Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
James Russell Liedahl
Feb 11, 2016
James R. Liedahl, 91, passed away February 11, 2016. The family moved to California for employment in the defense industry early in WWII. Enlisting in the Army in 1943, James served with the American Infantry Division throughout the Philippines and occupation of Japan, being discharged in December 1945. He returned home to farm in the Leonard area and married Harriet...
Robert "Bob" Mutchler
Feb 7, 2016
Bob grew up in Northwood, ND and passed away in Fargo, ND. He is survived by his wife, Ione; daughter, Lorre and Stan Krause of Fargo, ND; son, Michael and MJ Mutchler of Weatherford, TX; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren; brother, Dale Mutchler of St. Louis, MO. Predeceased by his parents, a daughter and a granddaughter. Bob graduated from...
Harold Madson
Feb 7, 2016
Harold Madson, husband of 73 years to Dorothy Madson and father of Paul, Jeannie, Susy and Jane, grandfather to 10 and great-grandfather to 10, died on February 7th 2016, in Petaluma, California, where he had lived for two years. Harold grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1941. After that, he worked in Los Angeles...
David Lee Gray
Feb 2, 2016
David Lee Gray, 79, passed away in Villa Maria Nursing Facility March 2, 2016, after having struggled with frontal temporal dementia for several years. David was one of four sons born to John and Dorothy (Nafziger) Gray on a farm south of Twin Valley, MN, October 16, 1936. When he was seven years old he moved with his family to...
Pamela Sue Ballard
Feb 2, 2016
Pam Ballard, 67, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Vibra Hospital in Fargo. Pamela Sue Denis was born October 24, 1948 to LeVern and Dorothy (Capistran) Denis in Rockford, IL. Pam worked for Friendship, Inc., Villa Maria, and most recently was a volunteer Senior Companion through Lutheran Social Services. Pam loved participating in all sports...
Joyce Joan Wendt
Jan 31, 2016
Joyce Wendt, 70, of Fargo, died in her home on Sunday, January 31 with family by her side. Joyce was born on August 23, 1945 in Eureka, SD to Benjamin and Vivian (Burrer) Wittmayer. She moved to Fargo with her mom as a young girl and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963. She went on to college at...
Dorothy Rekken
Jan 30, 2016
Dorothy Hazel (Hallick) Rekken, 94, Fargo, ND, passed peacefully on Saturday, January 30, at The Evergreens of Fargo. Dorothy was born August 4, 1921 near St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada to Julius and Pauline ‘Hazel’ (Rattai) Hallick. She grew up on a farm by Starbuck, Manitoba where she attended school through 11th grade. While in high school she played women’s...
Pastor Arlington "Bud" Mitskog
Jan 30, 2016
Pastor Arlington T. Mitskog “Bud” was born August 16th, 1927 , on a farm in Garborg township, rural Wyndmere, North Dakota, to Ole and Randina (Pederson) Mitskog. He grew up in the Wyndmere area and attended school there. After having farmed for a few years, he entered the Army December 7th, 1950. He had Basic Training at Fort Riley, Kansas....
Thomas David Thornton
Jan 28, 2016
Thomas Thornton, 66, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND.
Patricia Kay Busche
Jan 27, 2016
Patricia Kay Busche, 67, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2016, surrounded by family. Pat was born March 3, 1948 to Charles and Maxine Mohr in Valley City, ND. Pat married Tom Busche, July 1, 1967 at Elim Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND. They resided in Valley City, ND. They had 3 children and eventually moved to West Fargo then to...
Rudy L. Mason
Jan 27, 2016
Rudy L. Mason, 70, Fargo, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Rudy Lamar Mason was born in Jackson, Mississippi April 22, 1945 to Carlos and Dorothy (Leach) Mason. On June 7, 2008 he married Virginia “Gin” Gill Ohnstad. They made their home in Fargo, ND, where Rudy was a prep cook at Perkins. Together they...
Nancy Hart Farlow Kvittum
Jan 26, 2016
Nancy Hart Farlow Kvittum passed away peacefully at home on January 26, 2016 surrounded by friends and family. Nancy was born in 1942 to Alice (Gunkelman) and Keith Farlow in Fargo, ND. She grew up in Grandin and Fargo, ND and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1960. She received her Associate of Arts degree from Stephens College in...
Mildred Pauline Stousland
Jan 25, 2016
Mildred “Midge” Pauline (Semler) Stousland, passed gracefully to her heavenly home on Monday, January 25, 2016. Midge would have turned 90 years old on February 24, 2016. Mildred was the daughter of Edith and Emil Selmer of Willow City, North Dakota. Mildred went to grade school and high school in Willow City graduating in 1944 going on to study at...
Wallace "Swede" Linde
Jan 25, 2016
Wallace “Swede” Linde of Fargo passed away unexpectedly on January 25, 2016 at the Sanford Medical Center at the age of 89. Swede was born on August 18, 1926 in Adams, North Dakota to Louis and Ella (Frovarp) Linde. He attended school in York, ND and college at NDSU in Fargo. He joined the US Navy in 1943 during WWII...
