Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
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...
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
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
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
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
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....
Ralph Pelzman
Jan 21, 2009
Ralph Lawrence Pelzman, 72, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Fargo Innovis Health. Ralph was born November 10, 1936, to Frank and Ida (Barz) Pelzman in Oriska, North Dakota. He grew up in Oriska and graduated in 1954, from Oriska High School. He served in the Army for three years and was stationed in Germany. He...
Ruth Heglie
Jan 20, 2009
Ruth B. Heglie died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Villa Maria Nursing Home at the age of 97. She was born at Wild Rice, ND, June 11, 1911, to Albert I. and Mathilde (Trehus) Anderson. She attended Stanley School. Ruth married Arthur E. Heglie June 7, 1936, at the Lower Wild Rice and Red River Lutheran Church near Wild...
Donald Liekhus
Jan 18, 2009
Donald G. Liekhus, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Don was born on February 14, 1925 in Dickinson, ND to Bernard and Minnie (Frank) Liekhus. He grew up in Dodge, NE and Billings, MT. In 1941, he moved to Fargo where he worked as a carpenter and drove bus for the city....
Harold Golliet
Jan 14, 2009
Harold J. Golliet, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Harold Julius Golliet was born April 12, 1922, in Beach, North Dakota, the son of Homer and Minnie (Hernes) Golliet. Harold was in the Coast Guard where he met Violet in Alaska, as she was also in the Coast Guard. They were united in...
Lorraine Reinke
Jan 13, 2009
Lorraine L. Reinke left this earth to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 13, 2009. Lorraine Lili Kuehl was born February 15, 1933, to August and Esther (Bladow) Kuehl in Hankinson, ND. She attended public and Lutheran parochial schools in Hankinson and in 1951, enrolled at the North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND. After graduation,...
Elaine Mahowald
Jan 11, 2009
Elaine Mahowald, 68, Gardner, ND died on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Hillsboro Medical Center, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Elaine Lois Jorgenson was born on January 21, 1940, the first child of Lesley and Eleanor (Salberg) Jorgenson at Valley City, ND. She grew up and attended school in the Kathryn, ND area. She...
Margaret Haugrud
Jan 10, 2009
Margaret Haugrud, 101, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Margaret Elsie Graeber was born December 22, 1907, in Tripoli, Wisconsin, daughter of Henry and Elsie (Kring) Graeber. She graduated from Tri-county High School in Tripoli, while living in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. She graduated from Anchor Hospital Nursing School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Margaret married Dr....
Milton Thorstad
Jan 7, 2009
Milton Thorstad, 84, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Milton Sylvester Thorstad was born September 29, 1924, in Hatton, ND, to Melvin and Selma (Foss) Thorstad. He graduated from Clifford, North Dakota Public High School. He was in the U.S. Army-Artillery Division in WWII. Milton...
Karen Oren
Jan 4, 2009
Karen L. Oren, 61 of Ewa Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, formerly of Fargo, died January 4, 2009 in Hawaii after a lengthy battle with cancer. Karen was born October 8, 1947 to Deane and Agnes (Murphy) Davis in Fargo, ND. She attended Golden Ridge and Fargo Central. She married Bob Oren December 31, 1989. As of December 28, 2008 she had...
James Crowe
Jan 2, 2009
James Crowe, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, February 6, 2009, at his home in Fargo under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. James William Crowe, son of George and Georgia Crowe, was born January 2, 1922, in Fargo, ND. James attended Central High School and graduated from Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri, achieving the rank...
John Siemieniewski
Jan 2, 2009
John Siemieniewski, 46, of Fargo, ND died on Friday, January 2, 2009. He had a heart attack while doing what he loved, pheasant hunting with his dog Suzi. John was born December 18, 1962 in Hankinson, ND to Walter and Mary Ann (Morth) Siemieniewski. He spent his childhood on a farm south of Cayuga, ND. He graduated from Wahpeton High...
Henry Highness
Dec 30, 2008
Henry G. Highness, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Henry George Highness was born March 8, 1921, in Ft. Ransom, North Dakota, son of Alfred and Emma (Carlblom) Highness. Henry was the second to the youngest of ten children. He grew up and attended schools in Ft. Ransom. He served his country in...
