 93, passed away on July 1st at Presbyterian Homes of Bloomington,MN. She formerly resided in Fargo for almost 70 years. Dorothy was born December 7, 1919, in Fergus Falls, MN to Blaine and Anna Kruger. She attended schools in Fergus Falls graduating in 1937. Dorothy went on to attend Moorhead State Teachers College earning a degree in...
William "Bill" Jacob Nygaard
Jun 30, 2013
William “Bill” Nygaard, 90, of Fargo, ND, died June 30, 2013 at Sheyenne Crossings Assisted Living in West Fargo. William Jacob Nygaard was born December 19, 1922 to George William and Rose Nellie (Dotson) Nygaard in Woodworth, ND. Bill served in the US Marine Corps during WWII, and later remained active in the National Air Guard. He married Marilyn Elaine...
Neil J. Wiltse
Jun 25, 2013
Neil J. Wiltse, 89 of Fargo, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Essentia Health in Fargo. Neil was born March 13, 1924 to Urban and Irene Wiltse in Lethbridge, Alberta. He grew up in New Rockford, ND, and Moorhead, MN, graduating from Moorhead High in 1942. During school, he worked for a telegraph company in Moorhead, where he rode his...
Kent Zimmerman
Jun 25, 2013
Leon Kent Zimmerman, 64, left what he considered the most peaceful place on earth for the most peaceful place of all, on June 25, 2013. Kent was born on May 28, 1949 in Wolf Point, Montana to Lester and Karien (Welsch) Zimmerman. A natural story and joke teller, he loved to reminisce about his childhood in a town where everyone...
Jan M. Breyer
Jun 22, 2013
Jan M. Breyer, 56, of Fargo, ND, died unexpectedly on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Sanford Health, Fargo. Jan Marie Breyer was born March 11, 1957 in Fargo, ND to Arthur and Diane (Argall) Breyer. She attended Fargo Public Schools and graduated from Fargo North High School in 1975. She attended NDSU for one year, after which she worked for...
Jean Betty Anderson
Jun 20, 2013
Jean Betty Anderson, 95, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Jean Betty was born February 10, 1918 to H.C. and Claire Aamoth in Valley City, North Dakota. At the age of two the family moved to Fargo where she lived the rest of her life. She...
Jack C. Toy
Jun 17, 2013
Jack Toy, 79, of Fargo, ND, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at his home in Fargo. Jack Charles Toy was born January 18, 1934 to Ralph and Martha (Anderson) Toy in Eau Claire, WI. He graduated from Eau Claire Senior High School in 1952, and attended the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire for one year before being drafted into...
Patricia A. Loomis
Jun 15, 2013
Patricia Ann Panos was born July 5, 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Michael and Marjorie Panos. Patty, or Pat, as she was known to her friends, graduated from Fargo Central High School, Class of 1961. After high school, she attended the New York Hairdressing Academy in Fargo. On July 9, 1966, she married Richard Loomis. Together, they had two children,...
Joshua Taylor Wold
Jun 10, 2013
Joshua Taylor Wold was granted his angel wings on June 10, 2013, following a serious motorcycle accident on June 2, 2013. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Josh had touched in some way throughout his short, yet very memorable life. Josh was born on May 5, 1989 to Lynn and Sara Wold. He was baptized...
Lin K. Smithwick
Jun 8, 2013
Lin Kay Smithwick, 69, Fargo, ND, passed away on the evening of June 8th after a brief battle with cancer and with her two sons by her side. She was born Jan 24, 1944 in Luverne, MN to Tula and Melvin Johnson and the family ultimately settled in Fargo, ND in 1955. She met her future husband, Grover Smithwick when...
Alfred M. Loktu
Jun 6, 2013
Alfred M. Loktu, age 88, of West Fargo, North Dakota died on June 6, 2013 at The Eventide Transitional Care Unit at Sheyenne Crossing surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Loktu was born on September 20, 1924 to Alfred and Julia Loktu (Frees). He served in the United States Navy for four years during World War II and retired from...
Mildred L. Arneson
Jun 5, 2013
Mildred (Millie) Louise Norling was born October 21, 1913 in Devils Lake, North Dakota to Alfred and Ann Norling. She passed away on June 5, 2013 surrounded by family at the age of 99. Millie grew up and went to school in Devils Lake, and Grenora, North Dakota and graduated from high school in Crosby, North Dakota in 1930. Her...
Kenneth R. Pier
Jun 2, 2013
Kenneth R. Pier, 69, Fargo, died June 2, 2013 at Villa Maria in Fargo. The son of Dorothy Ramberg Pier, born in New Jersey, Ken was raised in Germany, Hutchinson, MN and Fargo, ND. He graduated from Fargo Central in 1962 and last summer thoroughly enjoyed his 50th class reunion. Ken attended NDSU and was an extreme Bison football fan....
