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Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home

Lynn Kautz

Lynn Kautz

Feb 25, 2009

Lynn Kautz, 52, of Fargo, ND, died at her home on Wednesday, February, 25, 2009. Lynn Rishel was born July 14, 1956, to Edward and Romayne (Costello) Rishel in Moorhead, Minnesota. She attended school in Dilworth, MN and graduated from high school in 1974. She went onto North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND, graduating with an LPN...

James Torkelson

James Torkelson

Feb 25, 2009

James L. Torkelson, 73 of Fargo, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at his home in Fargo, ND. James Leo Torkelson was born September 28, 1935, to Adolph and Sina (Iverson) Torkelson in Lamberton, MN. He grew up in Walnut Grove, MN before moving to Waverly, Iowa. He learned his career at age fifteen at the Wallezine Home Bakery of Waverly,...

Harold Sorvaag

Harold Sorvaag

Feb 24, 2009

Harold A. Sorvaag, 87, died February 24, 2009, at Meritcare Hospital Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, N.D., surrounded by his family. Harold was born July 12, 1921, in Argusville, ND to Nils and Anna Sorvaag. He grew up on the family farm, attended Berlin Township School, and spent the rest of his life farming in the Argusville area. On November,...

Harry Moore

Harry Moore

Feb 20, 2009

Harry Will Moore, 82 of Fargo, ND died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Rosewood on Broadway surrounded by family. Harry was born February 22, 1926 in Valley City, ND to Dr. Max and Hilda (Gotschall) Moore. He grew up in Valley City were he graduated high school, before enlisting into the US Navy V-12 program in 1943, serving in underwater...

Jason Lee

Jason Lee

Feb 20, 2009

Jason Lee, 33, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, February 20, 2009, at his home. Jason Scott Lee was born March 15, 1975, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Ronald and Toni (Benson) Lee. He graduated from Fargo South High School in 1993. Jason graduated from Moorhead Technical College in Sales and Marketing Management in 1998. Jason spent much of his...

Jeffrey Hazemann

Jeffrey Hazemann

Feb 18, 2009

Jeffrey M. Hazemann, 48, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Jeffrey Marvin Hazemann was born April 30, 1960, in Moorhead, Minnesota, son of Marvin and Lila (Peterson) Hazemann. He attended school in West Fargo, North Dakota, and Minnesota State University Moorhead. Jeff married Theresa Short November 22, 1986. Jeff was a loving husband...

Marjorie Marr

Marjorie Marr

Feb 18, 2009

Marjorie Oma Marr beloved mother, grandmother, sister, friend, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Innovis Health Hospital in Fargo, ND. Marjorie Oma Wangberg was born on April 22, 1920, on the family farm in Norman County, Halstad, Minnesota, to John and Marion (Lewis) Wangberg. As a young girl, she enjoyed traveling by train to visit relatives in the east. She...

Harold Janisch

Harold Janisch

Feb 16, 2009

Harold Janisch, 92, Veblen, South Dakota, died Monday, February 16, 2009, at Bethany Homes in Fargo, North Dakota, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Harold, the son of Mike and Louisa (Tscherne) Janisch was born in Lake City, South Dakota, on October 2, 1916. He attended Lake City Elementary School. He helped on the family farm...

Oscar Sandvik

Oscar Sandvik

Feb 13, 2009

Oscar “Ossie” K. Sandvik went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 13, 2009, in the comfort of home. Oscar was born to Ole Peter and Frida (Bergseth) Sandvik April 9, 1920, at Fargo, North Dakota’s St. John’s Hospital. He was a sibling to sisters, Helen, Bertha and Evelyn and brothers, Harold, Raymond, Robert and Herbert. Oscar married Lottie...

William Sparke

William Sparke

Feb 11, 2009

William L. Sparke, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. William LeRoy Sparke was born December 14, 1922, in Mapleton, North Dakota, son of Paul Arnold and Florence E. (Armstrong) Sparke. He graduated from Mapleton High School. Bill served in the U.S. Army from November 1942 to November 1945, in the Africa and Italian...

