Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Thomas Kurtti
Aug 17, 2019
Thomas Vernon Kurtti, age 84, of Fargo, ND passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019 after a lengthy illness. He was born August 29, 1934 in Fargo to Viana and Johanna (Larson) Kurtti. He was baptized at Binford Lutheran Church, attended grade school in Sutton, ND, and graduated from Binford High School with the class of 1952. On June 17, 1955...
Edith Arneson Dawson
Aug 15, 2019
Edith Arneson Dawson died peacefully at Eventide Living Center in Fargo on the morning of August 15, 2019. Edith Louise was born to Alvin and Irene (Bjornstad) Arneson on November 11, 1927 in Sanish, a small North Dakota town which is now under Lake Sakakawea. She was the oldest of seven children. The Arneson family moved to Fargo and made...
Eleanore Gladys Olslund
Aug 8, 2019
Eleanore G. Olslund, 91, Fargo, ND, died Thursday, August 8, in Ecumen Evergreens under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Eleanore Olslund was born April 15, 1928 in Portland, ND to Carl and Betsy Olson. On March 1, 1948 she married Robert Olslund. They made their home in Fargo and later in West Fargo, ND. In 1957,...
Larry Earl Wild
Aug 8, 2019
Larry E. Wild, 78, died peacefully on August 8, 2019 at his residence in Fargo under the care of hospice with his family by his side. Larry was born March 15, 1941, in Bemidji, Minnesota, the oldest of twin boys (Lonny) to Earl and Helen (Spangler) Wild. He grew up in Bemidji and graduated in 1963 from Bemidji State College....
Robert "Bob" Myron Scott
Aug 7, 2019
Bob Scott was born to Robert W. Scott and Hazel E. Scott (Benti) on December 21, 1950. He was their only child, as Hazel died in 1960. While Bob may not have had any biological siblings, the crew that grew up on the 1600 block of 1st Street North was his extended family. He always spoke fondly of the neighborhood...
Sandra Jean Anderson
Aug 5, 2019
Sandy Anderson, 71, of Fargo, ND passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Sandra Jean (Westphal) Anderson was born May 9, 1948 in Milwaukee, WI to Harold and Olive (Joan) Westphal. She grew up in Greenfield, WI and graduated from Whitnall High School. She worked as a waitress at The Hitching Post and this...
Delores Genevieve Sando
Aug 5, 2019
Delores Sando, 89, of West Fargo, ND, formerly of Grafton, ND, died peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2019 at her home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Delores Genevive Holten was born September 1, 1929 in Ray, ND to Harold and Agnes (Nelson) Holten. She spent her younger years in Scoggins Valley, OR and later moved...
Mercille "Marcy" Fellbaum
Aug 2, 2019
Mercille "Marcy" Fellbaum, 93, Fargo, died Friday, August 2, 2019 in Bethany on 42nd under the care of her family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Marcy Erickson was born April 5, 1926 to Harry and Ruth (Bjornson) Erickson in Frazee, MN. She grew up on the family farm in the Frazee and Wolf Lake area of Minnesota. Marcy...
Laverne Orma Halverson
Jul 31, 2019
LaVerne Orma Anderson was born in Mandan, ND, on March 19, 1920 to Olaf and Hazel (Thompson) Anderson. She moved with her parents from Mandan to a farm west of lake Melissa in Becker Co., MN. She attended country school near there before graduating from Detroit Lakes High School. She later attended Interstate Business College in Fargo, ND. LaVerne met...
Valborg "Val" L. Plambeck
Jul 31, 2019
Valborg “Val” Linnea (Holmstrom) Plambeck died July 31, 2019, at age 93, following a head injury suffered in a fall in her home. A daughter of Swedish immigrants, Val was born in Omaha, NE, on December 5, 1925. She grew up in Omaha, graduated from Tech and took a job as a secretary with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. On May...
Gloria Marie Johnson
Jul 30, 2019
Gloria Johnson, 85, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at Kinder Care in West Fargo, ND. Gloria Marie (Hoganson) Johnson was born March 10, 1934 in Lisbon, ND to Oscar H. and M. Lucille (Larson) Hoganson. Gloria graduated from Kindred High School in 1951 and she and her family moved to Fargo as she started college...
Margaret Jeannette Pacholke Soberg
Jul 29, 2019
Margaret Jeannette Pacholke Soberg, 68, of Casselton, ND, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019 at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Margaret Jeannette Pacholke was born February 19, 1951 in Fargo, ND to Victor Sr. and Marie “Wanda” Pacholke. She was raised on the family farm in rural Gardner, ND and attended school in...
Alyce Christine Robinson
Jul 29, 2019
Alyce C. Robinson, long time Baudette resident, passed away on July 29, 2019 in Fargo at the age of 90. Alyce was born August 7, 1928 in Baudette, MN to John and Emmy Tangreen. She was the eldest of three daughters; sister to Marian Murray and Rosemary Benson. Alyce graduated from Baudette High School in 1946 and enrolled at St....