Shirley Joyce Stephenson
Jun 2, 2013
Early in the afternoon on Sunday, June 2, 2013, Shirley Stephenson, my mom, died. She went peacefully in the home she created for us; a home she loved. Shirley Joyce Wilson was born in Fargo on January 28, 1936. She was married to my dad, Ron Stephenson on December 4, 1953. I don’t believe anyone could have better parents. Shirley...
Cheryl A. Thomas
May 31, 2013
On Friday, May 31st 2013, at the V.A. Hospital in Fargo, ND, Cheryl Ann Thomas passed away after a short but difficult battle with cancer. She will be greatly missed. Cheryl started out life on May 18th 1960 in Eau Claire, WI, born to parents Gerald and Elizabeth (Hillestad) House. Cheryl served our country proudly as a marine from 1977...
Larry E. Thiessen
May 29, 2013
Larry E. Thiessen, 68, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 with his loving wife Joyce of 50 years and their pride and joy, their dog Bailie by his side. Larry died after an almost 2 year valiant battle with cancer. Larry Eugene Thiessen was born July 3, 1944, in Fargo, North Dakota to Peter and Marcella...
Harry L. Rinowski
May 29, 2013
Harry Rinowski, 87, Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Harry Louis Rinowski was born January 9, 1926 in Greenbush, MN to Joseph and Frances (Johnson) Rinowski. He grew up and attended school in Greenbush until entering the US Navy in 1943. He proudly served during World War II as a “Tin Can Sailor” on the...
John D. Westra
May 28, 2013
John D. Westra, 59, of Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Fargo, ND. John Dean Westra was born April 20, 1954 in Fargo, ND to Jack and Alice (Abrahamson) Westra. He grew up in Fargo, graduating from Fargo North High School in 1972. He attended NDSCS in Wahpeton, where he received an Associates Degree. John is survived...
Gwen E. Blankenship
Jul 2, 2013
Gwendolyn Elaine Rogers Blankenship Gwen was born November 29, 1924 in Barnesville, MN to Hazel (Emerson) Rogers and Earl E. Rogers. She attended school and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1942. She married Virgil Howard Blankenship on April 23, 1943 in Barnesville. They farmed in Prairie View Township where they raised their five children. Gwen was a member of...
Curtis S. Zahrt
Jul 1, 2013
Curtis Shane Zahrt died July 1, 2013 surrounded by his wife and son in his home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Curtis was born October 31, 1956 in Spencer, IA to Darwin and Ann (Lauritsen) Zahrt. After graduating from Spencer High, he enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa, where he graduated in 1980 with...
Dorothy E. Taylor
Jul 1, 2013
Dorothy E. Taylor, 93, passed away on July 1st at Presbyterian Homes of Bloomington,MN. She formerly resided in Fargo for almost 70 years. Dorothy was born December 7, 1919, in Fergus Falls, MN to Blaine and Anna Kruger. She attended schools in Fergus Falls graduating in 1937. Dorothy went on to attend Moorhead State Teachers College earning a degree in...
William "Bill" Jacob Nygaard
Jun 30, 2013
William “Bill” Nygaard, 90, of Fargo, ND, died June 30, 2013 at Sheyenne Crossings Assisted Living in West Fargo. William Jacob Nygaard was born December 19, 1922 to George William and Rose Nellie (Dotson) Nygaard in Woodworth, ND. Bill served in the US Marine Corps during WWII, and later remained active in the National Air Guard. He married Marilyn Elaine...
Neil J. Wiltse
Jun 25, 2013
Neil J. Wiltse, 89 of Fargo, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Essentia Health in Fargo. Neil was born March 13, 1924 to Urban and Irene Wiltse in Lethbridge, Alberta. He grew up in New Rockford, ND, and Moorhead, MN, graduating from Moorhead High in 1942. During school, he worked for a telegraph company in Moorhead, where he rode his...
Kent Zimmerman
Jun 25, 2013
Leon Kent Zimmerman, 64, left what he considered the most peaceful place on earth for the most peaceful place of all, on June 25, 2013. Kent was born on May 28, 1949 in Wolf Point, Montana to Lester and Karien (Welsch) Zimmerman. A natural story and joke teller, he loved to reminisce about his childhood in a town where everyone...
Jan M. Breyer
Jun 22, 2013
Jan M. Breyer, 56, of Fargo, ND, died unexpectedly on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Sanford Health, Fargo. Jan Marie Breyer was born March 11, 1957 in Fargo, ND to Arthur and Diane (Argall) Breyer. She attended Fargo Public Schools and graduated from Fargo North High School in 1975. She attended NDSU for one year, after which she worked for...