Thomas Blake

Thomas Blake

Feb 10, 2009

Thomas Blake, 63, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at his home. Thomas Lee Blake, son of Bernard and Emma (Barringer) Blake was born May 30, 1945, in Graceville, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm west of Clinton, Minnesota, and graduated in 1963. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. After...

Ward Harris

Ward Harris

Feb 4, 2009

Ward H. Harris, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Ward Hamilton Harris was born September 12, 1925, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Asa and Blanche (Estby) Harris. He grew up on the family farm north of Fargo. Ward graduated from Moorhead High School, Moorhead, Minnesota. Ward married Dolores Foster November 11,...

Claude Schmidt

Claude Schmidt

Feb 4, 2009

Claude Schmidt, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, in Fargo. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1924, to Roger and Lucette, but considers San Francisco CA from age 11 on as his home town until 1950. Education - BA 1948 and MA 1950 from Stanford University, CA, and PhD in Entomology from Iowa State College, Ames IA in...

John Niemi

John Niemi

Feb 3, 2009

John Niemi, 70, of Fargo, died January 15, 2009 at his home in Fargo, ND. John was born July 20, 1938 and lived the first part of his life at the Grafton State School. In 1982, John moved to Fargo, ND where he lived at the Svee Home. The Svee Home and the Community Survivor Program prepared John to live...

Mabel Barsten

Mabel Barsten

Feb 3, 2009

Mabel (Bockwoldt) Barsten, 78, passed away from natural causes on February 3, 2008, in Fargo, ND. Mabel (Bockwoldt) was born on the farm in Grand Rapids, ND, July 12, 1930 to Ernest and Elsie (Klatt) Bockwoldt. She completed 8 grades of school and grew up in Grand Rapids, ND area. After she left home, she worked as a housekeeper in...

Stewart Bakken

Stewart Bakken

Feb 2, 2009

Stewart Earl Bakken, Age 94, of Fargo, ND passed away on February 2, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo. He was born to George E. Bakken and Elmira Stewart on August 14, 1914 in his grandmother’s house 5 miles west of Drayton, ND. He graduated from Drayton High School in 1934, and attended NDSU (then North Dakota Agricultural College) from 1937...

Lois Ivers

Lois Ivers

Jan 28, 2009

Lois D. Ivers, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at Innovis Health, Fargo. Lois D. Zoost was born August 22, 1934, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Henry and Nora (Jermstad) Zoost. Lois went to school in Fargo. She spent all of her working life in the banking industry. Lois liked going out, spending time with friends...

Evelette Snyder

Evelette Snyder

Jan 27, 2009

Evelette T. Snyder, 94, died on January 27, 2009, in Velva, North Dakota. She was the wife of North Dakota filmmaker, Bill Snyder. Evie was born to Sigrid (Kleiv) and Percy Mattson on September 10, 1914, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She lived her childhood in Moorhead, later graduating from Moorhead High. At a young age, she was employed at the Fargo...

William Nguyen

William Nguyen

Jan 24, 2009

William Wyatt Thanh Khôi Nguyen entered and left this world knowing he was loved on January 24th, 2009. He is survived by his parents, his brother Nathan and his sister Ava; his grandparents Tu and Kimchi Nguyen and Priscilla Ellinor; his uncles Huan (and Kim), Phuong, Van (and Livia), Thai (and Melissa), Patrick (and Shana), and Brian (and Jen); his...

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Jan 21, 2009

Robert “Bob” V. Anderson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Bethany Cares, Fargo, ND. Robert was born in Fargo, North Dakota, October 25, 1922, son of Alfred and Agnes (Lahlum) Anderson. He graduated from Fargo Central High School. Bob served in the US Navy during World War II as a Radioman 3c on several different ships....

