Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
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...
Arlene J. Carlson
Oct 9, 2018
Arlene J. Carlson of Fargo, ND passed away on October 9, 2018. She was born in Fargo, the daughter of Earl and Olga Myers. She attended schools in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. After graduation she worked for Firestone, GMAC and Nodak Ford Tractor Company. In December 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Wayne Carlson. They...
Raymond Henry Severson
Oct 8, 2018
Raymond Henry Severson was called home on Monday Oct 8, 2018. Ray age 96 passed peacefully surrounded by family and his wonderful caregiver, Sofia. Ray was the firstborn of 7 children to Henry George and Paula (Johnson) Severson. He was born at Camps Maternity Hospital Fargo ND Mar 31, 1922. In 1937 during The Great Depression, living in a small...
Eunice Claire Wassberg
Oct 6, 2018
Eunice C. Wassberg nee Bagley, 88, of Fargo, passed away quietly in the early morning on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Ecumen Evergreens in Moorhead, MN. Her beloved husband Leslie G. Wassberg and family members were at her side. Eunice was born in Williston, ND on November 12, 1929 to Rev. Emil G. Bagley and Ovidia J. Bagley. They later...
Idella Vernell Wilson
Oct 6, 2018
Idella Vernell Ruff Schott Wilson died peacefully on October 6, 2018, at Bethany on University in Fargo, ND. Idella was born July 21, 1929 in rural Fredonia, North Dakota to Edward Ruff and Pauline (Erbele) Ruff. She graduated from Lehr High School, Lehr, ND, attended Ellendale Normal College, Ellendale, ND where she received her teaching certificate. She taught school from...
Judy Kay Miller
Oct 4, 2018
Judy Miller, 74, of Fargo, ND, died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. Judith Kay Sosnoski was born August 23, 1944 in Oshkosh, WI to Anthony and Vilice (Neitzke) Sosnoski. She grew up and attended school in Oshkosh, eventually graduating from the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh. She taught school in Milwaukee at Franklin...
Doris Ann Runsvold
Sep 30, 2018
Doris Ann Runsvold died peacefully on September 30, 2018, in Fargo, ND, under the care of the wonderful staff of Rosewood on Broadway and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Doris Hinze was born March 6, 1928 in Chicago Il., to August and Amanda Hinze. She grew up there and graduated from Steinmetz High School. She attended Northwestern University. Doris...
Orlyen Oscar Stensgard
Sep 30, 2018
Orlyen Stensgard, 89, beloved Father, was called to his eternal resting place on September 30, 2018. Orlyen Oscar Stensgard entered this world on March 20, 1929 in Fargo, ND, born to Oscar and Hilda (Hanson) Stensgard. He attended Fargo Central High and shortly after he proudly enlisted in the US Army. He served for four years, after which he came...
Lucy Lageson
Sep 29, 2018
Lucy Lageson, formerly of Fargo, died Saturday, September 29, 2018, at Pioneer Care/Cherrywood in Fergus Falls, MN. Lucy, the daughter of Ora and Ruby (Kaufman) Burkhart was born on April 2, 1922, on the family farm near Cando, ND, and was baptized at Zion Church of the Brethren in 1933. She attended country grade schools, including Hardwheat, near her home,...
John Francis Dixon Iii
Sep 23, 2018
John F. Dixon III was born on May 17, 1945 in Bel Air, Maryland to John F. Dixon Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Eaton. John was raised in Fargo, ND and he graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963, where he was captain of the hockey team and a member of the golf team. John spent most of his early...
Erwin Harold Fossum
Sep 18, 2018
Erwin Harold Fossum passed away peacefully on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on University Drive, Fargo, ND. He was 88 years old. Erwin Harold Fossum was born to Julius and Ida (Skaare) Fossum at home on the Peterson Farm in Pierpont, SD, ten minutes after his twin brother, Earl Roger, on February 14, 1930. Erwin attended Old Glory Grade School,...
Harland Willis Hanson
Sep 18, 2018
Harland Willis Hanson, 90, passed away on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND surrounded by family. Harland was born November 14, 1927 in Harvey, ND to John and Caroline (Setra) Hanson. The youngest of 13 children, he grew up on a farm southwest of Harvey. He moved to Fargo in 1951. He married Alice Lantz on...
Hazle Mae Barke
Sep 17, 2018
Hazle passed away peacefully on September 17, 2018, at Eventide Nursing Home in Fargo. Hazle was the fourth of six children born to Swedish parents, John E. and Elsie Nelson, on a farm four miles from Donnybrook, ND, on May 8, 1926. She attended a one-room country school through 7th grade, continuing through 12th grade in a town 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...
