Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Mayo Roy Sorum
Nov 3, 2018
Mayo Roy Sorum was born at 11:23 AM on November 3, 2018 to Molly Elizabeth Sorum. Minutes after birth, Mayo Roy passed away. He lived a short life but was loved dearly by so many. Molly and grandparents, Paul and Heather Sorum, thank God for the many good blessings that occurred because he lived. Mayo Roy Sorum’s life has shown...
Jane Marie Simons Moore
Oct 31, 2018
Jane Marie (nee Simons) Moore On October 31, 2018 Jane Moore passed away peacefully at age 71. Born on November 30, 1946 in Brookings, South Dakota, Jane spent her childhood in Windom MN, Fessenden ND and teenage years in Grand Forks ND. After graduating from Central High School, she attended UND for one year, then completed training at Josef's School...
Mildred Elaine Tessmer
Oct 30, 2018
Mildred Tessmer, 96, of Fargo, formerly of Campbell, MN, was called home to the Lord on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Mildred had been a resident at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo at the time of her death. Mildred was one of eight children born to Henry and Sophia Barth on August 29, 1922. She graduated from high school in 1941....
Loretta Margaret Solberg
Oct 29, 2018
Loretta Solberg, 81, of Fargo, ND, was called to her eternal resting place on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo. Loretta Margaret Melting entered this world on March 9, 1937 in Halstad, MN, born to John and Nora (Tvedt) Melting. She grew up in Halstad, graduating from Halstad High School in 1955. Loretta married Archie...
Karen Selberg-Lavelle
Oct 28, 2018
Karen Selberg-Lavelle, 66, Fargo, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Karen was born March 18, 1952 in San Haven Hospital, San Haven, ND. She was raised in Fargo and attended Roosevelt Elementary, Ben Franklin Middle School and graduated from Fargo North High in 1970. Post high school, she...
Marilynn Joanne Martell
Oct 28, 2018
Marilynn Martell, 81, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo. Marilynn Joanne Storley was born January 1, 1937 in Fargo, ND to Alfred and Farrell (White) Storley. She grew up in Harwood, ND where she attended grade school. She graduated from West Fargo High School in 1954. Marilynn married LaRoy E. Olson on...
Mildred Anne Skugrud
Oct 27, 2018
Mildred “Millie” Skugrud, 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN. Mildred Anne Bjornstad was born February 2, 1930 in Richville, MN to Henry and Gertrude (Bixby) Bjornstad. She graduated from high school in Perham, MN in 1948 and attended Northwestern Bible School in Minneapolis, graduating in 1951. She graduated from Moorhead...
Jeanne P. Tennefos
Oct 25, 2018
On October 25th, two days short of her 85th birthday, Jeanne passed away peacefully after a courageous lifelong battle with diabetes. She was surrounded by her family and in the presence of the Lord. Jeanne was born and grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota. After marrying Jens Tennefos, they made their home in Fargo. She enjoyed music, Bible studies, and...
Trudy T. Mitchell
Oct 24, 2018
Gertrude "Trudy" Mitchell. Age 93, passed away October 24th with her daughters at her side.Trudy was born January 31st 1925 near Rollag, Mn. She moved to Fargo, N.D. at age five with her family. She is preceded in death by her husband Lester, son Allen, father Thore, mother Selma, and six brothers and sisters. Trudy is survived by daughters Susan...
Peter Alan Carr
Oct 24, 2018
Peter Carr, 57, of Fosston, MN, passed away at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. Peter Carr was born September 25, 1961 to Eugene and Adele (Stewart) Carr in Hillsboro, North Dakota. Peter graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1979 and from the University of North Dakota in 1983 with a degree in advertising. At...
Darvin Daniel Hoefs
Oct 24, 2018
Darvin Daniel Hoefs passed away October 24, 2018. He was born April 22, 1933 to Henry and Christine Hoefs, on the farm in Chaseley, ND. Darv was an entrepreneur; he farmed, worked sales of all kinds, and loved to travel and hunt with Mark. He lived his life to the fullest and helped anyone needing help. He married Arliss Hart...
Donald Roger Lawyer
Oct 23, 2018
Donald R. Lawyer, 82, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at Bethany in Fargo, ND, after injuries he suffered in an ATV accident. Donald Roger Lawyer was born December 10, 1935, in Dows Township, ND, to Elmer Lee and Viola (Borud) Lawyer. He grew up in the area and graduated from Arthur, ND, High School...
Lowella "Lou" Shirley Bushaw
Oct 19, 2018
Lowella S. Bushaw, 84, of West Fargo, died Friday, October 19, 2018 in Sanford Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Lou was born on August 2, 1934 to Amedie and Delima Champagne in Red Lake Co., MN. She grew up on the family farm then moved to Thief River Falls, MN where she met Ronald Bushaw. Ron and Lou were married...
Dorothy Mae Lahren
Oct 17, 2018
Dorothy Mae Lahren, 98, died October 17, 2018 at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Dorothy Wumkes was born April 27, 1920 at Sykeston, ND to Peter and Nora (Burgess) Wumkes. She grew up and graduated from Sykeston High School where she was valedictorian. She married Larry Lahren on May 16, 1943 in Sykeston, ND. He died February 14, 1982. She...
