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Thomas Hansmann

Thomas Hansmann

Oct 10, 2009

Thomas Hansmann passed away at Merit Care Hospital on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at the age of 76. Thomas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 8, 1933, the only son of Paul and Florence Hansmann. He served in the United States Army during the Koren War. Thomas graduated from North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy. He worked as...

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Oct 10, 2009

Robert W. “Bob” Anderson, 64, of Fargo, ND, passed away in the Palliative Care Unit of MeritCare on Saturday, October 10, 2009, after a seven month battle with cancer. Bob was born February 7, 1945, to Warren “Bud” and Barbara Jean (Beals) Anderson in Fargo, North Dakota. He attended Fargo schools and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963....

Kristine Nelson

Kristine Nelson

Oct 7, 2009

Kristine Nelson, 35, of West Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, in Fargo. Kristine Jean Nelson was born in Bismarck, ND, on November 27, 1973. In 1980, she moved to Fargo, ND, and in 1985, moved to Moorhead, MN. She attended Moorhead High School and worked several years in the food service industry. Kristie loved being around family and...

John Snell

John Snell

Oct 7, 2009

John Allen Snell was born on June 16, 1942, in Concordia, Kansas, to Albert and Elizabeth Snell. He has three sisters and one brother - Myrna, Sharon, Glenda, and Raymond. He joined the US Navy and served from 1960 until 1962. John has two daughters Robyn, Rebecca, and two granddaughters Natalia and Amy. In 1985, he married Carol Ann Konrad...

A. Warner Mcnair

A. Warner Mcnair

Oct 7, 2009

Warner McNair, 100, a lifetime resident of Fargo, played his final game of tennis on October 7, 2009. He won his match and the first place prize, which was a trip to be with his beloved wife, Barbara, and his eldest son, Marvin who both preceded him in death. Warner was born June 5, 1909 to Arthur and Lucille McNair...

Mary Marsden

Mary Marsden

Oct 2, 2009

Mary Marsden, 85, of Moorhead, MN (formerly Fargo, ND) died Friday, October 2, 2009, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Mary was born June 8, 1924 to J. Gordon “Mick” and Bessie (Elliot) McKenzie on the family farm near Grandin, ND. She grew up and graduated from Grandin High School. She attended Chaffee Junior College in Ontario, CA, where she...

Betty Toppen

Betty Toppen

Oct 2, 2009

Betty Toppen, 84, of Fargo, formerly of Kindred, ND, died Friday, October 2, 2009 at Innovis Health, Fargo, ND. Betty June Richards was born June 8, 1925 to William and Bessie (Vigness) Richards in rural Moorhead, MN on the family farm. She married Raymond Toppen, November 9, 1974 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN. She is survived by one brother,...

Clara Egeberg

Clara Egeberg

Sep 28, 2009

Clara Egeberg, 96, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, September 28, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Clara Marie Roe was born August 18, 1913, in Horace, North Dakota, daughter of Gundbjorn and Anna D. (Thoreson) Roe. Clara married Eddie John Egeberg February 19, 1943. She worked as a secretary at North Dakota State University in Fargo. She was a beloved...

Loraine Haas

Loraine Haas

Sep 28, 2009

Loraine Haas, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, September 28, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Loraine Josephine Anderson was born August 21, 1922, in Battle Lake, Minnesota. Her parents were George H. and Caroline (Glende) Anderson. She attended Moorhead State Teacher’s College grade school. She graduated from Moorhead High School with honors. She attended Interstate Business College and then...

Gage Jacobson

Gage Jacobson

Sep 27, 2009

Gage Jacobson, 2 of rural Glyndon, MN, died September 27, 2009, near his home. Gage Anthony Jacobson was born in Fargo, North Dakota, August 1, 2007, son of Jon Jacobson and Jennifer Barnes. He lived with his parents northeast of Glyndon, Minnesota. Gage loved his big brother, watching Elmo and Sponge Bob, playing with tractors, planes, trains, cars, going to...

Jerry Deloss

Jerry Deloss

Sep 26, 2009

Jerry Edward DeLoss, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Jerry DeLoss was born March 19, 1934 in Cherokee, Iowa to Gerald and Marjorie (Stanosheck) DeLoss. He graduated from Central High School in Sioux City, IA. He also attended the University of South Dakota. Jerry was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon...

Emil Johnson

Emil Johnson

Sep 25, 2009

Emil Johnson, 94, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, September 25, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Emil T. Johnson was born March 26, 1915, in Lake Park, Minnesota, son of Peter and Hilma (Johnson) Johnson. Emil married Inga Morkin April 8, 1937. He worked at the Union stockyards for 41 years, working his way up from janitor to supervisor. Emil was...

Cecile Gaboury

Cecile Gaboury

Sep 23, 2009

Cecile Gaboury, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Cecile Pauline DeBlois was born November 9, 1929, daughter of Napoleon and Olina (Picard) DeBlois, and raised in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. She married Wilfrid Gaboury September 24, 1949, and they started a family. They had four children. In 1968, the family moved to Owatonna,...