Ellsworth "Art" Ruud
Jan 22, 2016
Ellsworth “Art” Ruud, 82, died on January 22, 2016 at Villa Maria Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Art was born on September 14, 1933 to Dorothy (Johnstone) and Sigurd Ruud of Ogilvie, MN. He grew up on the family farm near Fish Lake attending country school and Ogilvie High School. He joined the...
Geneva May Waind
Jan 22, 2016
Our loving mother, Geneva May Rasmusson Waind, 86, passed from this life Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Villa Maria in Fargo N.D. She was the daughter of Marvin J. and Magda C. (Thompson) Rasmusson born May 14, 1929 in Osnabrock, North Dakota. Her's was a happy childhood in a Christ centered home comprising of two sisters and two brothers....
Marilyn Marie Rich
Jan 22, 2016
Marilyn Marie Rich, 66, of Fargo, passed away unexpectedly January 22, 2016. She was born in Appleton, WI on April 25, 1949, daughter of the late George and Myrtle Masche. Marilyn attended Hortonville High School, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, and Fox Valley Technical College. She had recently retired in September of 2015 from Lutheran Social Services after eight years...
Rebecca Lee Martyn
Jan 21, 2016
Rebecca “Becca” Lee Martyn, 25, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away suddenly to be with our Lord on January 21, 2016. Becca was born to Sue and Shirley “Abner” Martyn on December 22, 1990 in Galloway, New Jersey and raised by her mother in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. She graduated from Egg Harbor Township High School in 2009 and...
Ruth Elizabeth Opland
Jan 20, 2016
Ruth Opland, 94, of Fargo, ND, formerly Redfield, SD, died January 20, 2016 at Villa Maria, Fargo. Ruth Elizabeth Graman was born August 7, 1921 to Jacob and Mary (Blattenbauer) Graman in Yankton, SD. She attended school in Yankton, and graduated from Yankton High School. She married Stephen Opland in 1941 in Buffalo, NY. They made their home in Redfield,...
Ronald J. Grover
Jan 20, 2016
Ronald J. Grover, 52 of Fargo, died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Ron was born April 22, 1963 in Fargo, ND, to parents Russell and Edythe Grover. He was raised in Fargo and graduated from Fargo North High School in 1981. He went on to attend MN State Tech & Community College, graduating in 1984. Ron...
James Russell Liedahl
Feb 11, 2016
James R. Liedahl, 91, passed away February 11, 2016. The family moved to California for employment in the defense industry early in WWII. Enlisting in the Army in 1943, James served with the American Infantry Division throughout the Philippines and occupation of Japan, being discharged in December 1945. He returned home to farm in the Leonard area and married Harriet...
Robert "Bob" Mutchler
Feb 7, 2016
Bob grew up in Northwood, ND and passed away in Fargo, ND. He is survived by his wife, Ione; daughter, Lorre and Stan Krause of Fargo, ND; son, Michael and MJ Mutchler of Weatherford, TX; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren; brother, Dale Mutchler of St. Louis, MO. Predeceased by his parents, a daughter and a granddaughter. Bob graduated from...
Harold Madson
Feb 7, 2016
Harold Madson, husband of 73 years to Dorothy Madson and father of Paul, Jeannie, Susy and Jane, grandfather to 10 and great-grandfather to 10, died on February 7th 2016, in Petaluma, California, where he had lived for two years. Harold grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1941. After that, he worked in Los Angeles...
David Lee Gray
Feb 2, 2016
David Lee Gray, 79, passed away in Villa Maria Nursing Facility March 2, 2016, after having struggled with frontal temporal dementia for several years. David was one of four sons born to John and Dorothy (Nafziger) Gray on a farm south of Twin Valley, MN, October 16, 1936. When he was seven years old he moved with his family to...
Pamela Sue Ballard
Feb 2, 2016
Pam Ballard, 67, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Vibra Hospital in Fargo. Pamela Sue Denis was born October 24, 1948 to LeVern and Dorothy (Capistran) Denis in Rockford, IL. Pam worked for Friendship, Inc., Villa Maria, and most recently was a volunteer Senior Companion through Lutheran Social Services. Pam loved participating in all sports...
Joyce Joan Wendt
Jan 31, 2016
Joyce Wendt, 70, of Fargo, died in her home on Sunday, January 31 with family by her side. Joyce was born on August 23, 1945 in Eureka, SD to Benjamin and Vivian (Burrer) Wittmayer. She moved to Fargo with her mom as a young girl and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963. She went on to college at...
Dorothy Rekken
Jan 30, 2016
Dorothy Hazel (Hallick) Rekken, 94, Fargo, ND, passed peacefully on Saturday, January 30, at The Evergreens of Fargo. Dorothy was born August 4, 1921 near St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada to Julius and Pauline ‘Hazel’ (Rattai) Hallick. She grew up on a farm by Starbuck, Manitoba where she attended school through 11th grade. While in high school she played women’s...
