Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Kevin L. Olson
May 26, 2013
Kevin Olson, 54, Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully at his mother's home on Sunday, May 26, 2013. He was born November 9, 1958 in Fargo. Kevin was active as a youth in boy scouts, baseball, hockey, and bowling. He was a free spirit who was adventurous and an explorer of many avenues of life. He is survived by his mother,...
Margaret M. Engel
May 25, 2013
Margaret Marcella McDonald was born on September 2, 1923 to Angus and Mae McDonald of Caledonia, North Dakota. She attended school in Caledonia. Margaret married Wallace Engel, Hillsboro, North Dakota, in 1944. They raised three children: Curtis, Ronald, and Kathyrn. In 1956, Margaret and Wallace moved to Fargo where Margaret was employed by the Dutch Maid Café. Later, she secured...
Lucille M. Haugen
May 25, 2013
Lucille M. Haugen, 87, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. Lucille Marilyn Hoie was born on December 28, 1925 in Shelly, MN to Lewis and Josephine (Orvik) Hoie. She attended Pathfinder School, District No. 13, and graduated from Climax High School in 1943. Lucille married Ardell Haugen on September 20, 1947,...
Joyce M. Johnson
May 24, 2013
Joyce Marie Johnson, 71, of Fargo passed away on May 24, 2013 at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, MN, after a long hospitalization of over four months in Fargo and the Twin Cities. Joyce was born Jan. 8, 1942 in Valley City, ND to Charles and Belinda (Paulson) Froelich. She grew up on a farm 10 miles north of...
Philip Dudley Stafne
May 21, 2013
Philip Dudley Stafne, 70, a life-long resident of Fargo, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo, surrounded by family, friends, Villa Maria staff, and assisted by Hospice. Born in 1943 to Dr. William Arnold and Elizabeth Dudley Farnham Stafne, he graduated from Fargo Central High School and later St. Olaf College, where he...
Curtis R. Norheim
May 18, 2013
Curtis R. Norheim, 55 of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 18, 2013 at his home after battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS). Curt was born April 23, 1958 to parents Eugene and Kathleen (Beth) Norheim. He grew up on a farm and went to school in Rock Lake, ND. He later attended NDSU. After moving to Fargo, he worked in construction...
Gregg Hjelle
May 15, 2013
Gregg Hjelle, 36, of Fargo, ND, died May 15, 2013 at his home. Gregg was born June 26 1976 in Grand Forks, ND to Carter and Cathy (Cook) Hjelle. He grew up in Stephen and Mahnomen, MN, where he attended elementary and high school. After high school, he went onto chef school and received an Associate’s Degree in accounting. He...
June E. Robinson
May 15, 2013
June E. Robinson, 95, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Bethany on University, Fargo. June Edith Lowth was born April 17, 1918 in Revere, ND, to Edward William Lowth and Isabelle Grace Lowth. She grew up around New Rockford and lived with her grandparents while attending school in Cooperstown. Her parents moved to Fargo, where she went...
Gordon J. Brant
May 12, 2013
Gordon Joseph Brant passed away peacefully in his sleep at Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, MN, on May 12, 2013. Gordon was 94. Gordon was born in Fargo, ND, October 25, 1918, to Emil and Alma Brant. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1936. While in high school, he played on the varsity hockey team for three...
Erna L. Ellingson
May 11, 2013
Erna Ellingson, 79, Christine, ND, died May 11, 2013, after a year-long battle with colon cancer. Erna was born July 10, 1933, to Walter and Helena (Krause) Lehrke at Peever, SD. The family lived in a number of places in the Browns Valley, MN, and Sisseton, SD, area. Erna attended high school at the West Central School of Agriculture in...
Adeline M. Erickson
May 11, 2013
Adeline M. Erickson, 85, of Fargo, ND, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 11, 2013. She died at Sanford Health in Fargo, surrounded by loved ones. Adeline was born May 2, 1928 in Appleton, WI, to John and Thea (Thompson) Erickson. As a child, she moved with her family to Fort Ransom, ND. She attended school at...
Lorraine H. Sprenger
May 9, 2013
Lorraine H. Sprenger, 81, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, surrounded by her family, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo, ND. Lorraine was born June 11, 1931 to Oscar and Hilma Pallum in Minneapolis, MN. In 1935 she moved with her family to a farm near Borup, MN where she grew up. She attended a country school and then graduated from...
Ronald E. Romsland
May 9, 2013
Ronald E. Romsland of Moorhead, MN, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at age 71, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Ronald was born February 13, 1942, in Fargo, North Dakota to Millard and Virginia Romsland. Ronald graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1959 and then enlisted in the US Navy in...
