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Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home

Robert Odell Kind

Robert Odell Kind

Nov 25, 2022

Robert's memorial service may be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2661267 Robert's tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/3T8ZQBMJ6YHJ5N5W Robert Odell Kind, 78, died on November 25, 2022, surrounded by family and friends at Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota. Robert Kind was born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, on April 7, 1944, to Julian and Martha (Anderson) Kind. He was raised in Moorhead,...

Howard Lee Huebner

Howard Lee Huebner

Nov 24, 2022

Howard's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2649775 Howard's Tribute Video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/TLTTY5SSKHTG6GW2 Howard Lee Huebner was a proud and loving father, grandfather, husband, brother, uncle and friend. He passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, November 24, 2022 at the Sanford Hospice House in Fargo, North Dakota. Howard was born in Morris, Minnesota on August...

Steven Todd Unruh

Steven Todd Unruh

Nov 22, 2022

Early in the morning of Tuesday, November 22, our good friend and family member Steve T. Unruh passed away. We, his surviving friends and family, are now tasked with trying to sum up his life with a few paragraphs. We feel that if you truly would like to know how Steve lived and what the people who were close to...

Kimberly Jean Stanley

Kimberly Jean Stanley

Nov 22, 2022

Kimberly's tribute video can be viewed here. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/P3QG5J353J3LTPPX Kimberly Stanley, 58, of Fargo, ND, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 under the care of her family and Hospice of the Red River Valley after a brief battle with lymphoma. Kimberly Jean Young was born on December 4, 1963 in San Bernardino, CA to Karen Thornton and Billy Young and also...

Aaron Wolford

Aaron Wolford

Nov 21, 2022

Aaron's memorial service can be viewed here. https://vimeo.com/event/2656729 Aaron's tribute video can be viewed here. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/X6DTJW8SW8WFPQJ7 Aaron Jon Wolford, 34, passed away at home in Moorhead, Minnesota, on Monday, November 21, 2022. Aaron was born on April 13, 1988, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Kent and Becky Wolford. When Aaron was 2, the family moved to Moorhead, where he...

Christopher Hanson

Christopher Hanson

Nov 20, 2022

Christopher's service can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/776705897 Christopher Andrew Hanson, 45, of Fargo, ND, passed away on November 20, 2022, with his wife by his side at Sanford Medical Center, after suffering a sudden stroke. Christopher was an incredibly passionate and talented musician, composer, arranger, and vocalist. He played trombone, bass guitar, piano and organ, among other instruments. He was...

Brian Steven Fredrickson

Brian Steven Fredrickson

Nov 18, 2022

Brian Steven Fredrickson, age 39, of Fargo, ND and Plymouth, MN. Born August 19, 1983; passed away November 18, 2022, of natural causes due to alcoholism. He graduated from Armstrong High School in Plymouth, MN where his classmates elected him senior class president. He was active in Boy Scouts, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, and was named Viking Council’s...

Mary Ann Scramstad

Mary Ann Scramstad

Nov 16, 2022

Mary Scramstad, 74, passed away on November 16, 2022 in Fargo, North Dakota.

Henrietta Fiechtner

Henrietta Fiechtner

Nov 9, 2022

Clarence and Henrietta's tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/WDZZBB5FRPQ56KTB Clarence and Henrietta's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/841889581 Henrietta Fiechtner, 83, of Fargo, ND, passed away on November 9, 2022, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, with her family at her side after a sudden illness. Henrietta Gall was born on January 13, 1939, in Wishek, ND, to Henry...

Helen Mary Margaret Humphrey

Helen Mary Margaret Humphrey

Nov 8, 2022

Helen's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2605182 Helen Humphrey, 91, of Fargo, ND, passed away November 8 under the care of St. Catherine North nursing home and Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was born on the farm in Englevale, ND, to George and Amelia (Lesser) Schoeszler. First named Helen Maria Margareta, her name was changed to Helen Mary...

Warren James Opperman

Warren James Opperman

Nov 6, 2022

Warren’s service can be viewed here: https://youtube.com/live/oDP5lV59L30?feature=share7 Warren's tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/893FDJGBCSH2HRY9 Warren Opperman died on November 6, 2022 at Touchmark at Harwood Groves in Fargo, ND. Warren was born on August 7, 1926, in Fargo, North Dakota, the only child of Daniel and Louise Opperman. He attended Horace Mann Elementary School and graduated from Fargo Central...

