Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Leanne Cosgriff
Nov 14, 2010
Leanne E. Cosgriff, 57, of Fargo, passed away at her residence on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Leanne Ethel Ellingson was born May 15, 1953, in Fargo, to Maurice and Lois (Grinde) Ellingson. She graduated from Fargo North High School prior to attending Wahpeton School of Science. After earning a degree in dental hygiene, she worked as a dental hygienist in...
Jane Johnson
Nov 12, 2010
Jane A. Johnson, 55, West Fargo died Friday, November 12, 2010 at her home. She is survived by four children; Rebecca Johnson, St. Cloud, MN, David Johnson, West Fargo, ND, Michael (Jessica) Johnson, Portland, OR and Jennifer Scott, West Fargo, ND. Funeral: 2:00 Friday, November 19, 2010 at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo Visitation: 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, November 18,...
Arthur Kolrud
Nov 11, 2010
Arthur Leroy Kolrud, age 78, was born in Nome ND on November 2, 1932, to John and Anna (Fisher) Kolrud. He was the sixth of seven children. Art grew up in Nome attending grade school and later getting his GED diploma. Art often joked about his poverish up-bringing…eating lard sandwiches and wearing worn out shoes lined with newspaper to fill...
Devine Ochsner
Nov 9, 2010
Devine Leland Ochsner was born on December 8th, 1930 in Mobridge, South Dakota to Gustave and Emelia (Boehler) Ochsner. He grew up on a farm east of Mobridge and attended a one-room country school (Lincoln) until moving into Mobridge in 1943. Devine graduated from Mobridge High School in 1948. He worked at J.C. Penney during high school and a few...
Hillard Johnson
Nov 9, 2010
Hillard A. Johnson, 88, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Hillard Alvin Johnson was born August 31, 1922, in Binford, North Dakota, son of Helmer and Alfrida (Susag) Johnson. He married Joyce Erlandson October 23, 1955, in Binford, North Dakota. Hillard is survived by his wife, Joyce, Fargo, ND; children, Jeff (RuthAnn) Johnson, Grand...
Florence Anderson
Nov 7, 2010
Florence M. Anderson, 74, of Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Sanford Palliative Care Unit in Fargo. Florence Swanson was born July 28, 1936, in Wheatland, ND, to Fred and Ruth (Marshall) Swanson, where she grew up and attended school. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Martin’s Lutheran Church in Casselton, ND. She graduated from St....
Larry Ernest
Nov 7, 2010
Larry Ernest, 61, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Larry Alton Ernest was born April 11, 1949, in Union Hospital, Mayville, ND, to Earl and Hazel (Mastrud) Ernest. He was raised in Portland, ND, and graduated from Portland High School in 1967. He married Susan Nygaard in 1969. They raised their family in Fargo...
Irene Winjum
Nov 3, 2010
Irene Winjum, 85, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and surrounded by her family. Irene Berge was born December 1, 1924, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, daughter of George and Gina Berge. Irene married Oren E. Winjum August 10, 1946. They moved to Fargo in 1956....
Nora Grant
Nov 2, 2010
Nora Rose Grant, 88, Fargo died November 2, 2010 at Elim Home, Fargo. Nora Grant was born on May 11, 1922 in Stanwood, WA to Kinsley and Rose (McCabe) Grant. She grew up in Everett, WA and graduated from high school in Minot, ND. Nora enlisted in the Navy during WWII and was stationed in Oakland, CA. After her discharge...
John Coler
Nov 1, 2010
John Wesley Coler, 49, Fargo, died on All Saints Day, November 1, 2010, from pancreatic cancer. Born in Tyler, MN, on June 8, 1961, to Paul and Carole, John moved with his family to Park River, ND in the sixth grade. While at bible camp during his senior year, John gave his life to Christ. Three days after graduating from...
James "Jim" Schmidt
Nov 1, 2010
James “Jim” R. Schmidt, 61, of West Fargo, ND, died Monday, November 1, 2010 at his home. Jim was born February 27, 1949 in Fosston, MN to Joseph and Frances (Christianson) Schmidt. He grew up in Bagley, MN where he attended schools and graduated from high school. After high school, he attended tech school in Thief River Falls, MN for...
Patrick Brooks
Oct 30, 2010
Patrick Michael Brooks, 26, died Saturday, October 30, 2010, at Frazee Care Center, Frazee, MN. Patrick was born August 13, 1984 in Fargo, ND to Richard and Laurie (Amundson) Brooks. He grew up in Oakport Township, Moorhead, MN. He graduated Moorhead High School in 2003. Patrick attained the rank of Eagle Scout from Troup #633 in north Moorhead. He attended...
Gordon Johnson
Oct 30, 2010
Gordon E. Johnson, 92, of Fargo passed away peacefully at home on October 30, 2010. Gordon was born June 19, 1918, to Gilbert and Lydia in Ray, ND, where he graduated from high school. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945, having been discharged as a Technical Sergeant with the 65th Fighter Wing. In 1946, Gordy married...
