Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Joyce Evelyn Voorhees
Jan 18, 2020
Joyce Voorhees, 89, of Fargo, ND died January 18, 2020 in her home surrounded by family. Joyce Evelyn (Knudson) Voorhees was born May 4, 1930 in Richardton, ND, the daughter of Knute and Evaline Knudson. She was raised on a ranch near Taylor, ND and graduated from Taylor High School in 1948. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in...
Marion Elizabeth Fisher
Jan 18, 2020
FISHER, Marion- Passed with peace and grace on January 18, 2020. Predeceased by her loving husband Harold “Bud” Fisher in 1980 and her loving sons, Mark Fisher and Timothy J. Fisher; survived by daughters, Leslie Van Nuys of Freedom, CA, Patricia Mullet formerly of Santa Cruz, CA, son Dan (Becky) of Fargo, ND, son Geoff (Wendy) of Aurora, CO; grandchildren:...
Barbara N. Olson
Jan 17, 2020
Barbara Olson, 94, Fargo, died on January 17, 2020 at Bethany Nursing Home. Barbara Nancy Johnson was born May 7, 1925, to Walter and Gerda Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts. She attended Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School, Brown University and NDSU. She married Howard M. Olson on August 17, 1946 in Quincy, MA. While living in Carrington, ND, Barbara taught Sunday school,...
Marlys Arleen Hofstrand
Jan 17, 2020
Marlys Hofstrand, 95, of Fargo, ND, died January 17, 2020 in Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN. Marlys Arleen Camrud was born October 2, 1924, to Martin and Alma (Luidahl) Camrud at Devils Lake, North Dakota. They moved to Maddock, ND, where she attended school till 1939, when they moved to Larimore, ND. She graduated from Larimore High School in...
Robin Lynn Holbrook
Jan 16, 2020
Robin Lynn Holbrook passed away at her apartment in Moorhead on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Robin was born February 19, 1960 to Lester and Kathryn Holbrook in Seattle Washington. Robin was a devoted mother to her only daughter Veronica Lynn Klebe. Robin is survived by daughter Veronica Klebe; and sisters Beverly Johnson and Bonnie Olson. She was preceded in death...
Cret Clifford Irvin
Jan 14, 2020
Cret C. Irvin, 44 of Fargo, ND, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in his home.
Terry Garnas
Jan 11, 2020
Terry Donald Garnas was born on June 14, 1947, in Watertown, South Dakota. He passed away in Orlando, Florida, January 11, 2020. Terry grew up in the Fargo/Moorhead area and graduated from Moorhead High. After high school, he pursued educational interests at MSUM, University of Montana, Kansas City Art Institute, Aveda Institute, and St. Catherine’s University. He enjoyed new places...
Douglas John Kirk
Jan 10, 2020
Douglas John Kirk, 55, of Fargo passed away unexpectedly in his sleep at home on January 10, 2020. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 17, 2020, at 2 PM at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in South Fargo. Visitation will be an hour before the service. Cremation has taken place and burial will be later...
Steven Joseph Hanzal
Jan 10, 2020
Steven J. Hanzal, age 66, was born January 19, 1953 in Rochester, MN to Joseph J. and Mary (nee Reid) Hanzal. He graduated from Mayo High School in Rochester and later attended Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota. He met Yvonne Helfenstein during college and they were wed on June 21, 1975 in Ashley, North Dakota. During his professional career,...
Darryl Hummel
Jan 8, 2020
Darryl Hummel passed away peacefully in his north Fargo home on Tuesday, January 8, 2020. Darryl was born on October 23, 1951 in Mott, North Dakota, the son of John and Claudia (Horner) Hummel. Darryl grew up on the family farm just outside of Mott, where he learned the value of hard work at an early age. He appreciated growing...
Virginia Rudolf
Jan 6, 2020
Virginia Rudolf, 75, of Fargo, ND, passed away at Essentia Health Monday, January 6, 2020 in Fargo, ND. No services will be held.
John Edward Harnisch
Jan 3, 2020
John Edward Harnisch The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. – Lao Tzu John Edward Harnisch, 39, lost a heroic battle with alcohol addiction on January 3, 2020 at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, CT. From a young age, his intelligence and curiosity of all things were apparent. He was extremely sensitive, generous, kind, articulate, and could...
Henry Holland Galloway Sr.
Dec 29, 2019
Henry's graveside service can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/660500266 The unforgettable Henry Holland "Holly" Galloway Sr. departed this stage of existence and entered the regions of immortal felicity on December 29, 2019, in Wyoming, MN, with his children by his side. Born in Fargo, ND March 1932 to Esther Lilian (Stemhagen) Galloway and William Galloway Sr, he was the youngest of...
Kristin Ann Erickson
Dec 29, 2019
Kristin Ann Erickson, 48, passed away on December 29, 2019, after a courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer. Kristin was born on March 1, 1971, in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Kendall and Kathleen Hunter. She was raised and graduated from high school in Lancaster, MN. She attended the University of Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota State University Moorhead where she...