Sarena L. Wendel
May 7, 2013
Sarena Wendel, 95, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo. Sarena L. Gossell was born December 10, 1917 to Carl and Bertha (Venske) Gossell at Bertha, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church – Missouri Synod, and graduated from high school at Bertha in 1935. Sarena and Reinhold “Reinie” Wendel were married...
Duane E. Sondeland
May 6, 2013
Duane Sondeland, 79 of Fargo, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6th, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. Duane was born March 21, 1934 in Grafton, ND to Elmer and Josephine (Misialek) Sondeland. He attended school in Grafton graduating from high school in 1952. Duane was...
Lillian C. Grill
May 5, 2013
Lillian Christine Grill, 95, of Fargo passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Sanford Medical Center Palliative Care Unit. She was born April 5, 1918 in Streeter, ND to Oscar and Otilla Seher. Lillian was a graduate of Streeter High School and Valley City State University and taught school in the towns of Marion, Kathryn, and Streeter, ND. On...
John "Jack" W. Schwer
May 4, 2013
John “Jack” Schwer, 87, of Fargo died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Jack was born August 29, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to John and Celia (Williams) Schwer. He graduated from high school in Berkeley, California and from college at NDAC where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II he...
Kirk E. Dean
May 4, 2013
Kirk E. Dean, 65, Fargo, ND, and formerly of Rapid City and Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Kirk Edgar Dean was born in Canton, SD, on August 4, 1947, to E. Merle and Mae (Sorenson) Dean and was the youngest of their three children. He grew...
C. Russell J. Ruppert
May 2, 2013
C. Russell J. Ruppert was born September 19, 1922 in Portal, ND to Rose and John Ruppert. After completing college he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in Okinawa Signal Corp. Russ married the love of his life, Marian at the Old North Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 11, 1944. They moved to Grafton and in 1952...
Olav G. Ødegård
May 1, 2013
Olav G. Ødegård was born in Eiken, Norway, to Karl and Ingeborg Ødegård, a farmer, lumberjack, nad sheep herder. Olav served in the Norwegian military, including time spent at the palace as a member of the Royal Guard. Olav emigrated in 1965, arriving first in New York. Once arrived, Olav learned the flooring business and was also a talented ‘finishing’...
Kevin L. Olson
May 26, 2013
Kevin Olson, 54, Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully at his mother's home on Sunday, May 26, 2013. He was born November 9, 1958 in Fargo. Kevin was active as a youth in boy scouts, baseball, hockey, and bowling. He was a free spirit who was adventurous and an explorer of many avenues of life. He is survived by his mother,...
Margaret M. Engel
May 25, 2013
Margaret Marcella McDonald was born on September 2, 1923 to Angus and Mae McDonald of Caledonia, North Dakota. She attended school in Caledonia. Margaret married Wallace Engel, Hillsboro, North Dakota, in 1944. They raised three children: Curtis, Ronald, and Kathyrn. In 1956, Margaret and Wallace moved to Fargo where Margaret was employed by the Dutch Maid Café. Later, she secured...
Lucille M. Haugen
May 25, 2013
Lucille M. Haugen, 87, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. Lucille Marilyn Hoie was born on December 28, 1925 in Shelly, MN to Lewis and Josephine (Orvik) Hoie. She attended Pathfinder School, District No. 13, and graduated from Climax High School in 1943. Lucille married Ardell Haugen on September 20, 1947,...
Joyce M. Johnson
May 24, 2013
Joyce Marie Johnson, 71, of Fargo passed away on May 24, 2013 at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, MN, after a long hospitalization of over four months in Fargo and the Twin Cities. Joyce was born Jan. 8, 1942 in Valley City, ND to Charles and Belinda (Paulson) Froelich. She grew up on a farm 10 miles north of...
Philip Dudley Stafne
May 21, 2013
Philip Dudley Stafne, 70, a life-long resident of Fargo, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo, surrounded by family, friends, Villa Maria staff, and assisted by Hospice. Born in 1943 to Dr. William Arnold and Elizabeth Dudley Farnham Stafne, he graduated from Fargo Central High School and later St. Olaf College, where he...
Curtis R. Norheim
May 18, 2013
Curtis R. Norheim, 55 of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 18, 2013 at his home after battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS). Curt was born April 23, 1958 to parents Eugene and Kathleen (Beth) Norheim. He grew up on a farm and went to school in Rock Lake, ND. He later attended NDSU. After moving to Fargo, he worked in construction...