Pastor Arlington "Bud" Mitskog
Jan 30, 2016
Pastor Arlington T. Mitskog “Bud” was born August 16th, 1927 , on a farm in Garborg township, rural Wyndmere, North Dakota, to Ole and Randina (Pederson) Mitskog. He grew up in the Wyndmere area and attended school there. After having farmed for a few years, he entered the Army December 7th, 1950. He had Basic Training at Fort Riley, Kansas....
Thomas David Thornton
Jan 28, 2016
Thomas Thornton, 66, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND.
Patricia Kay Busche
Jan 27, 2016
Patricia Kay Busche, 67, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2016, surrounded by family. Pat was born March 3, 1948 to Charles and Maxine Mohr in Valley City, ND. Pat married Tom Busche, July 1, 1967 at Elim Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND. They resided in Valley City, ND. They had 3 children and eventually moved to West Fargo then to...
Rudy L. Mason
Jan 27, 2016
Rudy L. Mason, 70, Fargo, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Rudy Lamar Mason was born in Jackson, Mississippi April 22, 1945 to Carlos and Dorothy (Leach) Mason. On June 7, 2008 he married Virginia “Gin” Gill Ohnstad. They made their home in Fargo, ND, where Rudy was a prep cook at Perkins. Together they...
Nancy Hart Farlow Kvittum
Jan 26, 2016
Nancy Hart Farlow Kvittum passed away peacefully at home on January 26, 2016 surrounded by friends and family. Nancy was born in 1942 to Alice (Gunkelman) and Keith Farlow in Fargo, ND. She grew up in Grandin and Fargo, ND and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1960. She received her Associate of Arts degree from Stephens College in...
Mildred Pauline Stousland
Jan 25, 2016
Mildred “Midge” Pauline (Semler) Stousland, passed gracefully to her heavenly home on Monday, January 25, 2016. Midge would have turned 90 years old on February 24, 2016. Mildred was the daughter of Edith and Emil Selmer of Willow City, North Dakota. Mildred went to grade school and high school in Willow City graduating in 1944 going on to study at...
Wallace "Swede" Linde
Jan 25, 2016
Wallace “Swede” Linde of Fargo passed away unexpectedly on January 25, 2016 at the Sanford Medical Center at the age of 89. Swede was born on August 18, 1926 in Adams, North Dakota to Louis and Ella (Frovarp) Linde. He attended school in York, ND and college at NDSU in Fargo. He joined the US Navy in 1943 during WWII...
Ellsworth "Art" Ruud
Jan 22, 2016
Ellsworth “Art” Ruud, 82, died on January 22, 2016 at Villa Maria Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Art was born on September 14, 1933 to Dorothy (Johnstone) and Sigurd Ruud of Ogilvie, MN. He grew up on the family farm near Fish Lake attending country school and Ogilvie High School. He joined the...
Geneva May Waind
Jan 22, 2016
Our loving mother, Geneva May Rasmusson Waind, 86, passed from this life Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Villa Maria in Fargo N.D. She was the daughter of Marvin J. and Magda C. (Thompson) Rasmusson born May 14, 1929 in Osnabrock, North Dakota. Her's was a happy childhood in a Christ centered home comprising of two sisters and two brothers....
Marilyn Marie Rich
Jan 22, 2016
Marilyn Marie Rich, 66, of Fargo, passed away unexpectedly January 22, 2016. She was born in Appleton, WI on April 25, 1949, daughter of the late George and Myrtle Masche. Marilyn attended Hortonville High School, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, and Fox Valley Technical College. She had recently retired in September of 2015 from Lutheran Social Services after eight years...
Rebecca Lee Martyn
Jan 21, 2016
Rebecca “Becca” Lee Martyn, 25, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away suddenly to be with our Lord on January 21, 2016. Becca was born to Sue and Shirley “Abner” Martyn on December 22, 1990 in Galloway, New Jersey and raised by her mother in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. She graduated from Egg Harbor Township High School in 2009 and...
Ruth Elizabeth Opland
Jan 20, 2016
Ruth Opland, 94, of Fargo, ND, formerly Redfield, SD, died January 20, 2016 at Villa Maria, Fargo. Ruth Elizabeth Graman was born August 7, 1921 to Jacob and Mary (Blattenbauer) Graman in Yankton, SD. She attended school in Yankton, and graduated from Yankton High School. She married Stephen Opland in 1941 in Buffalo, NY. They made their home in Redfield,...
Ronald J. Grover
Jan 20, 2016
Ronald J. Grover, 52 of Fargo, died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Ron was born April 22, 1963 in Fargo, ND, to parents Russell and Edythe Grover. He was raised in Fargo and graduated from Fargo North High School in 1981. He went on to attend MN State Tech & Community College, graduating in 1984. Ron...
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