Arlene J. Carlson
Oct 9, 2018
Arlene J. Carlson of Fargo, ND passed away on October 9, 2018. She was born in Fargo, the daughter of Earl and Olga Myers. She attended schools in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. After graduation she worked for Firestone, GMAC and Nodak Ford Tractor Company. In December 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Wayne Carlson. They...
Raymond Henry Severson
Oct 8, 2018
Raymond Henry Severson was called home on Monday Oct 8, 2018. Ray age 96 passed peacefully surrounded by family and his wonderful caregiver, Sofia. Ray was the firstborn of 7 children to Henry George and Paula (Johnson) Severson. He was born at Camps Maternity Hospital Fargo ND Mar 31, 1922. In 1937 during The Great Depression, living in a small...
Eunice Claire Wassberg
Oct 6, 2018
Eunice C. Wassberg nee Bagley, 88, of Fargo, passed away quietly in the early morning on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Ecumen Evergreens in Moorhead, MN. Her beloved husband Leslie G. Wassberg and family members were at her side. Eunice was born in Williston, ND on November 12, 1929 to Rev. Emil G. Bagley and Ovidia J. Bagley. They later...
Idella Vernell Wilson
Oct 6, 2018
Idella Vernell Ruff Schott Wilson died peacefully on October 6, 2018, at Bethany on University in Fargo, ND. Idella was born July 21, 1929 in rural Fredonia, North Dakota to Edward Ruff and Pauline (Erbele) Ruff. She graduated from Lehr High School, Lehr, ND, attended Ellendale Normal College, Ellendale, ND where she received her teaching certificate. She taught school from...
Judy Kay Miller
Oct 4, 2018
Judy Miller, 74, of Fargo, ND, died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. Judith Kay Sosnoski was born August 23, 1944 in Oshkosh, WI to Anthony and Vilice (Neitzke) Sosnoski. She grew up and attended school in Oshkosh, eventually graduating from the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh. She taught school in Milwaukee at Franklin...
Doris Ann Runsvold
Sep 30, 2018
Doris Ann Runsvold died peacefully on September 30, 2018, in Fargo, ND, under the care of the wonderful staff of Rosewood on Broadway and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Doris Hinze was born March 6, 1928 in Chicago Il., to August and Amanda Hinze. She grew up there and graduated from Steinmetz High School. She attended Northwestern University. Doris...
Orlyen Oscar Stensgard
Sep 30, 2018
Orlyen Stensgard, 89, beloved Father, was called to his eternal resting place on September 30, 2018. Orlyen Oscar Stensgard entered this world on March 20, 1929 in Fargo, ND, born to Oscar and Hilda (Hanson) Stensgard. He attended Fargo Central High and shortly after he proudly enlisted in the US Army. He served for four years, after which he came...
Lucy Lageson
Sep 29, 2018
Lucy Lageson, formerly of Fargo, died Saturday, September 29, 2018, at Pioneer Care/Cherrywood in Fergus Falls, MN. Lucy, the daughter of Ora and Ruby (Kaufman) Burkhart was born on April 2, 1922, on the family farm near Cando, ND, and was baptized at Zion Church of the Brethren in 1933. She attended country grade schools, including Hardwheat, near her home,...
John Francis Dixon Iii
Sep 23, 2018
John F. Dixon III was born on May 17, 1945 in Bel Air, Maryland to John F. Dixon Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Eaton. John was raised in Fargo, ND and he graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963, where he was captain of the hockey team and a member of the golf team. John spent most of his early...
Erwin Harold Fossum
Sep 18, 2018
Erwin Harold Fossum passed away peacefully on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on University Drive, Fargo, ND. He was 88 years old. Erwin Harold Fossum was born to Julius and Ida (Skaare) Fossum at home on the Peterson Farm in Pierpont, SD, ten minutes after his twin brother, Earl Roger, on February 14, 1930. Erwin attended Old Glory Grade School,...
Harland Willis Hanson
Sep 18, 2018
Harland Willis Hanson, 90, passed away on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND surrounded by family. Harland was born November 14, 1927 in Harvey, ND to John and Caroline (Setra) Hanson. The youngest of 13 children, he grew up on a farm southwest of Harvey. He moved to Fargo in 1951. He married Alice Lantz on...
Hazle Mae Barke
Sep 17, 2018
Hazle passed away peacefully on September 17, 2018, at Eventide Nursing Home in Fargo. Hazle was the fourth of six children born to Swedish parents, John E. and Elsie Nelson, on a farm four miles from Donnybrook, ND, on May 8, 1926. She attended a one-room country school through 7th grade, continuing through 12th grade in a town school &...
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