Jocelyn Birch Burdick
Dec 26, 2019
Jocelyn Birch Burdick, 97, of Fargo, passed away on December 26, 2019. She spent the holiday surrounded by family. Jocelyn was born in Fargo on February 6, 1922, to Albert and Magdalena Birch. She grew up in Fargo and graduated early from Central High School, having spent a part of her high school years at Hollywood High School in California....
Paul Lewis Sprattler
Dec 24, 2019
Paul Lewis Sprattler of Fargo, North Dakota passed away on Christmas Eve, 2019 at the age of 85. Paul was born on March 4, 1934 in Aberdeen, South Dakota at the Good Samaritan Hospital to Arthur and Helen (Schlick) Sprattler. While Paul was very young, the family moved to Fargo, North Dakota. In 1951 at the age of 17, Paul...
Ernest Victor Gilbertson
Dec 22, 2019
Compassionate, Curious, Gracious and Wise On December 22, three days before his 87th birthday, our dad, father-in-law, grandfather and great-grandfather, Ernest Victor Gilbertson passed away, solid in his Christian faith and secure in the knowledge that he was well-loved by his family. After years of living with an ailing heart condition, he spent his final two months at Bethany on...
William Eugene Rudd
Dec 20, 2019
William Eugene Rudd was born December 24, 1922. He passed away December 20, 2019 at Pioneer Home in the Elim Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fargo. N.D. William was the son of Robert Arthur Rudd and Randi Margaret Skauge. He grew up in Gardner, N.D. and graduated from Gardner High School. He worked on the Alaska Highway during the war years...
Iris Athalie Hanson
Dec 20, 2019
Iris was born to Donald and Maggie Snyder in Moundsville, West Virginia. She was the first of five children, followed by Elmer, Dorothy, Loretta and Helen. The family lived in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Des Moines, Iowa, as Iris was growing up. She graduated from high school in 1939, and enjoyed working in the office at Pioneer Seed Company headquarters....
Gary Wayne Moran
Dec 13, 2019
Gary Wayne Moran, 77, Fargo, died on Friday, December 13, 2019, at Eventide on 8th, Moorhead. Gary was born September 1, 1942, in Maddock, ND, to John and Lillian (Jacobsen) Moran. He graduated from Maddock High School in 1960 before attending North Dakota State University to study agriculture and then received his Master’s in Communication from Iowa State University. He...
Joyce Evelyn Voorhees
Jan 18, 2020
Joyce Voorhees, 89, of Fargo, ND died January 18, 2020 in her home surrounded by family. Joyce Evelyn (Knudson) Voorhees was born May 4, 1930 in Richardton, ND, the daughter of Knute and Evaline Knudson. She was raised on a ranch near Taylor, ND and graduated from Taylor High School in 1948. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in...
Marion Elizabeth Fisher
Jan 18, 2020
FISHER, Marion- Passed with peace and grace on January 18, 2020. Predeceased by her loving husband Harold “Bud” Fisher in 1980 and her loving sons, Mark Fisher and Timothy J. Fisher; survived by daughters, Leslie Van Nuys of Freedom, CA, Patricia Mullet formerly of Santa Cruz, CA, son Dan (Becky) of Fargo, ND, son Geoff (Wendy) of Aurora, CO; grandchildren:...
Barbara N. Olson
Jan 17, 2020
Barbara Olson, 94, Fargo, died on January 17, 2020 at Bethany Nursing Home. Barbara Nancy Johnson was born May 7, 1925, to Walter and Gerda Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts. She attended Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School, Brown University and NDSU. She married Howard M. Olson on August 17, 1946 in Quincy, MA. While living in Carrington, ND, Barbara taught Sunday school,...
Marlys Arleen Hofstrand
Jan 17, 2020
Marlys Hofstrand, 95, of Fargo, ND, died January 17, 2020 in Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN. Marlys Arleen Camrud was born October 2, 1924, to Martin and Alma (Luidahl) Camrud at Devils Lake, North Dakota. They moved to Maddock, ND, where she attended school till 1939, when they moved to Larimore, ND. She graduated from Larimore High School in...
Robin Lynn Holbrook
Jan 16, 2020
Robin Lynn Holbrook passed away at her apartment in Moorhead on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Robin was born February 19, 1960 to Lester and Kathryn Holbrook in Seattle Washington. Robin was a devoted mother to her only daughter Veronica Lynn Klebe. Robin is survived by daughter Veronica Klebe; and sisters Beverly Johnson and Bonnie Olson. She was preceded in death...
Cret Clifford Irvin
Jan 14, 2020
Cret C. Irvin, 44 of Fargo, ND, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in his home.