Lynn Kautz

Lynn Kautz

Feb 25, 2009

Lynn Kautz, 52, of Fargo, ND, died at her home on Wednesday, February, 25, 2009. Lynn Rishel was born July 14, 1956, to Edward and Romayne (Costello) Rishel in Moorhead, Minnesota. She attended school in Dilworth, MN and graduated from high school in 1974. She went onto North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND, graduating with an LPN...

James Torkelson

James Torkelson

Feb 25, 2009

James L. Torkelson, 73 of Fargo, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at his home in Fargo, ND. James Leo Torkelson was born September 28, 1935, to Adolph and Sina (Iverson) Torkelson in Lamberton, MN. He grew up in Walnut Grove, MN before moving to Waverly, Iowa. He learned his career at age fifteen at the Wallezine Home Bakery of Waverly,...

Harold Sorvaag

Harold Sorvaag

Feb 24, 2009

Harold A. Sorvaag, 87, died February 24, 2009, at Meritcare Hospital Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, N.D., surrounded by his family. Harold was born July 12, 1921, in Argusville, ND to Nils and Anna Sorvaag. He grew up on the family farm, attended Berlin Township School, and spent the rest of his life farming in the Argusville area. On November,...

Harry Moore

Harry Moore

Feb 20, 2009

Harry Will Moore, 82 of Fargo, ND died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Rosewood on Broadway surrounded by family. Harry was born February 22, 1926 in Valley City, ND to Dr. Max and Hilda (Gotschall) Moore. He grew up in Valley City were he graduated high school, before enlisting into the US Navy V-12 program in 1943, serving in underwater...

Jason Lee

Jason Lee

Feb 20, 2009

Jason Lee, 33, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, February 20, 2009, at his home. Jason Scott Lee was born March 15, 1975, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Ronald and Toni (Benson) Lee. He graduated from Fargo South High School in 1993. Jason graduated from Moorhead Technical College in Sales and Marketing Management in 1998. Jason spent much of his...

Jeffrey Hazemann

Jeffrey Hazemann

Feb 18, 2009

Jeffrey M. Hazemann, 48, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Jeffrey Marvin Hazemann was born April 30, 1960, in Moorhead, Minnesota, son of Marvin and Lila (Peterson) Hazemann. He attended school in West Fargo, North Dakota, and Minnesota State University Moorhead. Jeff married Theresa Short November 22, 1986. Jeff was a loving husband...

Marjorie Marr

Marjorie Marr

Feb 18, 2009

Marjorie Oma Marr beloved mother, grandmother, sister, friend, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Innovis Health Hospital in Fargo, ND. Marjorie Oma Wangberg was born on April 22, 1920, on the family farm in Norman County, Halstad, Minnesota, to John and Marion (Lewis) Wangberg. As a young girl, she enjoyed traveling by train to visit relatives in the east. She...

Harold Janisch

Harold Janisch

Feb 16, 2009

Harold Janisch, 92, Veblen, South Dakota, died Monday, February 16, 2009, at Bethany Homes in Fargo, North Dakota, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Harold, the son of Mike and Louisa (Tscherne) Janisch was born in Lake City, South Dakota, on October 2, 1916. He attended Lake City Elementary School. He helped on the family farm...

Oscar Sandvik

Oscar Sandvik

Feb 13, 2009

Oscar “Ossie” K. Sandvik went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 13, 2009, in the comfort of home. Oscar was born to Ole Peter and Frida (Bergseth) Sandvik April 9, 1920, at Fargo, North Dakota’s St. John’s Hospital. He was a sibling to sisters, Helen, Bertha and Evelyn and brothers, Harold, Raymond, Robert and Herbert. Oscar married Lottie...

William Sparke

William Sparke

Feb 11, 2009

William L. Sparke, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. William LeRoy Sparke was born December 14, 1922, in Mapleton, North Dakota, son of Paul Arnold and Florence E. (Armstrong) Sparke. He graduated from Mapleton High School. Bill served in the U.S. Army from November 1942 to November 1945, in the Africa and Italian...

