Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Wayne Owens
Sep 22, 2007
Wayne W. Owens, 94, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, September 22, 2007, at MeritCare, Fargo, ND. Wayne W. Owens was born May 24, 1913 in Suffield, Alberta, Canada, to Thomas and Jennie (Jones) Owens. He attended schools in Canada and the family moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Englevale high school, he attended NDSU from 1931...
Gordon Zitzow
Sep 22, 2007
Gordon R. Zitzow, 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at his residence. Gordon Richard Zitzow was born September 12, 1919, in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, son of Henry C. and Esther Helen (Loebrick) Zitzow. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Gordon attended Vergas Elementary School, graduating from Moorhead High School. He attended...
Ida Bader
Sep 19, 2007
Ida Bader, 74, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, from complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Ida Violet Franz was born December 8, 1932, to Otto and Christina (Krieger) Franz in rural Fredonia, North Dakota, where she grew up and attended country school. On May...
Peter Balaz
Sep 19, 2007
Peter Balaz, 21, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo. Peter Balaz was born October 14, 1985, in Bratislava, Slovakia, son of Stefan Balaz and Dagmar Augustiniova. The family came to the United States in 1996, settling in Fargo. Peter attended schools in Fargo and graduated from North High School in 2004. He was...
Doris Flaig
Sep 18, 2007
Doris K. Flaig, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Doris Kathren Hansen was born May 4, 1923, at Fisher, Minnesota, daughter of Walter and Marie Hansen. She was raised in Starkweather, North Dakota. Doris moved to Sacramento, California, where she married Emanuel H. Flaig on June 18, 1943. They moved to...
Marciann Melicher
Sep 17, 2007
Marciann Ruth Melicher, age 50, (formerly of Fargo, ND), died September 17, 2007, at her home in Phoenix, AZ. Survived by son, David Osborne of Phoenix, AZ; brothers, Kevin (Jean) Melicher and Steve (Cindy) Melicher; sister, Doris Crocker, all of Fargo, and Shelley (David) Hendrickson of Minneapolis, MN; and many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday,...
William Snyder
Sep 14, 2007
Fargo filmmaker William D. "Bill" Snyder, 90, died Friday, September 14, 2007 in Fargo of pneumonia contracted after an operation for an aortic aneurysm. Bill was born to Mary Elizabeth (Mozley) and Joseph Snyder in Dickinson, ND on October 5, 1916. In 1936 he graduated from Fargo Central High School, and struck out for Hollywood. He worked for Technicolor for...
Albert Burckhard
Sep 11, 2007
Albert A. Burckhard, 71, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Albert is survived by his wife, Rita Burckhard, Fargo, ND; two sons, Joseph Albert Burckhard, Fargo, ND; and William Kenneth (Charity) Burckhard, Grand Forks, ND; sister, Alvina Buckley, Puyallap, WA; and brother, Leroy Burckhard, Renton, WA; grandchildren, Alexzander, Nathan and Katelynn Burckhard,...
Donna Holman
Sep 11, 2007
Donna M. Holman, 78, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Donna Mae Jacobson was born January 7, 1929, in Cumberland, Wisconsin, to Elmer and Gladys (Peterson) Jacobson. She graduated from Cumberland High School in 1947. She earned her Registered Nursing degree from Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis and went on to work at the...
Clarence Beck
Sep 6, 2007
Clarence H. Beck, 91, of Moorhead, MN (formerly of Fargo, ND), died Thursday, September 6, 2007, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo. Clarence Herbin Beck was born January 5, 1916, in Evansville, Minnesota, son of Carl and Hanna (Bestad) Beck. He attended school in Evansville. After moving to Fargo, he took several classes at North Dakota State University and Hanson Auto School,...
Elroy Helm
Sep 5, 2007
Elroy G. Helm, of Fargo, ND, 77, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Elroy George Helm was born on January 8, 1930, in Lincoln Valley, ND, to Louis and Vehona (Kirchenmann) Helm. He attended school in Lincoln Valley and graduated from McClusky High School. Elroy entered the United States Army and served in the Korean Conflict...
Donald Wenaas
Aug 31, 2007
Donald K. Wenaas, son of Marvel and Alice, was born October 3, 1935 in Mayville, ND. As a young child he traveled with the family in search of employment until returning to Hunter for his formative years. He graduated from Hunter High School in 1953. Upon graduation he began his college education at NDSU before setting this aside for active...
Carol Peterson
Aug 29, 2007
Carol Peterson, 66, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully at her lake home on Strawberry Lake, Minnesota, Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Carol Wehking was born July 25, 1941, on the Wehking family farmstead in rural Hector, Minnesota, to Floyd and Lila (Buehler) Wehking. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and then received...