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...
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
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
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
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
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....
Ralph Pelzman
Jan 21, 2009
Ralph Lawrence Pelzman, 72, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Fargo Innovis Health. Ralph was born November 10, 1936, to Frank and Ida (Barz) Pelzman in Oriska, North Dakota. He grew up in Oriska and graduated in 1954, from Oriska High School. He served in the Army for three years and was stationed in Germany. He...
Ruth Heglie
Jan 20, 2009
Ruth B. Heglie died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Villa Maria Nursing Home at the age of 97. She was born at Wild Rice, ND, June 11, 1911, to Albert I. and Mathilde (Trehus) Anderson. She attended Stanley School. Ruth married Arthur E. Heglie June 7, 1936, at the Lower Wild Rice and Red River Lutheran Church near Wild...
Donald Liekhus
Jan 18, 2009
Donald G. Liekhus, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Don was born on February 14, 1925 in Dickinson, ND to Bernard and Minnie (Frank) Liekhus. He grew up in Dodge, NE and Billings, MT. In 1941, he moved to Fargo where he worked as a carpenter and drove bus for the city....
Harold Golliet
Jan 14, 2009
Harold J. Golliet, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Harold Julius Golliet was born April 12, 1922, in Beach, North Dakota, the son of Homer and Minnie (Hernes) Golliet. Harold was in the Coast Guard where he met Violet in Alaska, as she was also in the Coast Guard. They were united in...
Lorraine Reinke
Jan 13, 2009
Lorraine L. Reinke left this earth to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 13, 2009. Lorraine Lili Kuehl was born February 15, 1933, to August and Esther (Bladow) Kuehl in Hankinson, ND. She attended public and Lutheran parochial schools in Hankinson and in 1951, enrolled at the North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND. After graduation,...
Elaine Mahowald
Jan 11, 2009
Elaine Mahowald, 68, Gardner, ND died on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Hillsboro Medical Center, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Elaine Lois Jorgenson was born on January 21, 1940, the first child of Lesley and Eleanor (Salberg) Jorgenson at Valley City, ND. She grew up and attended school in the Kathryn, ND area. She...
Margaret Haugrud
Jan 10, 2009
Margaret Haugrud, 101, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Margaret Elsie Graeber was born December 22, 1907, in Tripoli, Wisconsin, daughter of Henry and Elsie (Kring) Graeber. She graduated from Tri-county High School in Tripoli, while living in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. She graduated from Anchor Hospital Nursing School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Margaret married Dr....
Milton Thorstad
Jan 7, 2009
Milton Thorstad, 84, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Milton Sylvester Thorstad was born September 29, 1924, in Hatton, ND, to Melvin and Selma (Foss) Thorstad. He graduated from Clifford, North Dakota Public High School. He was in the U.S. Army-Artillery Division in WWII. Milton...
Karen Oren
Jan 4, 2009
Karen L. Oren, 61 of Ewa Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, formerly of Fargo, died January 4, 2009 in Hawaii after a lengthy battle with cancer. Karen was born October 8, 1947 to Deane and Agnes (Murphy) Davis in Fargo, ND. She attended Golden Ridge and Fargo Central. She married Bob Oren December 31, 1989. As of December 28, 2008 she had...
James Crowe
Jan 2, 2009
James Crowe, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, February 6, 2009, at his home in Fargo under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. James William Crowe, son of George and Georgia Crowe, was born January 2, 1922, in Fargo, ND. James attended Central High School and graduated from Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri, achieving the rank...
John Siemieniewski
Jan 2, 2009
John Siemieniewski, 46, of Fargo, ND died on Friday, January 2, 2009. He had a heart attack while doing what he loved, pheasant hunting with his dog Suzi. John was born December 18, 1962 in Hankinson, ND to Walter and Mary Ann (Morth) Siemieniewski. He spent his childhood on a farm south of Cayuga, ND. He graduated from Wahpeton High...
Henry Highness
Dec 30, 2008
Henry G. Highness, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Henry George Highness was born March 8, 1921, in Ft. Ransom, North Dakota, son of Alfred and Emma (Carlblom) Highness. Henry was the second to the youngest of ten children. He grew up and attended schools in Ft. Ransom. He served his country in...
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