Thomas Blake

Thomas Blake

Feb 10, 2009

Thomas Blake, 63, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at his home. Thomas Lee Blake, son of Bernard and Emma (Barringer) Blake was born May 30, 1945, in Graceville, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm west of Clinton, Minnesota, and graduated in 1963. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. After...

Ward Harris

Ward Harris

Feb 4, 2009

Ward H. Harris, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Ward Hamilton Harris was born September 12, 1925, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Asa and Blanche (Estby) Harris. He grew up on the family farm north of Fargo. Ward graduated from Moorhead High School, Moorhead, Minnesota. Ward married Dolores Foster November 11,...

Claude Schmidt

Claude Schmidt

Feb 4, 2009

Claude Schmidt, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, in Fargo. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1924, to Roger and Lucette, but considers San Francisco CA from age 11 on as his home town until 1950. Education - BA 1948 and MA 1950 from Stanford University, CA, and PhD in Entomology from Iowa State College, Ames IA in...

John Niemi

John Niemi

Feb 3, 2009

John Niemi, 70, of Fargo, died January 15, 2009 at his home in Fargo, ND. John was born July 20, 1938 and lived the first part of his life at the Grafton State School. In 1982, John moved to Fargo, ND where he lived at the Svee Home. The Svee Home and the Community Survivor Program prepared John to live...

Mabel Barsten

Mabel Barsten

Feb 3, 2009

Mabel (Bockwoldt) Barsten, 78, passed away from natural causes on February 3, 2008, in Fargo, ND. Mabel (Bockwoldt) was born on the farm in Grand Rapids, ND, July 12, 1930 to Ernest and Elsie (Klatt) Bockwoldt. She completed 8 grades of school and grew up in Grand Rapids, ND area. After she left home, she worked as a housekeeper in...

Stewart Bakken

Stewart Bakken

Feb 2, 2009

Stewart Earl Bakken, Age 94, of Fargo, ND passed away on February 2, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo. He was born to George E. Bakken and Elmira Stewart on August 14, 1914 in his grandmother’s house 5 miles west of Drayton, ND. He graduated from Drayton High School in 1934, and attended NDSU (then North Dakota Agricultural College) from 1937...

Lois Ivers

Lois Ivers

Jan 28, 2009

Lois D. Ivers, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at Innovis Health, Fargo. Lois D. Zoost was born August 22, 1934, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Henry and Nora (Jermstad) Zoost. Lois went to school in Fargo. She spent all of her working life in the banking industry. Lois liked going out, spending time with friends...

Evelette Snyder

Evelette Snyder

Jan 27, 2009

Evelette T. Snyder, 94, died on January 27, 2009, in Velva, North Dakota. She was the wife of North Dakota filmmaker, Bill Snyder. Evie was born to Sigrid (Kleiv) and Percy Mattson on September 10, 1914, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She lived her childhood in Moorhead, later graduating from Moorhead High. At a young age, she was employed at the Fargo...

William Nguyen

William Nguyen

Jan 24, 2009

William Wyatt Thanh Khôi Nguyen entered and left this world knowing he was loved on January 24th, 2009. He is survived by his parents, his brother Nathan and his sister Ava; his grandparents Tu and Kimchi Nguyen and Priscilla Ellinor; his uncles Huan (and Kim), Phuong, Van (and Livia), Thai (and Melissa), Patrick (and Shana), and Brian (and Jen); his...

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Jan 21, 2009

Robert “Bob” V. Anderson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Bethany Cares, Fargo, ND. Robert was born in Fargo, North Dakota, October 25, 1922, son of Alfred and Agnes (Lahlum) Anderson. He graduated from Fargo Central High School. Bob served in the US Navy during World War II as a Radioman 3c on several different ships....

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