Dorothy Johnson
Aug 28, 2007
Dorothy N. Johnson, 93, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at her home, under the care of her family. Dorothy Norma Olson was born August 22, 1914, to Oscar and Nancy (Peterson) Olson, outside of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. She attended country school near Erdahl, MN, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1933. Dorothy graduated from the...
J. Clarke Bassett
Aug 25, 2007
J. Clarke Bassett, 79, of Scottsdale, AZ, died Saturday, August 25, 2007, at The Evergreens, Fargo, ND. James Clarke Bassett was born in Aberdeen, SD on January 29, 1928 to Clarke and Marjorie Milligan Bassett. He grew up in Fargo and attended schools in the area. He attended college at Dartmouth College graduating in 1949. He entered the United States...
Dean Willows
Aug 24, 2007
Dean “Willy” Willows, 52, passed away Friday August 24, 2007 in his home under the wonderful care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. He is at peace and out of pain after a very courageous 8 1/2 month battle with Metastatic Melanoma. Dean Richard Willows was born February 6, 1955 in Regina Sask, Canada to Richard and Jane Willows....
Lincoln Jerstad
Aug 24, 2007
Lincoln J. Jerstad, 85, Fargo, ND passed away on August 24, 2007 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Lincoln was born on May 15, 1922 to Ole and Edna Jerstad in Finley, N.D. Lincoln graduated from Finley High School and worked on the family farm until enlisting in the US Navy on December 11, 1942. During World War II,...
Karen Majerus
Aug 21, 2007
Karen Marie Majerus, 62, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Karen Marie Gorman was born August 1, 1945, to Fred and Ragna (Susag) Gorman in Detroit Lakes from Dunn Township near Vergas, Minnesota. Karen contracted polio in September 1954, and attended school in Pelican Rapids, through 1963, and then moved to Fargo....
Beverly Carlson
Aug 20, 2007
Beverly Aamold Carlson, 83, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, August 20, 2007, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Beverly Lenore Aamold was born on November 20, 1923, to Albert and Anna (Heskin) Aamold in Portland, North Dakota. She attended school in Portland, ND, and graduated with a Standard Degree from Mayville State Teachers College. On March 30, 1946, she married...
Donald Harney
Aug 19, 2007
Donald Harney, 104, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 19, 2006, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Memorial Service: Friday, August 24, 2007, at 10 AM, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND.
Wayne Owens
Sep 22, 2007
Wayne W. Owens, 94, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, September 22, 2007, at MeritCare, Fargo, ND. Wayne W. Owens was born May 24, 1913 in Suffield, Alberta, Canada, to Thomas and Jennie (Jones) Owens. He attended schools in Canada and the family moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Englevale high school, he attended NDSU from 1931...
Gordon Zitzow
Sep 22, 2007
Gordon R. Zitzow, 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at his residence. Gordon Richard Zitzow was born September 12, 1919, in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, son of Henry C. and Esther Helen (Loebrick) Zitzow. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Gordon attended Vergas Elementary School, graduating from Moorhead High School. He attended...
Ida Bader
Sep 19, 2007
Ida Bader, 74, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, from complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Ida Violet Franz was born December 8, 1932, to Otto and Christina (Krieger) Franz in rural Fredonia, North Dakota, where she grew up and attended country school. On May...
Peter Balaz
Sep 19, 2007
Peter Balaz, 21, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo. Peter Balaz was born October 14, 1985, in Bratislava, Slovakia, son of Stefan Balaz and Dagmar Augustiniova. The family came to the United States in 1996, settling in Fargo. Peter attended schools in Fargo and graduated from North High School in 2004. He was...
Doris Flaig
Sep 18, 2007
Doris K. Flaig, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Doris Kathren Hansen was born May 4, 1923, at Fisher, Minnesota, daughter of Walter and Marie Hansen. She was raised in Starkweather, North Dakota. Doris moved to Sacramento, California, where she married Emanuel H. Flaig on June 18, 1943. They moved to...
Marciann Melicher
Sep 17, 2007
Marciann Ruth Melicher, age 50, (formerly of Fargo, ND), died September 17, 2007, at her home in Phoenix, AZ. Survived by son, David Osborne of Phoenix, AZ; brothers, Kevin (Jean) Melicher and Steve (Cindy) Melicher; sister, Doris Crocker, all of Fargo, and Shelley (David) Hendrickson of Minneapolis, MN; and many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday,...
William Snyder
Sep 14, 2007
Fargo filmmaker William D. "Bill" Snyder, 90, died Friday, September 14, 2007 in Fargo of pneumonia contracted after an operation for an aortic aneurysm. Bill was born to Mary Elizabeth (Mozley) and Joseph Snyder in Dickinson, ND on October 5, 1916. In 1936 he graduated from Fargo Central High School, and struck out for Hollywood. He worked for Technicolor for...