Jean Betty Anderson
Jun 20, 2013
Jean Betty Anderson, 95, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Jean Betty was born February 10, 1918 to H.C. and Claire Aamoth in Valley City, North Dakota. At the age of two the family moved to Fargo where she lived the rest of her life. She...
Jack C. Toy
Jun 17, 2013
Jack Toy, 79, of Fargo, ND, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at his home in Fargo. Jack Charles Toy was born January 18, 1934 to Ralph and Martha (Anderson) Toy in Eau Claire, WI. He graduated from Eau Claire Senior High School in 1952, and attended the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire for one year before being drafted into...
Patricia A. Loomis
Jun 15, 2013
Patricia Ann Panos was born July 5, 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Michael and Marjorie Panos. Patty, or Pat, as she was known to her friends, graduated from Fargo Central High School, Class of 1961. After high school, she attended the New York Hairdressing Academy in Fargo. On July 9, 1966, she married Richard Loomis. Together, they had two children,...
Joshua Taylor Wold
Jun 10, 2013
Joshua Taylor Wold was granted his angel wings on June 10, 2013, following a serious motorcycle accident on June 2, 2013. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Josh had touched in some way throughout his short, yet very memorable life. Josh was born on May 5, 1989 to Lynn and Sara Wold. He was baptized...
Lin K. Smithwick
Jun 8, 2013
Lin Kay Smithwick, 69, Fargo, ND, passed away on the evening of June 8th after a brief battle with cancer and with her two sons by her side. She was born Jan 24, 1944 in Luverne, MN to Tula and Melvin Johnson and the family ultimately settled in Fargo, ND in 1955. She met her future husband, Grover Smithwick when...
Alfred M. Loktu
Jun 6, 2013
Alfred M. Loktu, age 88, of West Fargo, North Dakota died on June 6, 2013 at The Eventide Transitional Care Unit at Sheyenne Crossing surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Loktu was born on September 20, 1924 to Alfred and Julia Loktu (Frees). He served in the United States Navy for four years during World War II and retired from...
Mildred L. Arneson
Jun 5, 2013
Mildred (Millie) Louise Norling was born October 21, 1913 in Devils Lake, North Dakota to Alfred and Ann Norling. She passed away on June 5, 2013 surrounded by family at the age of 99. Millie grew up and went to school in Devils Lake, and Grenora, North Dakota and graduated from high school in Crosby, North Dakota in 1930. Her...
Kenneth R. Pier
Jun 2, 2013
Kenneth R. Pier, 69, Fargo, died June 2, 2013 at Villa Maria in Fargo. The son of Dorothy Ramberg Pier, born in New Jersey, Ken was raised in Germany, Hutchinson, MN and Fargo, ND. He graduated from Fargo Central in 1962 and last summer thoroughly enjoyed his 50th class reunion. Ken attended NDSU and was an extreme Bison football fan....
Shirley Joyce Stephenson
Jun 2, 2013
Early in the afternoon on Sunday, June 2, 2013, Shirley Stephenson, my mom, died. She went peacefully in the home she created for us; a home she loved. Shirley Joyce Wilson was born in Fargo on January 28, 1936. She was married to my dad, Ron Stephenson on December 4, 1953. I don’t believe anyone could have better parents. Shirley...
Cheryl A. Thomas
May 31, 2013
On Friday, May 31st 2013, at the V.A. Hospital in Fargo, ND, Cheryl Ann Thomas passed away after a short but difficult battle with cancer. She will be greatly missed. Cheryl started out life on May 18th 1960 in Eau Claire, WI, born to parents Gerald and Elizabeth (Hillestad) House. Cheryl served our country proudly as a marine from 1977...
Larry E. Thiessen
May 29, 2013
Larry E. Thiessen, 68, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 with his loving wife Joyce of 50 years and their pride and joy, their dog Bailie by his side. Larry died after an almost 2 year valiant battle with cancer. Larry Eugene Thiessen was born July 3, 1944, in Fargo, North Dakota to Peter and Marcella...
Harry L. Rinowski
May 29, 2013
Harry Rinowski, 87, Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Harry Louis Rinowski was born January 9, 1926 in Greenbush, MN to Joseph and Frances (Johnson) Rinowski. He grew up and attended school in Greenbush until entering the US Navy in 1943. He proudly served during World War II as a “Tin Can Sailor” on the...
John D. Westra
May 28, 2013
John D. Westra, 59, of Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Fargo, ND. John Dean Westra was born April 20, 1954 in Fargo, ND to Jack and Alice (Abrahamson) Westra. He grew up in Fargo, graduating from Fargo North High School in 1972. He attended NDSCS in Wahpeton, where he received an Associates Degree. John is survived...
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