Eleanore Marjorie Dahl
Oct 16, 2018
Eleanore Dahl, 93 of Fargo, ND passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Sanford Palliative Care. Eleanore was born on September 27, 1925 in Steele County ND, Golden Lake Township to Theodore and Agnes Pederson. She graduated from Portland High School in 1944. She married Purdin Dahl on September 14, 1946. They started Portland Meats and Locker where they...
Evelyn Marie Larson
Oct 13, 2018
Evelyn Marie Larson, 103, of Fargo passed away peacefully on October 13th at Villa Maria Nursing Home surrounded by family. Evelyn was born January 12, 1915 in Minneapolis. Upon graduation from college she moved to Thief River Falls, MN where she taught kindergarten. It was there that she met her husband L. Milton Larson. They were married on June 25,...
Betty Dunn
Oct 12, 2018
Betty was born on a farm east of Cummings, ND to Oscar and Stella Holland. Where she attended Ervin No 4. Coming to Fargo in 1950. She worked at the Manchester Biscuit Co. for ten years. She married Robert H. Dunn of Hillsboro in 1955. He died in 1990. She did child care and house cleaning for twenty-eight years and...
Donna Mae Maasjo
Oct 10, 2018
Donna Mae Maasjo (Dow) Fargo, ND passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Sanford Hospital with family by her side. Donna was born June 26, 1928 in Moorhead, MN to Otto and Gladys (Knudson) Dow. Growing up she lived some in Hillsboro, ND, but mostly Fargo. She married Clarence M. Maasjo, August 13, 1945. Donna was a waitress for many...
Don David Miller
Oct 10, 2018
Don David Miller, 76, Fargo, died Wednesday, October 10 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Don was born May 6, 1942 in Bottineau, ND to John and Olga (Bakken) Miller. The family later moved to Fargo, ND, where he attended Agassiz Junior High and Fargo Central High School, where he excelled in Track & Field and Football. Following high...
James Edward Mathson
Oct 10, 2018
James Edward Mathson, 95, Fargo, ND, formerly of Edgeley, ND, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018, in Sanford Medical Center. James was born March 7, 1923 in Edgeley, ND. Son of James and Sarah (Sadie Vernon) Mathson. He graduated from Edgeley High School in 1941, then attended NDSSS for two years in the aviation program. Before being inducted in to...
Mayo Roy Sorum
Nov 3, 2018
Mayo Roy Sorum was born at 11:23 AM on November 3, 2018 to Molly Elizabeth Sorum. Minutes after birth, Mayo Roy passed away. He lived a short life but was loved dearly by so many. Molly and grandparents, Paul and Heather Sorum, thank God for the many good blessings that occurred because he lived. Mayo Roy Sorum’s life has shown...
Jane Marie Simons Moore
Oct 31, 2018
Jane Marie (nee Simons) Moore On October 31, 2018 Jane Moore passed away peacefully at age 71. Born on November 30, 1946 in Brookings, South Dakota, Jane spent her childhood in Windom MN, Fessenden ND and teenage years in Grand Forks ND. After graduating from Central High School, she attended UND for one year, then completed training at Josef's School...
Mildred Elaine Tessmer
Oct 30, 2018
Mildred Tessmer, 96, of Fargo, formerly of Campbell, MN, was called home to the Lord on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Mildred had been a resident at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo at the time of her death. Mildred was one of eight children born to Henry and Sophia Barth on August 29, 1922. She graduated from high school in 1941....
Loretta Margaret Solberg
Oct 29, 2018
Loretta Solberg, 81, of Fargo, ND, was called to her eternal resting place on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo. Loretta Margaret Melting entered this world on March 9, 1937 in Halstad, MN, born to John and Nora (Tvedt) Melting. She grew up in Halstad, graduating from Halstad High School in 1955. Loretta married Archie...
Karen Selberg-Lavelle
Oct 28, 2018
Karen Selberg-Lavelle, 66, Fargo, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Karen was born March 18, 1952 in San Haven Hospital, San Haven, ND. She was raised in Fargo and attended Roosevelt Elementary, Ben Franklin Middle School and graduated from Fargo North High in 1970. Post high school, she...
Marilynn Joanne Martell
Oct 28, 2018
Marilynn Martell, 81, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo. Marilynn Joanne Storley was born January 1, 1937 in Fargo, ND to Alfred and Farrell (White) Storley. She grew up in Harwood, ND where she attended grade school. She graduated from West Fargo High School in 1954. Marilynn married LaRoy E. Olson on...
Mildred Anne Skugrud
Oct 27, 2018
Mildred “Millie” Skugrud, 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN. Mildred Anne Bjornstad was born February 2, 1930 in Richville, MN to Henry and Gertrude (Bixby) Bjornstad. She graduated from high school in Perham, MN in 1948 and attended Northwestern Bible School in Minneapolis, graduating in 1951. She graduated from Moorhead...
