Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
David Johnson
Mar 1, 2009
David Bjorge Johnson, 84, formerly of Fargo, N.D., passed away on March 1, 2009, at Summit Place, Eden Prairie, Minn. He was born on July 6, 1924, in Hawley, Minn., to David George and Leona Paulyn (Bjorge) Johnson. Dave graduated from North Dakota Agricultural College (NDSU) with degrees in accounting and business in 1947. In 1958, he married Delores "Dee"...
Ardey Peterson
Feb 26, 2009
Ardey J. Peterson died peacefully Thursday, February 26, 2009, at his home at the age of 93. Ardey is predeceased by his first wife of 32 years, Alle Peterson, his sister and parents. He is survived by his second wife of 34 years, Francis Evans Peterson; a daughter, Marcia (Michael) Palumbo; granddaughters, Tina Izzo and Holly Swick; and two grandchildren,...
Dexter W. Johnson
Feb 26, 2009
Dexter W. Johnson, 74, of Fargo, ND passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, February 26, 2009 surrounded by his loving family. Dexter was born near Osakis, Minnesota on October 2, 1934 to Willard and Hilda (Nelson) Johnson. He attended grade school at a nearby country school house near the family farm and graduated from Osakis High School in 1951....
Dorothy Ecklund
Feb 26, 2009
Dorothy Hope Ecklund, 93, died Thursday, February 26, 2009 in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Dorothy was born September 30, 1915 in Crookston, Minnesota, to Tracy James Granger and Esther Dorothy (Peterson) Granger. The oldest of five children, she grew up and attended school in Fargo and Crookston, graduating from Crookston High School in 1934. Following graduation, she was employed...
Roy Richmond
Feb 26, 2009
Roy Dana Richmond died on February 26, 2009, at his home. He was born to Thomas and Audrey Richmond in Lansing, Michigan, on March 4, 1965. At age two, he moved with his family to Moorhead, MN, and subsequently to Fargo, ND. He attended school at Clara Barton, Agassiz, and graduated from South High in 1983. Roy completed the welding...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
David Johnson
Mar 1, 2009
David Bjorge Johnson, 84, formerly of Fargo, N.D., passed away on March 1, 2009, at Summit Place, Eden Prairie, Minn. He was born on July 6, 1924, in Hawley, Minn., to David George and Leona Paulyn (Bjorge) Johnson. Dave graduated from North Dakota Agricultural College (NDSU) with degrees in accounting and business in 1947. In 1958, he married Delores "Dee"...
Ardey Peterson
Feb 26, 2009
Ardey J. Peterson died peacefully Thursday, February 26, 2009, at his home at the age of 93. Ardey is predeceased by his first wife of 32 years, Alle Peterson, his sister and parents. He is survived by his second wife of 34 years, Francis Evans Peterson; a daughter, Marcia (Michael) Palumbo; granddaughters, Tina Izzo and Holly Swick; and two grandchildren,...
Dexter W. Johnson
Feb 26, 2009
Dexter W. Johnson, 74, of Fargo, ND passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, February 26, 2009 surrounded by his loving family. Dexter was born near Osakis, Minnesota on October 2, 1934 to Willard and Hilda (Nelson) Johnson. He attended grade school at a nearby country school house near the family farm and graduated from Osakis High School in 1951....
Dorothy Ecklund
Feb 26, 2009
Dorothy Hope Ecklund, 93, died Thursday, February 26, 2009 in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Dorothy was born September 30, 1915 in Crookston, Minnesota, to Tracy James Granger and Esther Dorothy (Peterson) Granger. The oldest of five children, she grew up and attended school in Fargo and Crookston, graduating from Crookston High School in 1934. Following graduation, she was employed...
Roy Richmond
Feb 26, 2009
Roy Dana Richmond died on February 26, 2009, at his home. He was born to Thomas and Audrey Richmond in Lansing, Michigan, on March 4, 1965. At age two, he moved with his family to Moorhead, MN, and subsequently to Fargo, ND. He attended school at Clara Barton, Agassiz, and graduated from South High in 1983. Roy completed the welding...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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