Gregg Hjelle
May 15, 2013
Gregg Hjelle, 36, of Fargo, ND, died May 15, 2013 at his home. Gregg was born June 26 1976 in Grand Forks, ND to Carter and Cathy (Cook) Hjelle. He grew up in Stephen and Mahnomen, MN, where he attended elementary and high school. After high school, he went onto chef school and received an Associate’s Degree in accounting. He...
June E. Robinson
May 15, 2013
June E. Robinson, 95, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Bethany on University, Fargo. June Edith Lowth was born April 17, 1918 in Revere, ND, to Edward William Lowth and Isabelle Grace Lowth. She grew up around New Rockford and lived with her grandparents while attending school in Cooperstown. Her parents moved to Fargo, where she went...
Gordon J. Brant
May 12, 2013
Gordon Joseph Brant passed away peacefully in his sleep at Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, MN, on May 12, 2013. Gordon was 94. Gordon was born in Fargo, ND, October 25, 1918, to Emil and Alma Brant. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1936. While in high school, he played on the varsity hockey team for three...
Erna L. Ellingson
May 11, 2013
Erna Ellingson, 79, Christine, ND, died May 11, 2013, after a year-long battle with colon cancer. Erna was born July 10, 1933, to Walter and Helena (Krause) Lehrke at Peever, SD. The family lived in a number of places in the Browns Valley, MN, and Sisseton, SD, area. Erna attended high school at the West Central School of Agriculture in...
Adeline M. Erickson
May 11, 2013
Adeline M. Erickson, 85, of Fargo, ND, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 11, 2013. She died at Sanford Health in Fargo, surrounded by loved ones. Adeline was born May 2, 1928 in Appleton, WI, to John and Thea (Thompson) Erickson. As a child, she moved with her family to Fort Ransom, ND. She attended school at...
Lorraine H. Sprenger
May 9, 2013
Lorraine H. Sprenger, 81, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, surrounded by her family, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo, ND. Lorraine was born June 11, 1931 to Oscar and Hilma Pallum in Minneapolis, MN. In 1935 she moved with her family to a farm near Borup, MN where she grew up. She attended a country school and then graduated from...
Ronald E. Romsland
May 9, 2013
Ronald E. Romsland of Moorhead, MN, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at age 71, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Ronald was born February 13, 1942, in Fargo, North Dakota to Millard and Virginia Romsland. Ronald graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1959 and then enlisted in the US Navy in...
Sarena L. Wendel
May 7, 2013
Sarena Wendel, 95, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo. Sarena L. Gossell was born December 10, 1917 to Carl and Bertha (Venske) Gossell at Bertha, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church – Missouri Synod, and graduated from high school at Bertha in 1935. Sarena and Reinhold “Reinie” Wendel were married...
Duane E. Sondeland
May 6, 2013
Duane Sondeland, 79 of Fargo, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6th, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. Duane was born March 21, 1934 in Grafton, ND to Elmer and Josephine (Misialek) Sondeland. He attended school in Grafton graduating from high school in 1952. Duane was...
Lillian C. Grill
May 5, 2013
Lillian Christine Grill, 95, of Fargo passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Sanford Medical Center Palliative Care Unit. She was born April 5, 1918 in Streeter, ND to Oscar and Otilla Seher. Lillian was a graduate of Streeter High School and Valley City State University and taught school in the towns of Marion, Kathryn, and Streeter, ND. On...
John "Jack" W. Schwer
May 4, 2013
John “Jack” Schwer, 87, of Fargo died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Jack was born August 29, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to John and Celia (Williams) Schwer. He graduated from high school in Berkeley, California and from college at NDAC where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II he...
Kirk E. Dean
May 4, 2013
Kirk E. Dean, 65, Fargo, ND, and formerly of Rapid City and Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Kirk Edgar Dean was born in Canton, SD, on August 4, 1947, to E. Merle and Mae (Sorenson) Dean and was the youngest of their three children. He grew...
C. Russell J. Ruppert
May 2, 2013
C. Russell J. Ruppert was born September 19, 1922 in Portal, ND to Rose and John Ruppert. After completing college he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in Okinawa Signal Corp. Russ married the love of his life, Marian at the Old North Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 11, 1944. They moved to Grafton and in 1952...
Olav G. Ødegård
May 1, 2013
Olav G. Ødegård was born in Eiken, Norway, to Karl and Ingeborg Ødegård, a farmer, lumberjack, nad sheep herder. Olav served in the Norwegian military, including time spent at the palace as a member of the Royal Guard. Olav emigrated in 1965, arriving first in New York. Once arrived, Olav learned the flooring business and was also a talented ‘finishing’...
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