Albert Burckhard
Sep 11, 2007
Albert A. Burckhard, 71, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Albert is survived by his wife, Rita Burckhard, Fargo, ND; two sons, Joseph Albert Burckhard, Fargo, ND; and William Kenneth (Charity) Burckhard, Grand Forks, ND; sister, Alvina Buckley, Puyallap, WA; and brother, Leroy Burckhard, Renton, WA; grandchildren, Alexzander, Nathan and Katelynn Burckhard,...
Donna Holman
Sep 11, 2007
Donna M. Holman, 78, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Donna Mae Jacobson was born January 7, 1929, in Cumberland, Wisconsin, to Elmer and Gladys (Peterson) Jacobson. She graduated from Cumberland High School in 1947. She earned her Registered Nursing degree from Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis and went on to work at the...
Clarence Beck
Sep 6, 2007
Clarence H. Beck, 91, of Moorhead, MN (formerly of Fargo, ND), died Thursday, September 6, 2007, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo. Clarence Herbin Beck was born January 5, 1916, in Evansville, Minnesota, son of Carl and Hanna (Bestad) Beck. He attended school in Evansville. After moving to Fargo, he took several classes at North Dakota State University and Hanson Auto School,...
Elroy Helm
Sep 5, 2007
Elroy G. Helm, of Fargo, ND, 77, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Elroy George Helm was born on January 8, 1930, in Lincoln Valley, ND, to Louis and Vehona (Kirchenmann) Helm. He attended school in Lincoln Valley and graduated from McClusky High School. Elroy entered the United States Army and served in the Korean Conflict...
Donald Wenaas
Aug 31, 2007
Donald K. Wenaas, son of Marvel and Alice, was born October 3, 1935 in Mayville, ND. As a young child he traveled with the family in search of employment until returning to Hunter for his formative years. He graduated from Hunter High School in 1953. Upon graduation he began his college education at NDSU before setting this aside for active...
Carol Peterson
Aug 29, 2007
Carol Peterson, 66, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully at her lake home on Strawberry Lake, Minnesota, Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Carol Wehking was born July 25, 1941, on the Wehking family farmstead in rural Hector, Minnesota, to Floyd and Lila (Buehler) Wehking. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and then received...
Dorothy Johnson
Aug 28, 2007
Dorothy N. Johnson, 93, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at her home, under the care of her family. Dorothy Norma Olson was born August 22, 1914, to Oscar and Nancy (Peterson) Olson, outside of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. She attended country school near Erdahl, MN, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1933. Dorothy graduated from the...
J. Clarke Bassett
Aug 25, 2007
J. Clarke Bassett, 79, of Scottsdale, AZ, died Saturday, August 25, 2007, at The Evergreens, Fargo, ND. James Clarke Bassett was born in Aberdeen, SD on January 29, 1928 to Clarke and Marjorie Milligan Bassett. He grew up in Fargo and attended schools in the area. He attended college at Dartmouth College graduating in 1949. He entered the United States...
Dean Willows
Aug 24, 2007
Dean “Willy” Willows, 52, passed away Friday August 24, 2007 in his home under the wonderful care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. He is at peace and out of pain after a very courageous 8 1/2 month battle with Metastatic Melanoma. Dean Richard Willows was born February 6, 1955 in Regina Sask, Canada to Richard and Jane Willows....
Lincoln Jerstad
Aug 24, 2007
Lincoln J. Jerstad, 85, Fargo, ND passed away on August 24, 2007 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Lincoln was born on May 15, 1922 to Ole and Edna Jerstad in Finley, N.D. Lincoln graduated from Finley High School and worked on the family farm until enlisting in the US Navy on December 11, 1942. During World War II,...
Karen Majerus
Aug 21, 2007
Karen Marie Majerus, 62, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Karen Marie Gorman was born August 1, 1945, to Fred and Ragna (Susag) Gorman in Detroit Lakes from Dunn Township near Vergas, Minnesota. Karen contracted polio in September 1954, and attended school in Pelican Rapids, through 1963, and then moved to Fargo....
Beverly Carlson
Aug 20, 2007
Beverly Aamold Carlson, 83, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, August 20, 2007, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Beverly Lenore Aamold was born on November 20, 1923, to Albert and Anna (Heskin) Aamold in Portland, North Dakota. She attended school in Portland, ND, and graduated with a Standard Degree from Mayville State Teachers College. On March 30, 1946, she married...
Donald Harney
Aug 19, 2007
Donald Harney, 104, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 19, 2006, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Memorial Service: Friday, August 24, 2007, at 10 AM, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND.
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