John Severin Jensen

John Severin Jensen

Nov 5, 2022

John Severin Jensen of Fargo died peacefully on November 5, 2022 at Bethany Retirement Living after a brief stay. He was born to Clara and Severin Jensen on April 17, 1927, in Jamestown, North Dakota. John’s father, Severin immigrated through Ellis Island from Tornby, Denmark. Severin married Clara Nelson and they had four children. John’s oldest brother, James and his...

Lavonna Mae Powell

Lavonna Mae Powell

Nov 3, 2022

Born May 22, 1954. Passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, November 3, 2022, in Fargo, ND. LaVonna was born in Mountain Home, Idaho to Keith and Marlyce Berlin. They later moved to Moorhead, MN. LaVonna graduated from Moorhead High School in 1972. She continued her education at Northwest Technical College – Moorhead where she received her degree in...

Elwood "Woody" Franklin Adams, Jr.

Elwood "Woody" Franklin Adams, Jr.

Nov 3, 2022

Woody's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2585969 Elwood 'Woody' Franklin Adams Jr. died on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Sanford Fargo Hospice House in Fargo, ND. Woody was born to Thea & Elwood Adams on October 7, 1942, in Williston, ND. He graduated from Williston High School in 1960. Following high school, he attended Valley City State University, where he...

Dorothy Verle Paulsen

Dorothy Verle Paulsen

Nov 1, 2022

Dorothy's Funeral Service may be viewed here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/768694366?h=c7c8d59828&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 Dorothy's tribute video can be viewed here. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/7K7MNWB6LCT34FJ2 Dorothy Verle Monroe Paulsen passed into Heaven November 1, 2022 at Bethany on University in Fargo, ND Dorothy was born March 10, 1924 to Hugh and Nellie (Hall) Monroe. She was raised on the Monroe family farm in Rockwood Township near Sebeka, MN. She...

Bill Pearson

Bill Pearson

Oct 31, 2022

Bill Pearson's memorial service can be viewed here. https://vimeo.com/845539473 His tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/GRCH7PDGSFDH57QW William "Bill" Lee Lowe Pearson, 71, of Stockton, MO passed away Monday, October 31, 2022. He was born November 14, 1950, in Pelican Rapids, MN to Lawrence and Dolores Pearson. Bill graduated from Fargo North High School in 1969 and served in the...

Jerry Lee Sell

Jerry Lee Sell

Oct 30, 2022

Dr. Jerry Sell, age 91, of Fargo, ND passed away on Oct 30, 2022. Jerry was born on February 6,1931 to Norma and Ted Sell and grew up on family farms near Redfield and Adel, IA. Upon graduation from Adel High School in 1948, Jerry enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean war earning two purple hearts....

Vera Jane Madsen

Vera Jane Madsen

Oct 29, 2022

Vera Madsen, 89, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at Edgewood Vista in Fargo. Vera Jane Fox was born on January 21, 1933 to Henry and Lorena (Greibel) Fox in Pillsbury, ND. Vera married Carl "Bunny" Madsen on March 17, 1951 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND. They made their home in Fargo where...

Esther Joan Hoium

Esther Joan Hoium

Oct 27, 2022

Esther's service can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2567820 Esther's tribute video can be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/GS8X7HB2P2DSJX83 Esther (Schoenecker) Hoium was born on December 16, 1933, in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Andrew and Evelyn (Jahr) Schoenecker. Esther was baptized on February 4, 1934, at First Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND. Esther attended Oak Grove High School in Fargo, ND from 1947...

Diane Jean Nelson

Diane Jean Nelson

Oct 25, 2022

Diane Jean Nelson, 72, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2022, in Fargo, ND at the Sanford Hospice House, surrounded by family and loved ones. Diane Jean Bosh was born on June 30, 1950, in Devils Lake, ND, to William and Georgia (Maixner) Bosh. They later moved to Lakota, ND, a town they loved, before moving to Fargo, ND, in...

