Lisa Smith Useldinger
Feb 19, 2012
Lisa Kay Smith was born October 9, 1963 to Charles and Delores Smith in Fargo, North Dakota at St. John’s Hospital. She was raised in Fargo where she attended Fargo North High School and North Dakota State University. She had previously taken care of children in her home daycare. She enjoyed working in Property Management in the Fargo-Moorhead and West...
Beatrice Peters
Feb 18, 2012
Beatrice “Bea” (Bolkan) Peters passed away peacefully on February 18, 2012, with her daughter by her side, following a struggle with pneumonia, in Arden Hills, MN. Bea was born in Fargo to Carl and Estelle Bolkan on September 26, 1922. She was a graduate of Fargo Central High and attended NDSU where she studied Home Economics and was a member...
Avis Berg
Feb 17, 2012
Avis Lorraine Berg, 86, of Fargo, ND died on February 17, 2012 at home surrounded by family. Avis was born on July 17, 1925 to Al and Jenny Byers. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert Berg, her parents and 2 brothers Bud Byers and Bill Byers. Avis attended Fargo Central High School. After high school she worked...
Dianne Forcier
Feb 16, 2012
Dianne Kay Forcier, 64, Fargo, ND passed away Thursday February 16, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. Dianne was born in Cooperstown, North Dakota on October 27, 1947 to Clara and Theodore Nelson. Dianne resided in Fargo and worked at Melbergs gifts for many years before leaving to enter into the Banking industry. Dianne is survived by her husband...
Charles Sundell
Feb 15, 2012
Charles A. Sundell, Jr., 70, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo. Visitation will take place on Saturday, February 18, 2012, from 3-6PM, with military rites being performed at 5:30PM, at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo.
Theresa Civilla White
Feb 14, 2012
Theresa (Civilla) White, 80, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012, in Touchmark, Fargo, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Theresa Katherine Civilla was born June 3, 1931, in Fargo, North Dakota, the only daughter of the six children of Joseph and Maddalena Civilla. She graduated from Fargo Central High School and lived in: Fargo;...
Daniel Pullen
Feb 13, 2012
Daniel Harvey Pullen passed away unexpectedly due to natural causes on Monday, February 13, while snorkeling with friends off the coast of Belize. Dan was born Oct. 5, 1949, to Harvey and Agnes Pullen. He spent his childhood in Franklin, MN. He attended St. Judes Seminary in Kankekee, IL, from 8th grade through his junior year, and then moved to...
Gustof Sagert
Feb 12, 2012
Gus Sagert, 83, of Fargo, (formerly of Langdon, ND) died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Gus Sagert was born on October 6, 1928 to August and Lena Sagert (Stegman) on a farm located near Backoo, ND. Formal education was in a country school. He spent one winter assembling fighter planes in California prior to the army in...
Harry Swiontek
Feb 11, 2012
Harry Swiontek, 84, of Climax, MN passed away on Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2012 at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Fargo with his family at his side. Harry was born April 5, 1927 in Orleans, MN, the son of William and Wilhelmina (Jaszczak) Swiontek. He attended elementary school in Orleans and his high school years at the Northwest School of...
Patrick Hancock
Feb 11, 2012
Patrick “Pat” Douglas Hancock, 68, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at his home. Patrick was born December 5, 1943, in Tacoma, Washington. He lived in many areas across the United States before moving to Fargo in 1997. Pat met Pamela “Pam” Christensen in 1996 in Utah and they were married February 13, 1998. Pat is survived by...
Russell Hanson
Feb 9, 2012
Russell C. Hanson, 87, Fargo, ND, passed away February 9, 2012, at Sanford Health, Fargo. He was born August 7, 1924 to Carl and Clara Hanson on the family farm near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. In 1946, Russell married Phyllis Ellingson, who preceded him in death on January 9, 1971. Russell was an Army veteran and a graduate of Fargo Public...
Steven Light
Feb 8, 2012
Steven M. Light, 42, Fargo, ND, who passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012, was greatly known throughout North Dakota. A VISITATION service will be held Feb. 13, at Hanson and Runsvold from 5-7 pm with prayer service starting at 7pm. Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 14, at 11:00 a.m. at First Lutheran, North Fargo. Burial will be at Riverside...
Curt Ochsner
Feb 8, 2012
Curtis John Ochsner, 60, of Hawley, MN, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Curt was born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota. He went to Fargo schools and graduated from Fargo North High. Curt joined the United States Marine Corp and served from August 1969 through August 1971. In 1999, the Lord led Curt to Patti Taylor....
Donald Barnard
Feb 8, 2012
Donald Max Barnard, 86, died February 8, 2012, in Rochester, MN. He was born March 5, 1925 at Geff (Wayne County) Illinois. He was the fifth child of Roscoe P. and Clara Barnard. Elementary and high school education were in the public schools of Wayne County. He entered the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) in 1942. He transferred to the...
Richard Rufer
Feb 7, 2012
Richard "Hawley" Rufer, 76 of Fargo, passed away on February 7, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center. Richard was born July 2, 1935 in Fargo, N.D. to Ford and Gladys Rufer. He attended Pillsbury Military Academy in Owatonna, MN, for his high school years and Grinnell College in Grinnell, IA, earning a degree in Economics and Business. While attending Grinnell, he...
Joyce Stigen
Feb 6, 2012
Joyce Tamona (Nystul) Stigen, passed away on February 6, 2012, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, where she presided since May, 2008. Joyce was born April 29, 1922 in Leonard, ND, to Adolph and Helmine (Lynnes) Nystul. She moved with her family to Fargo in 1929 and attended school there, graduating from Central High School. She attended Concordia...
Margaret Gall
Feb 5, 2012
Margaret R. Gall, 84, of Fargo passed away on Sunday February 5, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center, in Fargo, ND. Margaret Rozella Skamfer was born on April 29, 1927 at Abercrombie, ND to Emil and Olga (Nypen) Skamfer. She graduated from Abercrombie High School in 1944 and completed stenographer training at Fargo Business College. She went to work at the...
Haldis Nelson
Feb 4, 2012
Haldis Nelson, 94, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. Haldis Louise Olson was born April 2, 1917 in Fargo, ND to Christ and Yterina (Peterson) Olson. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Central High School. Haldis worked for an eye clinic before marrying Hilbert A. Nelson on July 20, 1940 in...
O.Q. Johnson
Feb 2, 2012
O.Q. Johnson, 81, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, February 2, 2012, at Sanford Health, Fargo. O.Q. “Sonny” Johnson was born October 23, 1930, in Enid, Oklahoma, to parents O.Q. Johnson, Sr., and Willie (Howard) Johnson. He grew up in West Liberty, Iowa, where he graduated from high school in 1949. He attended the University of Iowa before enlisting in the...
Craig Brown
Jan 28, 2012
Craig E. Brown, 58, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Craig Edward Brown was born January 30, 1953, in Fargo, ND, to Bernard and Oriet (Helland) Brown. He was raised in Fargo. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Craig graduated from North High School in 1971 and maintained several cherished friendships...