Joseph Ummond
Oct 27, 2010
Joseph Drummond, 82, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the VA Hospital in Fargo. Joseph Aloysius Drummond was born December 29, 1927, to William and Anna (Flavin) Drummond in Dorchester, MA. He attended elementary and junior high schools in Boston. He joined the US Army at 17 by forging his parent’s signature, and served in Camp Wheeler,...
William Meyer
Oct 25, 2010
Will passed away on Monday, October 25, 2010 at Golden Living Center in Moorhead, MN at the age of 80. William Nicholas Meyer was born on May 3, 1930 in Rugby, North Dakota, the son of William (Bill) Sr., and Myrtle (Dokken) Meyer. Will was baptized into the First Lutheran Church in Rugby on September 20, 1930. Will was united...
Elmer Kurtz
Oct 23, 2010
Elmer Kurtz, 88, of Fargo, ND, died on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Triumph Hospital in Fargo. Elmer was born on January 7, 1922, in rural Cathay, Wells County, North Dakota to William and Hulda (Selmar) Kurtz. He was baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sykeston and attended Cathay Public School through the eighth grade. Elmer lived and worked...
Jean Neshiem
Oct 21, 2010
Jean A. Neshiem, 82, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Jean Audrey Buth was born April 25, 1928, to Carl and Mabel (Poehls) Buth in Sabin, Minnesota. Jean graduated from Casselton High School in Casselton, North Dakota, in 1946, and NW Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1947. Jean married James L....
Patricia Rittgarn
Oct 17, 2010
Patricia Louise Rittgarn, 73, died Sunday evening, October 17, 2010 after a long illness at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. She is survived by her husband, Larry Rittgarn, her daughter, Roxanne Holmsen, her son-in-law, Ed Holmsen, her two grandchildren, Alexandra and Ryan Holmsen, her sisters, Bev Holm and Kay Mitchell and her nephews, Brad and Bart Mitchell. Patricia (Pat) Holm...
Elmer Ekern
Oct 17, 2010
Elmer Ekern, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at Veterans Administrative Medical Regional Office Center, Fargo. Elmer Milford Ekern was born May 9, 1933, in Valley City, North Dakota, son of Louis and Anna (Anderson) Ekern. Elmer graduated from Valley City High School in 1951, and Valley City State College in 1976 with a Bachelors Degree in...
Edwin Graber
Oct 16, 2010
Ed Graber, 85, of Fargo died Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Sanford Health, surrounded by his family. Edwin (Ed) Erling Graber was born at Hawley, MN on May 24, 1925, three months before John P. and Delila Graber moved their seven children to Fargo. Ed went through the Fargo School System and after graduating from Fargo’s old Central High School...
Leanne Cosgriff
Nov 14, 2010
Leanne E. Cosgriff, 57, of Fargo, passed away at her residence on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Leanne Ethel Ellingson was born May 15, 1953, in Fargo, to Maurice and Lois (Grinde) Ellingson. She graduated from Fargo North High School prior to attending Wahpeton School of Science. After earning a degree in dental hygiene, she worked as a dental hygienist in...
Jane Johnson
Nov 12, 2010
Jane A. Johnson, 55, West Fargo died Friday, November 12, 2010 at her home. She is survived by four children; Rebecca Johnson, St. Cloud, MN, David Johnson, West Fargo, ND, Michael (Jessica) Johnson, Portland, OR and Jennifer Scott, West Fargo, ND. Funeral: 2:00 Friday, November 19, 2010 at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo Visitation: 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, November 18,...
Arthur Kolrud
Nov 11, 2010
Arthur Leroy Kolrud, age 78, was born in Nome ND on November 2, 1932, to John and Anna (Fisher) Kolrud. He was the sixth of seven children. Art grew up in Nome attending grade school and later getting his GED diploma. Art often joked about his poverish up-bringing…eating lard sandwiches and wearing worn out shoes lined with newspaper to fill...
Devine Ochsner
Nov 9, 2010
Devine Leland Ochsner was born on December 8th, 1930 in Mobridge, South Dakota to Gustave and Emelia (Boehler) Ochsner. He grew up on a farm east of Mobridge and attended a one-room country school (Lincoln) until moving into Mobridge in 1943. Devine graduated from Mobridge High School in 1948. He worked at J.C. Penney during high school and a few...
Hillard Johnson
Nov 9, 2010
Hillard A. Johnson, 88, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Hillard Alvin Johnson was born August 31, 1922, in Binford, North Dakota, son of Helmer and Alfrida (Susag) Johnson. He married Joyce Erlandson October 23, 1955, in Binford, North Dakota. Hillard is survived by his wife, Joyce, Fargo, ND; children, Jeff (RuthAnn) Johnson, Grand...
Florence Anderson
Nov 7, 2010
Florence M. Anderson, 74, of Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Sanford Palliative Care Unit in Fargo. Florence Swanson was born July 28, 1936, in Wheatland, ND, to Fred and Ruth (Marshall) Swanson, where she grew up and attended school. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Martin’s Lutheran Church in Casselton, ND. She graduated from St....