Richard Arlan Olafson
Jul 27, 2019
Dr. Richard Arlan Olafson passed peacefully on July 27, 2019. Richard, also known by many in the community as Dr. O, was a loving husband, father, son, grandfather and a stalwart in North Dakota medicine and medical education for over 50 years. He had a deep love for his family, was engaged in numerous civic duties and touched many lives...
Deklen Jordan Jedi Fischer
Jul 27, 2019
Deklen Jordan Jedi Fischer was born February 7th 2019 to parents John and Lindsay Fischer and older brother Durham Fischer. Deklen brought joy to everyone who knew him, and many who didn’t know him but got the chance to see him at some of his favorite places including Scheels and the splash park. He smiled very early in his life...
Douglas Herbert Classon
Jul 26, 2019
Douglas Herbert Classon of Fargo, ND died on Friday, July 26, 2019, at Rosewood on Broadway surrounded by his family. Doug was born on July 31, 1930, the son of the late Clarence and Thelma Classon. He grew up in Fargo and graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High School. Doug met the love of his life while working at Northern...
Harlan Duane Pratt
Jul 24, 2019
Harlan D. Pratt, age 80, of West Fargo, ND died peacefully surrounded by family at Sanford Medical Center July 24th, 2019. Harlan was born in Cooperstown and raised on the family farm before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. This is where he was introduced to computers and was on the ground floor of this new technology. This became his...
Wylie N. Briggs
Jul 24, 2019
Wylie N. Briggs passed away on Wednesday, July 24 in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Wylie Noel Briggs was born August 21, 1935 to Ward and Hazel Briggs in Fargo ND. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1953. He then went on to graduate from NDSU in 1960. While attending NDSU, he was a member of the golf team...
Esther Griesbach
Jul 23, 2019
Esther Griesbach, 96, Fargo, ND, died July 23, 2019 at Bethany on 42nd. Esther was born July 29, 1922 in Argusville, ND to Nils and Anna (Stangeland) Sorvaag. She grew up on the family farm. Esther attended school in Berlin Township. She graduated from Argusville High School and Dakota Business College in Fargo. She worked for several years as a...
Jolanta Maria Czernek
Jul 22, 2019
Jolanta Czernek died in her home in Fargo on July 22, 2019. Jolanta Maria Wegrzyn was born May 6, 1941 in the village of Gora Jana in Nazi-occupied Poland. She grew up in Lodz, Poland, in the austere post-war times of Soviet occupation. Jolanta met the love of her life, Dr. Peter Czernek, when they were both medical students. They...
Thomas Kurtti
Aug 17, 2019
Thomas Vernon Kurtti, age 84, of Fargo, ND passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019 after a lengthy illness. He was born August 29, 1934 in Fargo to Viana and Johanna (Larson) Kurtti. He was baptized at Binford Lutheran Church, attended grade school in Sutton, ND, and graduated from Binford High School with the class of 1952. On June 17, 1955...
Edith Arneson Dawson
Aug 15, 2019
Edith Arneson Dawson died peacefully at Eventide Living Center in Fargo on the morning of August 15, 2019. Edith Louise was born to Alvin and Irene (Bjornstad) Arneson on November 11, 1927 in Sanish, a small North Dakota town which is now under Lake Sakakawea. She was the oldest of seven children. The Arneson family moved to Fargo and made...
Eleanore Gladys Olslund
Aug 8, 2019
Eleanore G. Olslund, 91, Fargo, ND, died Thursday, August 8, in Ecumen Evergreens under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Eleanore Olslund was born April 15, 1928 in Portland, ND to Carl and Betsy Olson. On March 1, 1948 she married Robert Olslund. They made their home in Fargo and later in West Fargo, ND. In 1957,...
Larry Earl Wild
Aug 8, 2019
Larry E. Wild, 78, died peacefully on August 8, 2019 at his residence in Fargo under the care of hospice with his family by his side. Larry was born March 15, 1941, in Bemidji, Minnesota, the oldest of twin boys (Lonny) to Earl and Helen (Spangler) Wild. He grew up in Bemidji and graduated in 1963 from Bemidji State College....
Robert "Bob" Myron Scott
Aug 7, 2019
Bob Scott was born to Robert W. Scott and Hazel E. Scott (Benti) on December 21, 1950. He was their only child, as Hazel died in 1960. While Bob may not have had any biological siblings, the crew that grew up on the 1600 block of 1st Street North was his extended family. He always spoke fondly of the neighborhood...
Sandra Jean Anderson
Aug 5, 2019
Sandy Anderson, 71, of Fargo, ND passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Sandra Jean (Westphal) Anderson was born May 9, 1948 in Milwaukee, WI to Harold and Olive (Joan) Westphal. She grew up in Greenfield, WI and graduated from Whitnall High School. She worked as a waitress at The Hitching Post and this...
Delores Genevieve Sando
Aug 5, 2019
Delores Sando, 89, of West Fargo, ND, formerly of Grafton, ND, died peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2019 at her home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Delores Genevive Holten was born September 1, 1929 in Ray, ND to Harold and Agnes (Nelson) Holten. She spent her younger years in Scoggins Valley, OR and later moved...
