Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Mary Jo Vraa
May 4, 2009
Mary Jo Vraa, 66, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully in the presence of family and close friends at Elim Care Center in Fargo after a valiant fight against cancer. Mary was born on December 31, 1942 in Duluth, MN. She attended business school. She moved to Fargo, ND in 1968, where she soon met her future husband, Henry Nels Vraa....
Marjorie Witz
May 3, 2009
Marjorie Viola (Hoover) Witz, 91, of Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, May 3, 2009 at home. She was born in Lebanon, Indiana Dec. 28, 1917, the daughter of Alva and Caroline (Stoddard) Hoover. She graduated from Brook High School in Brook, Indiana and received a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Purdue University in 1940. At Purdue, she lettered...
Alice Yaeger
May 2, 2009
Alice J. Yaeger, 100, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Alice Jeanette Borg was born April 16, 1909, in Valley City, North Dakota, daughter of John and Anne (Kjelland) Borg. She was the fifth of thirteen children. She graduated from high school in Valley City in 1928. Alice married Ralph Yaeger on September 10,...
John Grosz
Apr 30, 2009
John P. Grosz, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. John P. Grosz was born August 2, 1925, in Fargo, ND, son of Godfrey and Eva (Stewart) Grosz. In 1943, John graduated from Fargo Central High School. He started college at North Dakota State University in the summer of 1943. John joined...
Eileen Ell
Apr 28, 2009
Eileen Ell, 88, of Fargo, ND, (formerly of Forest River, ND) passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009, while staying with her son, Mike Ell, and his family in Bismarck. Eileen Elsie Woods was born July 14, 1920, to the late Walter and Myra (Jamieson) Woods in Forest River, North Dakota. She graduated from the Forest River High School in 1937....
Florence Pyle
Apr 24, 2009
Florence Pyle, 76 of Fargo died Friday, April 24, 2009 at Eventide Nursing Home, Moorhead, MN. Funeral Service: Friday, May 1, 2009, at 2:00 PM, at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, ND. Visitation: Thursday, April 30, 2009, from 5-7 PM, at Hanson-Runsvold. Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fargo, ND.
Elsie Anderson
Apr 21, 2009
Elsie Anderson, 92, of Fargo, ND, died April 21, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Elsie Anderson was born July 3, 1916, in Battle Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of George and Caroline (Glende) Anderson. She moved to Moorhead, Minnesota, as a child. She attended and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1934. After high school, she attended and graduated from Moorhead...
Donald "Red" Slayton
Apr 19, 2009
Donald “Red” Slayton, 91, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Donald Conrad Slayton was born August 3, 1917, in Belfield, North Dakota, son of Iver and Christine (Winkels) Slayton. He was with the North Dakota Air National Guard for 31 years until his retirement in 1977. He married Roselle Iverson in 1969, in First Lutheran...
Curtis Peterson
Apr 16, 2009
Curtis Peterson, 80, of Fargo, ND, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo. Curtis Jerome Peterson was born March 2, 1929, to Robert and Josie (Hanson) Pederson in Mayville, North Dakota. Curtis graduated from Mayville High School and attended Mayville State College. Curtis married Marion Hanson in rural Mayville, North Dakota. Curtis spent years in banking...
Douglas Gault
Apr 13, 2009
Douglas C. Gault, 56, of Felton, MN, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo. Douglas Charles Gualt was born January 12, 1953, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Marion C. and Shirley (Block) Gault. He grew up in rural Mapleton, North Dakota, and graduated from Mapleton High School in 1971. Douglas served in the US Air Force as...
Clayton Olson
Apr 11, 2009
Clayton E. Olson, 87, Bethany Homes, passed away peacefully at Innovis Health, Saturday, April 11, 2009. Clayton Eugene Olson was born in Barney, North Dakota, March 6, 1922, to Edwin and Lillian (Peters) Olson. They moved to Fargo shortly thereafter where Clayton attended Old Hawthorne, Agassiz Junior High and Fargo Central where he was a standout hockey player for the...
Everett Meincke
Apr 11, 2009
Everett E. Meincke, 77, of Fargo, ND, (formerly a resident of ManorCare, Fargo) died Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Everett Ernest Meincke was born September 29, 1931, son of John and Beatta (Ernest) Meincke in Round Prairie Township in Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm. Everett worked for the railroad and was proud of...
Rochelle Grabenbauer
Apr 10, 2009
Rochelle Grabenbauer, 33, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, April 10, 2009, at her home. Her survivors include her daughters, Makalyn, Tearzyn and Grace; and her sisters, Cassandra and Therasa Reed. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rebecca Kerbaugh and her sister, Alicia. Memorial Service: Friday, April 17, 2009, at 10:00 AM, at Olivet Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND.