Margaret Hirschkorn

Margaret Hirschkorn

Sep 21, 2009

Margaret C. Hirschkorn, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, September 21, 2009, in Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo, ND. Margaret Corrine Hirschkorn was born August 1, 1925, in Nome, North Dakota, to Martin and Clara (Pederson) Mjoen. She attended school in Fingal, North Dakota, and graduated high school there. She married Walter H. Hirschkorn on December 30, 1946,...

Ward Thomas Stine

Ward Thomas Stine

Sep 20, 2009

Ward Thomas Stine, age 67 of West Fargo, ND, died September 20, 2009 surrounded by family under the care of Hospice at MeritCare’s Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Ward (Tom) was born on August 27, 1942 to Walt and Joy (Benshoof) Stine in Valley City, ND. He graduated from Valley City State University in 1965 with a Composite Music Degree, and...

Thomas Brovold

Thomas Brovold

Sep 18, 2009

Thomas Dewey Brovold passed on September 18, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND at the age of 70. He battled dementia and cancer for five years. Tom was born on April 8, 1939 in Saint Helen’s, Oregon. His parents moved back to Fargo, ND in 1947. Tom graduated from Central High School in Fargo and attended Wahpeton State School of...

Bertil Benson

Bertil Benson

Sep 16, 2009

Bertil “Bert” Benson, 91, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Bertil “Bert” Edward Benson was born March 12, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Hugo and Betty Benson. He attended schools in Minneapolis where he graduated from high school. Bert married Florence Westby October 19, 1940, in Iowa. The family moved to Fargo in 1955....

Alice Heitzmann

Alice Heitzmann

Sep 16, 2009

Alice Heitzmann, 87, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Alice Brag was born May 8, 1922, in Cooperstown, North Dakota, daughter of Sigfred and Nellie (Peterson) Brag. She went to Grandin High School and lived on the family farm until her marriage. On September 14, 1946, in Moorhead, Minnesota, Alice married Alfred...

Bonnie Reed

Bonnie Reed

Sep 6, 2009

Bonnie N. Reed passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept 6, 2009, at Manor Care Nursing Home after a long, rewarding life. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26, 1920, the beloved, only child of Ethel Bell Nelson and Daniel Anton Nelson. On Halloween Day (October 31), 1942, she married Carl W. Reed, Jr. at the Fort Snelling Chapel in...

Maynard Larson

Maynard Larson

Sep 6, 2009

Maynard Larson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died September 6, 2009, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Maynard Larson was born January 8, 1923, on a farm near Cooperstown, North Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1941, before attending North Dakota State University for two years and also Interstate Business College. He...

Thomas Hansmann

Thomas Hansmann

Oct 10, 2009

Thomas Hansmann passed away at Merit Care Hospital on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at the age of 76. Thomas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 8, 1933, the only son of Paul and Florence Hansmann. He served in the United States Army during the Koren War. Thomas graduated from North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy. He worked as...

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Oct 10, 2009

Robert W. “Bob” Anderson, 64, of Fargo, ND, passed away in the Palliative Care Unit of MeritCare on Saturday, October 10, 2009, after a seven month battle with cancer. Bob was born February 7, 1945, to Warren “Bud” and Barbara Jean (Beals) Anderson in Fargo, North Dakota. He attended Fargo schools and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963....

Kristine Nelson

Kristine Nelson

Oct 7, 2009

Kristine Nelson, 35, of West Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, in Fargo. Kristine Jean Nelson was born in Bismarck, ND, on November 27, 1973. In 1980, she moved to Fargo, ND, and in 1985, moved to Moorhead, MN. She attended Moorhead High School and worked several years in the food service industry. Kristie loved being around family and...

John Snell

John Snell

Oct 7, 2009

John Allen Snell was born on June 16, 1942, in Concordia, Kansas, to Albert and Elizabeth Snell. He has three sisters and one brother - Myrna, Sharon, Glenda, and Raymond. He joined the US Navy and served from 1960 until 1962. John has two daughters Robyn, Rebecca, and two granddaughters Natalia and Amy. In 1985, he married Carol Ann Konrad...

A. Warner Mcnair

A. Warner Mcnair

Oct 7, 2009

Warner McNair, 100, a lifetime resident of Fargo, played his final game of tennis on October 7, 2009. He won his match and the first place prize, which was a trip to be with his beloved wife, Barbara, and his eldest son, Marvin who both preceded him in death. Warner was born June 5, 1909 to Arthur and Lucille McNair...

Mary Marsden

Mary Marsden

Oct 2, 2009

Mary Marsden, 85, of Moorhead, MN (formerly Fargo, ND) died Friday, October 2, 2009, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Mary was born June 8, 1924 to J. Gordon “Mick” and Bessie (Elliot) McKenzie on the family farm near Grandin, ND. She grew up and graduated from Grandin High School. She attended Chaffee Junior College in Ontario, CA, where she...

Betty Toppen

Betty Toppen

Oct 2, 2009

Betty Toppen, 84, of Fargo, formerly of Kindred, ND, died Friday, October 2, 2009 at Innovis Health, Fargo, ND. Betty June Richards was born June 8, 1925 to William and Bessie (Vigness) Richards in rural Moorhead, MN on the family farm. She married Raymond Toppen, November 9, 1974 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN. She is survived by one brother,...