Mercille "Marcy" Fellbaum
Aug 2, 2019
Mercille "Marcy" Fellbaum, 93, Fargo, died Friday, August 2, 2019 in Bethany on 42nd under the care of her family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Marcy Erickson was born April 5, 1926 to Harry and Ruth (Bjornson) Erickson in Frazee, MN. She grew up on the family farm in the Frazee and Wolf Lake area of Minnesota. Marcy...
Laverne Orma Halverson
Jul 31, 2019
LaVerne Orma Anderson was born in Mandan, ND, on March 19, 1920 to Olaf and Hazel (Thompson) Anderson. She moved with her parents from Mandan to a farm west of lake Melissa in Becker Co., MN. She attended country school near there before graduating from Detroit Lakes High School. She later attended Interstate Business College in Fargo, ND. LaVerne met...
Valborg "Val" L. Plambeck
Jul 31, 2019
Valborg “Val” Linnea (Holmstrom) Plambeck died July 31, 2019, at age 93, following a head injury suffered in a fall in her home. A daughter of Swedish immigrants, Val was born in Omaha, NE, on December 5, 1925. She grew up in Omaha, graduated from Tech and took a job as a secretary with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. On May...
Gloria Marie Johnson
Jul 30, 2019
Gloria Johnson, 85, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at Kinder Care in West Fargo, ND. Gloria Marie (Hoganson) Johnson was born March 10, 1934 in Lisbon, ND to Oscar H. and M. Lucille (Larson) Hoganson. Gloria graduated from Kindred High School in 1951 and she and her family moved to Fargo as she started college...
Margaret Jeannette Pacholke Soberg
Jul 29, 2019
Margaret Jeannette Pacholke Soberg, 68, of Casselton, ND, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019 at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Margaret Jeannette Pacholke was born February 19, 1951 in Fargo, ND to Victor Sr. and Marie “Wanda” Pacholke. She was raised on the family farm in rural Gardner, ND and attended school in...
Alyce Christine Robinson
Jul 29, 2019
Alyce C. Robinson, long time Baudette resident, passed away on July 29, 2019 in Fargo at the age of 90. Alyce was born August 7, 1928 in Baudette, MN to John and Emmy Tangreen. She was the eldest of three daughters; sister to Marian Murray and Rosemary Benson. Alyce graduated from Baudette High School in 1946 and enrolled at St....
Richard Arlan Olafson
Jul 27, 2019
Dr. Richard Arlan Olafson passed peacefully on July 27, 2019. Richard, also known by many in the community as Dr. O, was a loving husband, father, son, grandfather and a stalwart in North Dakota medicine and medical education for over 50 years. He had a deep love for his family, was engaged in numerous civic duties and touched many lives...
Deklen Jordan Jedi Fischer
Jul 27, 2019
Deklen Jordan Jedi Fischer was born February 7th 2019 to parents John and Lindsay Fischer and older brother Durham Fischer. Deklen brought joy to everyone who knew him, and many who didn’t know him but got the chance to see him at some of his favorite places including Scheels and the splash park. He smiled very early in his life...
Douglas Herbert Classon
Jul 26, 2019
Douglas Herbert Classon of Fargo, ND died on Friday, July 26, 2019, at Rosewood on Broadway surrounded by his family. Doug was born on July 31, 1930, the son of the late Clarence and Thelma Classon. He grew up in Fargo and graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High School. Doug met the love of his life while working at Northern...
Harlan Duane Pratt
Jul 24, 2019
Harlan D. Pratt, age 80, of West Fargo, ND died peacefully surrounded by family at Sanford Medical Center July 24th, 2019. Harlan was born in Cooperstown and raised on the family farm before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. This is where he was introduced to computers and was on the ground floor of this new technology. This became his...
Wylie N. Briggs
Jul 24, 2019
Wylie N. Briggs passed away on Wednesday, July 24 in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Wylie Noel Briggs was born August 21, 1935 to Ward and Hazel Briggs in Fargo ND. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1953. He then went on to graduate from NDSU in 1960. While attending NDSU, he was a member of the golf team...
Esther Griesbach
Jul 23, 2019
Esther Griesbach, 96, Fargo, ND, died July 23, 2019 at Bethany on 42nd. Esther was born July 29, 1922 in Argusville, ND to Nils and Anna (Stangeland) Sorvaag. She grew up on the family farm. Esther attended school in Berlin Township. She graduated from Argusville High School and Dakota Business College in Fargo. She worked for several years as a...
Jolanta Maria Czernek
Jul 22, 2019
Jolanta Czernek died in her home in Fargo on July 22, 2019. Jolanta Maria Wegrzyn was born May 6, 1941 in the village of Gora Jana in Nazi-occupied Poland. She grew up in Lodz, Poland, in the austere post-war times of Soviet occupation. Jolanta met the love of her life, Dr. Peter Czernek, when they were both medical students. They...
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