Laurence Boatz
Apr 9, 2009
Laurence Boatz, 96 of Fargo, died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. John Laurence Boatz was born to John Boatz and Catherine (Gallagher) in Missouri on June 28, 1912. After the death of his father, his mother moved the family back to the farm near Bisbee, ND, in 1918. His formal schooling went through ninth...
Annie Buen
Apr 8, 2009
Annie May Buen, 60, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Annie May Buchholz was born May 14, 1948, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Alfred and Emillie (Heger) Buchholz. She grew up and graduated from high school in Amenia, North Dakota, in 1966. Annie attended Joseph School of Hair Design. She worked at various...
Lavern Rohla
Apr 8, 2009
Lavern “Lee” Rohla, age 83, of Fargo, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Innovis Hospital. Lavern Barnick was born September 11, 1925, to Herman and Amelia (Steinborn) Barnick in Jud, ND. She graduated from Rogers (ND) High School and worked at Montgomery Ward in Valley City. She worked as an X-ray technician after training at Miller Hospital, St. Paul, MN....
Gloria Peterson
Apr 7, 2009
Gloria Peterson, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Memorial Service will be scheduled at a later date.
Charles Moore
Apr 4, 2009
Charles Moore, 54 (Fargo,ND), passed away Saturday April 4, 2009 in West Fargo, ND. Chuck was born March 6, 1955 to John "Jack" and Augusta "Marie" (Houseman) Moore in Valley City, ND. He graduated from North Central High School in 1973. He attended the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He married Doreen Lipetzky on Nov 28, 1980. They resided...
Carol Ann Davis
Apr 3, 2009
Carol Ann Davis, 75, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully Friday, April 3, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, after battling many illnesses. Carol Ann Nydahl was born July 24, 1933, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Sam and Ella (Sauer) Nydahl. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1951. Carol began working as...
Edith Sullivan
Apr 2, 2009
Edith Sullivan, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, April 2, 2009, at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Edith Corrine Anderson was born August 10, 1929, in Fargo, North Dakota. She was raised by Mary and Tobias Pederson in Walcott, North Dakota. She graduated from Walcott High School. Edith attended Concordia College in Moorhead,...
Mary Jo Vraa
May 4, 2009
Mary Jo Vraa, 66, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully in the presence of family and close friends at Elim Care Center in Fargo after a valiant fight against cancer. Mary was born on December 31, 1942 in Duluth, MN. She attended business school. She moved to Fargo, ND in 1968, where she soon met her future husband, Henry Nels Vraa....
Marjorie Witz
May 3, 2009
Marjorie Viola (Hoover) Witz, 91, of Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, May 3, 2009 at home. She was born in Lebanon, Indiana Dec. 28, 1917, the daughter of Alva and Caroline (Stoddard) Hoover. She graduated from Brook High School in Brook, Indiana and received a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Purdue University in 1940. At Purdue, she lettered...
Alice Yaeger
May 2, 2009
Alice J. Yaeger, 100, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Alice Jeanette Borg was born April 16, 1909, in Valley City, North Dakota, daughter of John and Anne (Kjelland) Borg. She was the fifth of thirteen children. She graduated from high school in Valley City in 1928. Alice married Ralph Yaeger on September 10,...
John Grosz
Apr 30, 2009
John P. Grosz, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. John P. Grosz was born August 2, 1925, in Fargo, ND, son of Godfrey and Eva (Stewart) Grosz. In 1943, John graduated from Fargo Central High School. He started college at North Dakota State University in the summer of 1943. John joined...
Eileen Ell
Apr 28, 2009
Eileen Ell, 88, of Fargo, ND, (formerly of Forest River, ND) passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009, while staying with her son, Mike Ell, and his family in Bismarck. Eileen Elsie Woods was born July 14, 1920, to the late Walter and Myra (Jamieson) Woods in Forest River, North Dakota. She graduated from the Forest River High School in 1937....
Florence Pyle
Apr 24, 2009
Florence Pyle, 76 of Fargo died Friday, April 24, 2009 at Eventide Nursing Home, Moorhead, MN. Funeral Service: Friday, May 1, 2009, at 2:00 PM, at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, ND. Visitation: Thursday, April 30, 2009, from 5-7 PM, at Hanson-Runsvold. Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fargo, ND.
Elsie Anderson
Apr 21, 2009
Elsie Anderson, 92, of Fargo, ND, died April 21, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Elsie Anderson was born July 3, 1916, in Battle Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of George and Caroline (Glende) Anderson. She moved to Moorhead, Minnesota, as a child. She attended and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1934. After high school, she attended and graduated from Moorhead...