Clara Egeberg

Clara Egeberg

Sep 28, 2009

Clara Egeberg, 96, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, September 28, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Clara Marie Roe was born August 18, 1913, in Horace, North Dakota, daughter of Gundbjorn and Anna D. (Thoreson) Roe. Clara married Eddie John Egeberg February 19, 1943. She worked as a secretary at North Dakota State University in Fargo. She was a beloved...

Loraine Haas

Loraine Haas

Sep 28, 2009

Loraine Haas, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, September 28, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Loraine Josephine Anderson was born August 21, 1922, in Battle Lake, Minnesota. Her parents were George H. and Caroline (Glende) Anderson. She attended Moorhead State Teacher’s College grade school. She graduated from Moorhead High School with honors. She attended Interstate Business College and then...

Gage Jacobson

Gage Jacobson

Sep 27, 2009

Gage Jacobson, 2 of rural Glyndon, MN, died September 27, 2009, near his home. Gage Anthony Jacobson was born in Fargo, North Dakota, August 1, 2007, son of Jon Jacobson and Jennifer Barnes. He lived with his parents northeast of Glyndon, Minnesota. Gage loved his big brother, watching Elmo and Sponge Bob, playing with tractors, planes, trains, cars, going to...

Jerry Deloss

Jerry Deloss

Sep 26, 2009

Jerry Edward DeLoss, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Jerry DeLoss was born March 19, 1934 in Cherokee, Iowa to Gerald and Marjorie (Stanosheck) DeLoss. He graduated from Central High School in Sioux City, IA. He also attended the University of South Dakota. Jerry was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon...

Emil Johnson

Emil Johnson

Sep 25, 2009

Emil Johnson, 94, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, September 25, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Emil T. Johnson was born March 26, 1915, in Lake Park, Minnesota, son of Peter and Hilma (Johnson) Johnson. Emil married Inga Morkin April 8, 1937. He worked at the Union stockyards for 41 years, working his way up from janitor to supervisor. Emil was...

Cecile Gaboury

Cecile Gaboury

Sep 23, 2009

Cecile Gaboury, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Cecile Pauline DeBlois was born November 9, 1929, daughter of Napoleon and Olina (Picard) DeBlois, and raised in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. She married Wilfrid Gaboury September 24, 1949, and they started a family. They had four children. In 1968, the family moved to Owatonna,...

Margaret Hirschkorn

Margaret Hirschkorn

Sep 21, 2009

Margaret C. Hirschkorn, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, September 21, 2009, in Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo, ND. Margaret Corrine Hirschkorn was born August 1, 1925, in Nome, North Dakota, to Martin and Clara (Pederson) Mjoen. She attended school in Fingal, North Dakota, and graduated high school there. She married Walter H. Hirschkorn on December 30, 1946,...

Ward Thomas Stine

Ward Thomas Stine

Sep 20, 2009

Ward Thomas Stine, age 67 of West Fargo, ND, died September 20, 2009 surrounded by family under the care of Hospice at MeritCare’s Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Ward (Tom) was born on August 27, 1942 to Walt and Joy (Benshoof) Stine in Valley City, ND. He graduated from Valley City State University in 1965 with a Composite Music Degree, and...

Thomas Brovold

Thomas Brovold

Sep 18, 2009

Thomas Dewey Brovold passed on September 18, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND at the age of 70. He battled dementia and cancer for five years. Tom was born on April 8, 1939 in Saint Helen’s, Oregon. His parents moved back to Fargo, ND in 1947. Tom graduated from Central High School in Fargo and attended Wahpeton State School of...

Bertil Benson

Bertil Benson

Sep 16, 2009

Bertil “Bert” Benson, 91, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Bertil “Bert” Edward Benson was born March 12, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Hugo and Betty Benson. He attended schools in Minneapolis where he graduated from high school. Bert married Florence Westby October 19, 1940, in Iowa. The family moved to Fargo in 1955....

Alice Heitzmann

Alice Heitzmann

Sep 16, 2009

Alice Heitzmann, 87, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Alice Brag was born May 8, 1922, in Cooperstown, North Dakota, daughter of Sigfred and Nellie (Peterson) Brag. She went to Grandin High School and lived on the family farm until her marriage. On September 14, 1946, in Moorhead, Minnesota, Alice married Alfred...

Bonnie Reed

Bonnie Reed

Sep 6, 2009

Bonnie N. Reed passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept 6, 2009, at Manor Care Nursing Home after a long, rewarding life. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26, 1920, the beloved, only child of Ethel Bell Nelson and Daniel Anton Nelson. On Halloween Day (October 31), 1942, she married Carl W. Reed, Jr. at the Fort Snelling Chapel in...

Maynard Larson

Maynard Larson

Sep 6, 2009

Maynard Larson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died September 6, 2009, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Maynard Larson was born January 8, 1923, on a farm near Cooperstown, North Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1941, before attending North Dakota State University for two years and also Interstate Business College. He...

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