Larry Ernest
Nov 7, 2010
Larry Ernest, 61, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Larry Alton Ernest was born April 11, 1949, in Union Hospital, Mayville, ND, to Earl and Hazel (Mastrud) Ernest. He was raised in Portland, ND, and graduated from Portland High School in 1967. He married Susan Nygaard in 1969. They raised their family in Fargo...
Irene Winjum
Nov 3, 2010
Irene Winjum, 85, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and surrounded by her family. Irene Berge was born December 1, 1924, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, daughter of George and Gina Berge. Irene married Oren E. Winjum August 10, 1946. They moved to Fargo in 1956....
Nora Grant
Nov 2, 2010
Nora Rose Grant, 88, Fargo died November 2, 2010 at Elim Home, Fargo. Nora Grant was born on May 11, 1922 in Stanwood, WA to Kinsley and Rose (McCabe) Grant. She grew up in Everett, WA and graduated from high school in Minot, ND. Nora enlisted in the Navy during WWII and was stationed in Oakland, CA. After her discharge...
John Coler
Nov 1, 2010
John Wesley Coler, 49, Fargo, died on All Saints Day, November 1, 2010, from pancreatic cancer. Born in Tyler, MN, on June 8, 1961, to Paul and Carole, John moved with his family to Park River, ND in the sixth grade. While at bible camp during his senior year, John gave his life to Christ. Three days after graduating from...
James "Jim" Schmidt
Nov 1, 2010
James “Jim” R. Schmidt, 61, of West Fargo, ND, died Monday, November 1, 2010 at his home. Jim was born February 27, 1949 in Fosston, MN to Joseph and Frances (Christianson) Schmidt. He grew up in Bagley, MN where he attended schools and graduated from high school. After high school, he attended tech school in Thief River Falls, MN for...
Patrick Brooks
Oct 30, 2010
Patrick Michael Brooks, 26, died Saturday, October 30, 2010, at Frazee Care Center, Frazee, MN. Patrick was born August 13, 1984 in Fargo, ND to Richard and Laurie (Amundson) Brooks. He grew up in Oakport Township, Moorhead, MN. He graduated Moorhead High School in 2003. Patrick attained the rank of Eagle Scout from Troup #633 in north Moorhead. He attended...
Gordon Johnson
Oct 30, 2010
Gordon E. Johnson, 92, of Fargo passed away peacefully at home on October 30, 2010. Gordon was born June 19, 1918, to Gilbert and Lydia in Ray, ND, where he graduated from high school. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945, having been discharged as a Technical Sergeant with the 65th Fighter Wing. In 1946, Gordy married...
Joseph Ummond
Oct 27, 2010
Joseph Drummond, 82, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the VA Hospital in Fargo. Joseph Aloysius Drummond was born December 29, 1927, to William and Anna (Flavin) Drummond in Dorchester, MA. He attended elementary and junior high schools in Boston. He joined the US Army at 17 by forging his parent’s signature, and served in Camp Wheeler,...
William Meyer
Oct 25, 2010
Will passed away on Monday, October 25, 2010 at Golden Living Center in Moorhead, MN at the age of 80. William Nicholas Meyer was born on May 3, 1930 in Rugby, North Dakota, the son of William (Bill) Sr., and Myrtle (Dokken) Meyer. Will was baptized into the First Lutheran Church in Rugby on September 20, 1930. Will was united...
Elmer Kurtz
Oct 23, 2010
Elmer Kurtz, 88, of Fargo, ND, died on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Triumph Hospital in Fargo. Elmer was born on January 7, 1922, in rural Cathay, Wells County, North Dakota to William and Hulda (Selmar) Kurtz. He was baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sykeston and attended Cathay Public School through the eighth grade. Elmer lived and worked...
Jean Neshiem
Oct 21, 2010
Jean A. Neshiem, 82, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Jean Audrey Buth was born April 25, 1928, to Carl and Mabel (Poehls) Buth in Sabin, Minnesota. Jean graduated from Casselton High School in Casselton, North Dakota, in 1946, and NW Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1947. Jean married James L....
Patricia Rittgarn
Oct 17, 2010
Patricia Louise Rittgarn, 73, died Sunday evening, October 17, 2010 after a long illness at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. She is survived by her husband, Larry Rittgarn, her daughter, Roxanne Holmsen, her son-in-law, Ed Holmsen, her two grandchildren, Alexandra and Ryan Holmsen, her sisters, Bev Holm and Kay Mitchell and her nephews, Brad and Bart Mitchell. Patricia (Pat) Holm...
Elmer Ekern
Oct 17, 2010
Elmer Ekern, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at Veterans Administrative Medical Regional Office Center, Fargo. Elmer Milford Ekern was born May 9, 1933, in Valley City, North Dakota, son of Louis and Anna (Anderson) Ekern. Elmer graduated from Valley City High School in 1951, and Valley City State College in 1976 with a Bachelors Degree in...
Edwin Graber
Oct 16, 2010
Ed Graber, 85, of Fargo died Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Sanford Health, surrounded by his family. Edwin (Ed) Erling Graber was born at Hawley, MN on May 24, 1925, three months before John P. and Delila Graber moved their seven children to Fargo. Ed went through the Fargo School System and after graduating from Fargo’s old Central High School...
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