Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Hazel Nyborg
Jun 13, 2008
Hazel Ann Nyborg, 88, of Moorhead, MN, went to her eternal home on June 13, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Hazel Ann Borgie was born to Paul and Tilde (Hestikind) Borgie. She moved with her family to Fargo, ND, when young and attended Fargo schools and graduated from Oak Grove High School in 1938....
Aino Koivastik
Jun 13, 2008
Aino Koivastik died suddenly and peacefully at the MeritCare Palliative Care unit in Fargo, North Dakota, on June 13, 2008, at the age of 91. Aino was born in Estonia, Europe, on June 16, 1916 to Marie and Peeter Johanson. She grew up on the family farm near Tartu, Estonia. While attending the University in Tartu and studying law, she...
Michael Johnson
Jun 11, 2008
Michael “Mike” E. Johnson, 64, left us on June 11, 2008, at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND, after a staggeringly long battle with illness. Mike was born on June 20, 1943, to Ernest and Lela (Gray) Johnson in Roseau, MN. After attending school in Roseau at age 17, Mike enlisted in the Navy. During his three year tour, while...
Rachel King
Jun 11, 2008
Rachel King, 96, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Rachel Field was born in Osakis, Minnesota, January 29, 1912, to Allen and Carrie (Hanson) Field. Rachel, her mother and sister, Lucille, moved to Fargo, North Dakota, as a child when her father died of pneumonia. She was married in Fargo to Howard King...
Marjorie Crowe
Jun 10, 2008
Marjorie Crowe, 85, of Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Elim Care Center, Fargo, surrounded by her family. Marjorie Jeanne Thompson was born January 25, 1923, in Dallas, Texas, to Dr. L. S. and Marjorie (Crawford) Thompson. She met James Crowe while attending Stephen’s College in Missouri, and they married on February 4, 1943. When James returned...
Albert Smith
Jun 7, 2008
Albert P. Smith, 82, of Fargo, passed away on June 7, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo. Al Smith was born July 19, 1925 on his parent’s farm in Cummings, North Dakota. In 1947, after serving two years in the armed forces, he married Dorothy M. Olson. They have made their home in Fargo, ND for the past 61 years....
Vernon Anderson
Jun 1, 2008
Vernon Anderson, 93, of Bethany Towers II in Fargo, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008 in the Palliative Care Unit of MeritCare. Vernon was born on October 3, 1914 at Grafton, ND to Ole and Sophia (Foster) Anderson. He grew up and attended school in the Grafton area. He married Thelma Sander on May 3, 1942. In 1951, he realized...
Danny Short
Jun 1, 2008
Danny Short, Sr, 60, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Danny Roger Short was born January 5, 1948, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Roger and Genevieve (Lura) Short. He served in the U.S. Navy. Danny lived in Minnesota, California, Hawaii and over seas. He worked for the U.S. Government as a Military...
George Haworth
May 31, 2008
George Haworth, 87, of Fargo passed away Saturday, May 31, 2008 at his home in Fargo. George Leon Haworth was born July 11, 1920 to Clem and Lottie (Melton) Haworth in Donnellson, IL. He had a brother Tyrol and sister Mary Mewmaw. He spent six years in the Navy out of high school serving in the Pacific Theatre. In 1947...
Kathleen Jacobson
May 28, 2008
Kathleen “Kay” Jacobson, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Kathleen Jean Strandvold was born November 9, 1920, in Buxton, North Dakota. She graduated from Central High School in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1938, and from the North Dakota State University in Fargo, in 1942. Kay married Cecil P. Jacobson November 25, 1943, in...
Earl Hansen
May 26, 2008
Earl D. Hansen, 83, of Fargo, ND, passed away Monday, May 26, 2008, at ManorCare, Fargo, ND. Earl is survived by his wife, Barbara, Fargo, ND; children, Dale (Renata) Hansen, West Fargo, ND; Dennis (Caryl) Hansen, West Fargo, ND; Dave (Missy) Hansen, Moorhead, MN; Darwin Hansen, West Fargo, ND; Victoria (Jack) Gulbranson, Pleasant Prairie, WI; and Cindy (Doug) Olney, Cookville,...
Sharon Anderson
May 25, 2008
Sharon Ann Anderson was born on December 9, 1944 in Fargo, ND. She grew up in Moorhead, MN, attended 1st grade in Hillsboro, ND and then moved to Havre, MT where she completed grade school, junior high, and started senior high. In 1960 she moved to Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1962. Sharon continued her education by...