Robert Odell Kind

Robert Odell Kind

Nov 25, 2022

Robert's memorial service may be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2661267 Robert's tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/3T8ZQBMJ6YHJ5N5W Robert Odell Kind, 78, died on November 25, 2022, surrounded by family and friends at Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota. Robert Kind was born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, on April 7, 1944, to Julian and Martha (Anderson) Kind. He was raised in Moorhead,...

Howard Lee Huebner

Howard Lee Huebner

Nov 24, 2022

Howard's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2649775 Howard's Tribute Video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/TLTTY5SSKHTG6GW2 Howard Lee Huebner was a proud and loving father, grandfather, husband, brother, uncle and friend. He passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, November 24, 2022 at the Sanford Hospice House in Fargo, North Dakota. Howard was born in Morris, Minnesota on August...

Steven Todd Unruh

Steven Todd Unruh

Nov 22, 2022

Early in the morning of Tuesday, November 22, our good friend and family member Steve T. Unruh passed away. We, his surviving friends and family, are now tasked with trying to sum up his life with a few paragraphs. We feel that if you truly would like to know how Steve lived and what the people who were close to...

Kimberly Jean Stanley

Kimberly Jean Stanley

Nov 22, 2022

Kimberly's tribute video can be viewed here. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/P3QG5J353J3LTPPX Kimberly Stanley, 58, of Fargo, ND, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 under the care of her family and Hospice of the Red River Valley after a brief battle with lymphoma. Kimberly Jean Young was born on December 4, 1963 in San Bernardino, CA to Karen Thornton and Billy Young and also...

Aaron Wolford

Aaron Wolford

Nov 21, 2022

Aaron's memorial service can be viewed here. https://vimeo.com/event/2656729 Aaron's tribute video can be viewed here. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/X6DTJW8SW8WFPQJ7 Aaron Jon Wolford, 34, passed away at home in Moorhead, Minnesota, on Monday, November 21, 2022. Aaron was born on April 13, 1988, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Kent and Becky Wolford. When Aaron was 2, the family moved to Moorhead, where he...

Christopher Hanson

Christopher Hanson

Nov 20, 2022

Christopher's service can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/776705897 Christopher Andrew Hanson, 45, of Fargo, ND, passed away on November 20, 2022, with his wife by his side at Sanford Medical Center, after suffering a sudden stroke. Christopher was an incredibly passionate and talented musician, composer, arranger, and vocalist. He played trombone, bass guitar, piano and organ, among other instruments. He was...

Brian Steven Fredrickson

Brian Steven Fredrickson

Nov 18, 2022

Brian Steven Fredrickson, age 39, of Fargo, ND and Plymouth, MN. Born August 19, 1983; passed away November 18, 2022, of natural causes due to alcoholism. He graduated from Armstrong High School in Plymouth, MN where his classmates elected him senior class president. He was active in Boy Scouts, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, and was named Viking Council’s...

Mary Ann Scramstad

Mary Ann Scramstad

Nov 16, 2022

Mary Scramstad, 74, passed away on November 16, 2022 in Fargo, North Dakota.

Henrietta Fiechtner

Henrietta Fiechtner

Nov 9, 2022

Clarence and Henrietta's tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/WDZZBB5FRPQ56KTB Clarence and Henrietta's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/841889581 Henrietta Fiechtner, 83, of Fargo, ND, passed away on November 9, 2022, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, with her family at her side after a sudden illness. Henrietta Gall was born on January 13, 1939, in Wishek, ND, to Henry...

Helen Mary Margaret Humphrey

Helen Mary Margaret Humphrey

Nov 8, 2022

Helen's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2605182 Helen Humphrey, 91, of Fargo, ND, passed away November 8 under the care of St. Catherine North nursing home and Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was born on the farm in Englevale, ND, to George and Amelia (Lesser) Schoeszler. First named Helen Maria Margareta, her name was changed to Helen Mary...

Warren James Opperman

Warren James Opperman

Nov 6, 2022

Warren’s service can be viewed here: https://youtube.com/live/oDP5lV59L30?feature=share7 Warren's tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/893FDJGBCSH2HRY9 Warren Opperman died on November 6, 2022 at Touchmark at Harwood Groves in Fargo, ND. Warren was born on August 7, 1926, in Fargo, North Dakota, the only child of Daniel and Louise Opperman. He attended Horace Mann Elementary School and graduated from Fargo Central...