Terry Garnas
Jan 11, 2020
Terry Donald Garnas was born on June 14, 1947, in Watertown, South Dakota. He passed away in Orlando, Florida, January 11, 2020. Terry grew up in the Fargo/Moorhead area and graduated from Moorhead High. After high school, he pursued educational interests at MSUM, University of Montana, Kansas City Art Institute, Aveda Institute, and St. Catherine’s University. He enjoyed new places...
Douglas John Kirk
Jan 10, 2020
Douglas John Kirk, 55, of Fargo passed away unexpectedly in his sleep at home on January 10, 2020. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 17, 2020, at 2 PM at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in South Fargo. Visitation will be an hour before the service. Cremation has taken place and burial will be later...
Steven Joseph Hanzal
Jan 10, 2020
Steven J. Hanzal, age 66, was born January 19, 1953 in Rochester, MN to Joseph J. and Mary (nee Reid) Hanzal. He graduated from Mayo High School in Rochester and later attended Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota. He met Yvonne Helfenstein during college and they were wed on June 21, 1975 in Ashley, North Dakota. During his professional career,...
Darryl Hummel
Jan 8, 2020
Darryl Hummel passed away peacefully in his north Fargo home on Tuesday, January 8, 2020. Darryl was born on October 23, 1951 in Mott, North Dakota, the son of John and Claudia (Horner) Hummel. Darryl grew up on the family farm just outside of Mott, where he learned the value of hard work at an early age. He appreciated growing...
Virginia Rudolf
Jan 6, 2020
Virginia Rudolf, 75, of Fargo, ND, passed away at Essentia Health Monday, January 6, 2020 in Fargo, ND. No services will be held.
John Edward Harnisch
Jan 3, 2020
John Edward Harnisch The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. – Lao Tzu John Edward Harnisch, 39, lost a heroic battle with alcohol addiction on January 3, 2020 at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, CT. From a young age, his intelligence and curiosity of all things were apparent. He was extremely sensitive, generous, kind, articulate, and could...
Henry Holland Galloway Sr.
Dec 29, 2019
Henry's graveside service can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/660500266 The unforgettable Henry Holland "Holly" Galloway Sr. departed this stage of existence and entered the regions of immortal felicity on December 29, 2019, in Wyoming, MN, with his children by his side. Born in Fargo, ND March 1932 to Esther Lilian (Stemhagen) Galloway and William Galloway Sr, he was the youngest of...
Kristin Ann Erickson
Dec 29, 2019
Kristin Ann Erickson, 48, passed away on December 29, 2019, after a courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer. Kristin was born on March 1, 1971, in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Kendall and Kathleen Hunter. She was raised and graduated from high school in Lancaster, MN. She attended the University of Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota State University Moorhead where she...
Jocelyn Birch Burdick
Dec 26, 2019
Jocelyn Birch Burdick, 97, of Fargo, passed away on December 26, 2019. She spent the holiday surrounded by family. Jocelyn was born in Fargo on February 6, 1922, to Albert and Magdalena Birch. She grew up in Fargo and graduated early from Central High School, having spent a part of her high school years at Hollywood High School in California....
Paul Lewis Sprattler
Dec 24, 2019
Paul Lewis Sprattler of Fargo, North Dakota passed away on Christmas Eve, 2019 at the age of 85. Paul was born on March 4, 1934 in Aberdeen, South Dakota at the Good Samaritan Hospital to Arthur and Helen (Schlick) Sprattler. While Paul was very young, the family moved to Fargo, North Dakota. In 1951 at the age of 17, Paul...
Ernest Victor Gilbertson
Dec 22, 2019
Compassionate, Curious, Gracious and Wise On December 22, three days before his 87th birthday, our dad, father-in-law, grandfather and great-grandfather, Ernest Victor Gilbertson passed away, solid in his Christian faith and secure in the knowledge that he was well-loved by his family. After years of living with an ailing heart condition, he spent his final two months at Bethany on...
William Eugene Rudd
Dec 20, 2019
William Eugene Rudd was born December 24, 1922. He passed away December 20, 2019 at Pioneer Home in the Elim Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fargo. N.D. William was the son of Robert Arthur Rudd and Randi Margaret Skauge. He grew up in Gardner, N.D. and graduated from Gardner High School. He worked on the Alaska Highway during the war years...
Iris Athalie Hanson
Dec 20, 2019
Iris was born to Donald and Maggie Snyder in Moundsville, West Virginia. She was the first of five children, followed by Elmer, Dorothy, Loretta and Helen. The family lived in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Des Moines, Iowa, as Iris was growing up. She graduated from high school in 1939, and enjoyed working in the office at Pioneer Seed Company headquarters....
Gary Wayne Moran
Dec 13, 2019
Gary Wayne Moran, 77, Fargo, died on Friday, December 13, 2019, at Eventide on 8th, Moorhead. Gary was born September 1, 1942, in Maddock, ND, to John and Lillian (Jacobsen) Moran. He graduated from Maddock High School in 1960 before attending North Dakota State University to study agriculture and then received his Master’s in Communication from Iowa State University. He...
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