Jeanne P. Tennefos
Oct 25, 2018
On October 25th, two days short of her 85th birthday, Jeanne passed away peacefully after a courageous lifelong battle with diabetes. She was surrounded by her family and in the presence of the Lord. Jeanne was born and grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota. After marrying Jens Tennefos, they made their home in Fargo. She enjoyed music, Bible studies, and...
Trudy T. Mitchell
Oct 24, 2018
Gertrude "Trudy" Mitchell. Age 93, passed away October 24th with her daughters at her side.Trudy was born January 31st 1925 near Rollag, Mn. She moved to Fargo, N.D. at age five with her family. She is preceded in death by her husband Lester, son Allen, father Thore, mother Selma, and six brothers and sisters. Trudy is survived by daughters Susan...
Peter Alan Carr
Oct 24, 2018
Peter Carr, 57, of Fosston, MN, passed away at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. Peter Carr was born September 25, 1961 to Eugene and Adele (Stewart) Carr in Hillsboro, North Dakota. Peter graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1979 and from the University of North Dakota in 1983 with a degree in advertising. At...
Darvin Daniel Hoefs
Oct 24, 2018
Darvin Daniel Hoefs passed away October 24, 2018. He was born April 22, 1933 to Henry and Christine Hoefs, on the farm in Chaseley, ND. Darv was an entrepreneur; he farmed, worked sales of all kinds, and loved to travel and hunt with Mark. He lived his life to the fullest and helped anyone needing help. He married Arliss Hart...
Donald Roger Lawyer
Oct 23, 2018
Donald R. Lawyer, 82, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at Bethany in Fargo, ND, after injuries he suffered in an ATV accident. Donald Roger Lawyer was born December 10, 1935, in Dows Township, ND, to Elmer Lee and Viola (Borud) Lawyer. He grew up in the area and graduated from Arthur, ND, High School...
Lowella "Lou" Shirley Bushaw
Oct 19, 2018
Lowella S. Bushaw, 84, of West Fargo, died Friday, October 19, 2018 in Sanford Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Lou was born on August 2, 1934 to Amedie and Delima Champagne in Red Lake Co., MN. She grew up on the family farm then moved to Thief River Falls, MN where she met Ronald Bushaw. Ron and Lou were married...
Dorothy Mae Lahren
Oct 17, 2018
Dorothy Mae Lahren, 98, died October 17, 2018 at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Dorothy Wumkes was born April 27, 1920 at Sykeston, ND to Peter and Nora (Burgess) Wumkes. She grew up and graduated from Sykeston High School where she was valedictorian. She married Larry Lahren on May 16, 1943 in Sykeston, ND. He died February 14, 1982. She...
Eleanore Marjorie Dahl
Oct 16, 2018
Eleanore Dahl, 93 of Fargo, ND passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Sanford Palliative Care. Eleanore was born on September 27, 1925 in Steele County ND, Golden Lake Township to Theodore and Agnes Pederson. She graduated from Portland High School in 1944. She married Purdin Dahl on September 14, 1946. They started Portland Meats and Locker where they...
Evelyn Marie Larson
Oct 13, 2018
Evelyn Marie Larson, 103, of Fargo passed away peacefully on October 13th at Villa Maria Nursing Home surrounded by family. Evelyn was born January 12, 1915 in Minneapolis. Upon graduation from college she moved to Thief River Falls, MN where she taught kindergarten. It was there that she met her husband L. Milton Larson. They were married on June 25,...
Betty Dunn
Oct 12, 2018
Betty was born on a farm east of Cummings, ND to Oscar and Stella Holland. Where she attended Ervin No 4. Coming to Fargo in 1950. She worked at the Manchester Biscuit Co. for ten years. She married Robert H. Dunn of Hillsboro in 1955. He died in 1990. She did child care and house cleaning for twenty-eight years and...
Donna Mae Maasjo
Oct 10, 2018
Donna Mae Maasjo (Dow) Fargo, ND passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Sanford Hospital with family by her side. Donna was born June 26, 1928 in Moorhead, MN to Otto and Gladys (Knudson) Dow. Growing up she lived some in Hillsboro, ND, but mostly Fargo. She married Clarence M. Maasjo, August 13, 1945. Donna was a waitress for many...
Don David Miller
Oct 10, 2018
Don David Miller, 76, Fargo, died Wednesday, October 10 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Don was born May 6, 1942 in Bottineau, ND to John and Olga (Bakken) Miller. The family later moved to Fargo, ND, where he attended Agassiz Junior High and Fargo Central High School, where he excelled in Track & Field and Football. Following high...
James Edward Mathson
Oct 10, 2018
James Edward Mathson, 95, Fargo, ND, formerly of Edgeley, ND, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018, in Sanford Medical Center. James was born March 7, 1923 in Edgeley, ND. Son of James and Sarah (Sadie Vernon) Mathson. He graduated from Edgeley High School in 1941, then attended NDSSS for two years in the aviation program. Before being inducted in to...
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