Tyra Pugh
May 23, 2008
Tyra Pugh, 44, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Tyra Eva Pugh was born May 30, 1963 to Terrance Phillis (Gibson) Pugh in Minneapolis, MN.She graduated from St. Louis Park High School. She became a personal care attendant, while she studied to become a certified nursing assistant. Upon completion of her studies, she...
Violet Jenner
May 22, 2008
Violet Jenner, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Violet Grenz was born November 2, 1921, in Ardis, South Dakota, to Bert and Emma Grenz. She graduated from Ellendale High School in 1940, and went on to get her teaching certificate at the Ellendale NI and taught in country schools. In 1943, she...
John Smith
May 21, 2008
John Smith, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, in Fargo. John Martin Smith was born March 16, 1922, in Felton, Minnesota, son of Paul and Dagmar (Christianson) Smith. He graduated from Glyndon High School. He served in the United States Army in WWII, in Europe with the 101st Airborne and fought at the Battle of the Bulge....
Janet Brakvatne
May 19, 2008
Janet Brakvatne, 81, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND.
Doris Johnson
May 17, 2008
Doris Johnson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Doris Lucille Kyllo was born January 25, 1922, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Theodore and Minnie (Halvorson) Kyllo. She grew up on the family farm, north of West Fargo. Doris attended rural school and graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High School. Doris married...
Jens Tennefos
May 14, 2008
Jens Junior Tennefos, 78, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo, ND. Jens, the son of Ivah (Gilbraith) and Jens Tennefos was born February 15, 1930. He was born at his family home in Fargo. He graduated from Fargo Central High School with the class of 1947. After high school, he entered the Engineering program...
Helen Rosenlund
May 14, 2008
Helen (Bergman) Rosenlund passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. She was born in Bottineau County, North Dakota, April 17, 1920, the daughter of Emil and Christine (Krohn) Bergman. She attended rural Amity Township School and graduated from Bottineau High School. Following graduation, she worked in Bottineau. In 1952, Helen married Rolf Rosenlund and moved to...
Nancy Davis
May 12, 2008
Nancy Davis, 61 of Fargo, North Dakota died Monday, May 12, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Memorial Service: Friday, May 16, 2008, at 11:00 AM at Zion Lutheran Church-1100 Lake Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN.
Hazel Nyborg
Jun 13, 2008
Hazel Ann Nyborg, 88, of Moorhead, MN, went to her eternal home on June 13, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Hazel Ann Borgie was born to Paul and Tilde (Hestikind) Borgie. She moved with her family to Fargo, ND, when young and attended Fargo schools and graduated from Oak Grove High School in 1938....
Aino Koivastik
Jun 13, 2008
Aino Koivastik died suddenly and peacefully at the MeritCare Palliative Care unit in Fargo, North Dakota, on June 13, 2008, at the age of 91. Aino was born in Estonia, Europe, on June 16, 1916 to Marie and Peeter Johanson. She grew up on the family farm near Tartu, Estonia. While attending the University in Tartu and studying law, she...
Michael Johnson
Jun 11, 2008
Michael “Mike” E. Johnson, 64, left us on June 11, 2008, at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND, after a staggeringly long battle with illness. Mike was born on June 20, 1943, to Ernest and Lela (Gray) Johnson in Roseau, MN. After attending school in Roseau at age 17, Mike enlisted in the Navy. During his three year tour, while...
Rachel King
Jun 11, 2008
Rachel King, 96, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Rachel Field was born in Osakis, Minnesota, January 29, 1912, to Allen and Carrie (Hanson) Field. Rachel, her mother and sister, Lucille, moved to Fargo, North Dakota, as a child when her father died of pneumonia. She was married in Fargo to Howard King...
Marjorie Crowe
Jun 10, 2008
Marjorie Crowe, 85, of Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Elim Care Center, Fargo, surrounded by her family. Marjorie Jeanne Thompson was born January 25, 1923, in Dallas, Texas, to Dr. L. S. and Marjorie (Crawford) Thompson. She met James Crowe while attending Stephen’s College in Missouri, and they married on February 4, 1943. When James returned...
Albert Smith
Jun 7, 2008
Albert P. Smith, 82, of Fargo, passed away on June 7, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo. Al Smith was born July 19, 1925 on his parent’s farm in Cummings, North Dakota. In 1947, after serving two years in the armed forces, he married Dorothy M. Olson. They have made their home in Fargo, ND for the past 61 years....