Donald "Red" Slayton
Apr 19, 2009
Donald “Red” Slayton, 91, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Donald Conrad Slayton was born August 3, 1917, in Belfield, North Dakota, son of Iver and Christine (Winkels) Slayton. He was with the North Dakota Air National Guard for 31 years until his retirement in 1977. He married Roselle Iverson in 1969, in First Lutheran...
Curtis Peterson
Apr 16, 2009
Curtis Peterson, 80, of Fargo, ND, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo. Curtis Jerome Peterson was born March 2, 1929, to Robert and Josie (Hanson) Pederson in Mayville, North Dakota. Curtis graduated from Mayville High School and attended Mayville State College. Curtis married Marion Hanson in rural Mayville, North Dakota. Curtis spent years in banking...
Douglas Gault
Apr 13, 2009
Douglas C. Gault, 56, of Felton, MN, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo. Douglas Charles Gualt was born January 12, 1953, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Marion C. and Shirley (Block) Gault. He grew up in rural Mapleton, North Dakota, and graduated from Mapleton High School in 1971. Douglas served in the US Air Force as...
Clayton Olson
Apr 11, 2009
Clayton E. Olson, 87, Bethany Homes, passed away peacefully at Innovis Health, Saturday, April 11, 2009. Clayton Eugene Olson was born in Barney, North Dakota, March 6, 1922, to Edwin and Lillian (Peters) Olson. They moved to Fargo shortly thereafter where Clayton attended Old Hawthorne, Agassiz Junior High and Fargo Central where he was a standout hockey player for the...
Everett Meincke
Apr 11, 2009
Everett E. Meincke, 77, of Fargo, ND, (formerly a resident of ManorCare, Fargo) died Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Everett Ernest Meincke was born September 29, 1931, son of John and Beatta (Ernest) Meincke in Round Prairie Township in Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm. Everett worked for the railroad and was proud of...
Rochelle Grabenbauer
Apr 10, 2009
Rochelle Grabenbauer, 33, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, April 10, 2009, at her home. Her survivors include her daughters, Makalyn, Tearzyn and Grace; and her sisters, Cassandra and Therasa Reed. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rebecca Kerbaugh and her sister, Alicia. Memorial Service: Friday, April 17, 2009, at 10:00 AM, at Olivet Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND.
Laurence Boatz
Apr 9, 2009
Laurence Boatz, 96 of Fargo, died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. John Laurence Boatz was born to John Boatz and Catherine (Gallagher) in Missouri on June 28, 1912. After the death of his father, his mother moved the family back to the farm near Bisbee, ND, in 1918. His formal schooling went through ninth...
Annie Buen
Apr 8, 2009
Annie May Buen, 60, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Annie May Buchholz was born May 14, 1948, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Alfred and Emillie (Heger) Buchholz. She grew up and graduated from high school in Amenia, North Dakota, in 1966. Annie attended Joseph School of Hair Design. She worked at various...
Lavern Rohla
Apr 8, 2009
Lavern “Lee” Rohla, age 83, of Fargo, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Innovis Hospital. Lavern Barnick was born September 11, 1925, to Herman and Amelia (Steinborn) Barnick in Jud, ND. She graduated from Rogers (ND) High School and worked at Montgomery Ward in Valley City. She worked as an X-ray technician after training at Miller Hospital, St. Paul, MN....
Gloria Peterson
Apr 7, 2009
Gloria Peterson, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Memorial Service will be scheduled at a later date.
Charles Moore
Apr 4, 2009
Charles Moore, 54 (Fargo,ND), passed away Saturday April 4, 2009 in West Fargo, ND. Chuck was born March 6, 1955 to John "Jack" and Augusta "Marie" (Houseman) Moore in Valley City, ND. He graduated from North Central High School in 1973. He attended the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He married Doreen Lipetzky on Nov 28, 1980. They resided...
Carol Ann Davis
Apr 3, 2009
Carol Ann Davis, 75, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully Friday, April 3, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, after battling many illnesses. Carol Ann Nydahl was born July 24, 1933, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Sam and Ella (Sauer) Nydahl. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1951. Carol began working as...
Edith Sullivan
Apr 2, 2009
Edith Sullivan, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, April 2, 2009, at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Edith Corrine Anderson was born August 10, 1929, in Fargo, North Dakota. She was raised by Mary and Tobias Pederson in Walcott, North Dakota. She graduated from Walcott High School. Edith attended Concordia College in Moorhead,...
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