John Severin Jensen

John Severin Jensen

Nov 5, 2022

John Severin Jensen of Fargo died peacefully on November 5, 2022 at Bethany Retirement Living after a brief stay. He was born to Clara and Severin Jensen on April 17, 1927, in Jamestown, North Dakota. John’s father, Severin immigrated through Ellis Island from Tornby, Denmark. Severin married Clara Nelson and they had four children. John’s oldest brother, James and his...

Lavonna Mae Powell

Lavonna Mae Powell

Nov 3, 2022

Born May 22, 1954. Passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, November 3, 2022, in Fargo, ND. LaVonna was born in Mountain Home, Idaho to Keith and Marlyce Berlin. They later moved to Moorhead, MN. LaVonna graduated from Moorhead High School in 1972. She continued her education at Northwest Technical College – Moorhead where she received her degree in...

Elwood "Woody" Franklin Adams, Jr.

Elwood "Woody" Franklin Adams, Jr.

Nov 3, 2022

Woody's service will be livestreamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2585969 Elwood 'Woody' Franklin Adams Jr. died on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Sanford Fargo Hospice House in Fargo, ND. Woody was born to Thea & Elwood Adams on October 7, 1942, in Williston, ND. He graduated from Williston High School in 1960. Following high school, he attended Valley City State University, where he...

Dorothy Verle Paulsen

Dorothy Verle Paulsen

Nov 1, 2022

Dorothy's Funeral Service may be viewed here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/768694366?h=c7c8d59828&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 Dorothy's tribute video can be viewed here. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/7K7MNWB6LCT34FJ2 Dorothy Verle Monroe Paulsen passed into Heaven November 1, 2022 at Bethany on University in Fargo, ND Dorothy was born March 10, 1924 to Hugh and Nellie (Hall) Monroe. She was raised on the Monroe family farm in Rockwood Township near Sebeka, MN. She...

Bill Pearson

Bill Pearson

Oct 31, 2022

Bill Pearson's memorial service can be viewed here. https://vimeo.com/845539473 His tribute video may be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/GRCH7PDGSFDH57QW William "Bill" Lee Lowe Pearson, 71, of Stockton, MO passed away Monday, October 31, 2022. He was born November 14, 1950, in Pelican Rapids, MN to Lawrence and Dolores Pearson. Bill graduated from Fargo North High School in 1969 and served in the...

Jerry Lee Sell

Jerry Lee Sell

Oct 30, 2022

Dr. Jerry Sell, age 91, of Fargo, ND passed away on Oct 30, 2022. Jerry was born on February 6,1931 to Norma and Ted Sell and grew up on family farms near Redfield and Adel, IA. Upon graduation from Adel High School in 1948, Jerry enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean war earning two purple hearts....

Vera Jane Madsen

Vera Jane Madsen

Oct 29, 2022

Vera Madsen, 89, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at Edgewood Vista in Fargo. Vera Jane Fox was born on January 21, 1933 to Henry and Lorena (Greibel) Fox in Pillsbury, ND. Vera married Carl "Bunny" Madsen on March 17, 1951 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND. They made their home in Fargo where...

Esther Joan Hoium

Esther Joan Hoium

Oct 27, 2022

Esther's service can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2567820 Esther's tribute video can be viewed here: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/GS8X7HB2P2DSJX83 Esther (Schoenecker) Hoium was born on December 16, 1933, in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Andrew and Evelyn (Jahr) Schoenecker. Esther was baptized on February 4, 1934, at First Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND. Esther attended Oak Grove High School in Fargo, ND from 1947...

Diane Jean Nelson

Diane Jean Nelson

Oct 25, 2022

Diane Jean Nelson, 72, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2022, in Fargo, ND at the Sanford Hospice House, surrounded by family and loved ones. Diane Jean Bosh was born on June 30, 1950, in Devils Lake, ND, to William and Georgia (Maixner) Bosh. They later moved to Lakota, ND, a town they loved, before moving to Fargo, ND, in...

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