Vernon Anderson
Jun 1, 2008
Vernon Anderson, 93, of Bethany Towers II in Fargo, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008 in the Palliative Care Unit of MeritCare. Vernon was born on October 3, 1914 at Grafton, ND to Ole and Sophia (Foster) Anderson. He grew up and attended school in the Grafton area. He married Thelma Sander on May 3, 1942. In 1951, he realized...
Danny Short
Jun 1, 2008
Danny Short, Sr, 60, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Danny Roger Short was born January 5, 1948, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Roger and Genevieve (Lura) Short. He served in the U.S. Navy. Danny lived in Minnesota, California, Hawaii and over seas. He worked for the U.S. Government as a Military...
George Haworth
May 31, 2008
George Haworth, 87, of Fargo passed away Saturday, May 31, 2008 at his home in Fargo. George Leon Haworth was born July 11, 1920 to Clem and Lottie (Melton) Haworth in Donnellson, IL. He had a brother Tyrol and sister Mary Mewmaw. He spent six years in the Navy out of high school serving in the Pacific Theatre. In 1947...
Kathleen Jacobson
May 28, 2008
Kathleen “Kay” Jacobson, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Kathleen Jean Strandvold was born November 9, 1920, in Buxton, North Dakota. She graduated from Central High School in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1938, and from the North Dakota State University in Fargo, in 1942. Kay married Cecil P. Jacobson November 25, 1943, in...
Earl Hansen
May 26, 2008
Earl D. Hansen, 83, of Fargo, ND, passed away Monday, May 26, 2008, at ManorCare, Fargo, ND. Earl is survived by his wife, Barbara, Fargo, ND; children, Dale (Renata) Hansen, West Fargo, ND; Dennis (Caryl) Hansen, West Fargo, ND; Dave (Missy) Hansen, Moorhead, MN; Darwin Hansen, West Fargo, ND; Victoria (Jack) Gulbranson, Pleasant Prairie, WI; and Cindy (Doug) Olney, Cookville,...
Sharon Anderson
May 25, 2008
Sharon Ann Anderson was born on December 9, 1944 in Fargo, ND. She grew up in Moorhead, MN, attended 1st grade in Hillsboro, ND and then moved to Havre, MT where she completed grade school, junior high, and started senior high. In 1960 she moved to Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1962. Sharon continued her education by...
Tyra Pugh
May 23, 2008
Tyra Pugh, 44, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Tyra Eva Pugh was born May 30, 1963 to Terrance Phillis (Gibson) Pugh in Minneapolis, MN.She graduated from St. Louis Park High School. She became a personal care attendant, while she studied to become a certified nursing assistant. Upon completion of her studies, she...
Violet Jenner
May 22, 2008
Violet Jenner, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Violet Grenz was born November 2, 1921, in Ardis, South Dakota, to Bert and Emma Grenz. She graduated from Ellendale High School in 1940, and went on to get her teaching certificate at the Ellendale NI and taught in country schools. In 1943, she...
John Smith
May 21, 2008
John Smith, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, in Fargo. John Martin Smith was born March 16, 1922, in Felton, Minnesota, son of Paul and Dagmar (Christianson) Smith. He graduated from Glyndon High School. He served in the United States Army in WWII, in Europe with the 101st Airborne and fought at the Battle of the Bulge....
Janet Brakvatne
May 19, 2008
Janet Brakvatne, 81, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND.
Doris Johnson
May 17, 2008
Doris Johnson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Doris Lucille Kyllo was born January 25, 1922, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Theodore and Minnie (Halvorson) Kyllo. She grew up on the family farm, north of West Fargo. Doris attended rural school and graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High School. Doris married...
Jens Tennefos
May 14, 2008
Jens Junior Tennefos, 78, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo, ND. Jens, the son of Ivah (Gilbraith) and Jens Tennefos was born February 15, 1930. He was born at his family home in Fargo. He graduated from Fargo Central High School with the class of 1947. After high school, he entered the Engineering program...
Helen Rosenlund
May 14, 2008
Helen (Bergman) Rosenlund passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. She was born in Bottineau County, North Dakota, April 17, 1920, the daughter of Emil and Christine (Krohn) Bergman. She attended rural Amity Township School and graduated from Bottineau High School. Following graduation, she worked in Bottineau. In 1952, Helen married Rolf Rosenlund and moved to...
Nancy Davis
May 12, 2008
Nancy Davis, 61 of Fargo, North Dakota died Monday, May 12, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Memorial Service: Friday, May 16, 2008, at 11:00 AM at Zion Lutheran Church-1100 Lake Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN.
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