Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
June E. Robinson
May 15, 2013
June E. Robinson, 95, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Bethany on University, Fargo. June Edith Lowth was born April 17, 1918 in Revere, ND, to Edward William Lowth and Isabelle Grace Lowth. She grew up around New Rockford and lived with her grandparents while attending school in Cooperstown. Her parents moved to Fargo, where she went...
Gordon J. Brant
May 12, 2013
Gordon Joseph Brant passed away peacefully in his sleep at Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, MN, on May 12, 2013. Gordon was 94. Gordon was born in Fargo, ND, October 25, 1918, to Emil and Alma Brant. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1936. While in high school, he played on the varsity hockey team for three...
Erna L. Ellingson
May 11, 2013
Erna Ellingson, 79, Christine, ND, died May 11, 2013, after a year-long battle with colon cancer. Erna was born July 10, 1933, to Walter and Helena (Krause) Lehrke at Peever, SD. The family lived in a number of places in the Browns Valley, MN, and Sisseton, SD, area. Erna attended high school at the West Central School of Agriculture in...
Adeline M. Erickson
May 11, 2013
Adeline M. Erickson, 85, of Fargo, ND, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 11, 2013. She died at Sanford Health in Fargo, surrounded by loved ones. Adeline was born May 2, 1928 in Appleton, WI, to John and Thea (Thompson) Erickson. As a child, she moved with her family to Fort Ransom, ND. She attended school at...
Lorraine H. Sprenger
May 9, 2013
Lorraine H. Sprenger, 81, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, surrounded by her family, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo, ND. Lorraine was born June 11, 1931 to Oscar and Hilma Pallum in Minneapolis, MN. In 1935 she moved with her family to a farm near Borup, MN where she grew up. She attended a country school and then graduated from...
Ronald E. Romsland
May 9, 2013
Ronald E. Romsland of Moorhead, MN, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at age 71, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Ronald was born February 13, 1942, in Fargo, North Dakota to Millard and Virginia Romsland. Ronald graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1959 and then enlisted in the US Navy in...
Sarena L. Wendel
May 7, 2013
Sarena Wendel, 95, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo. Sarena L. Gossell was born December 10, 1917 to Carl and Bertha (Venske) Gossell at Bertha, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church – Missouri Synod, and graduated from high school at Bertha in 1935. Sarena and Reinhold “Reinie” Wendel were married...
Duane E. Sondeland
May 6, 2013
Duane Sondeland, 79 of Fargo, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6th, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. Duane was born March 21, 1934 in Grafton, ND to Elmer and Josephine (Misialek) Sondeland. He attended school in Grafton graduating from high school in 1952. Duane was...
Lillian C. Grill
May 5, 2013
Lillian Christine Grill, 95, of Fargo passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Sanford Medical Center Palliative Care Unit. She was born April 5, 1918 in Streeter, ND to Oscar and Otilla Seher. Lillian was a graduate of Streeter High School and Valley City State University and taught school in the towns of Marion, Kathryn, and Streeter, ND. On...
John "Jack" W. Schwer
May 4, 2013
John “Jack” Schwer, 87, of Fargo died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Jack was born August 29, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to John and Celia (Williams) Schwer. He graduated from high school in Berkeley, California and from college at NDAC where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II he...
Kirk E. Dean
May 4, 2013
Kirk E. Dean, 65, Fargo, ND, and formerly of Rapid City and Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Kirk Edgar Dean was born in Canton, SD, on August 4, 1947, to E. Merle and Mae (Sorenson) Dean and was the youngest of their three children. He grew...
C. Russell J. Ruppert
May 2, 2013
C. Russell J. Ruppert was born September 19, 1922 in Portal, ND to Rose and John Ruppert. After completing college he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in Okinawa Signal Corp. Russ married the love of his life, Marian at the Old North Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 11, 1944. They moved to Grafton and in 1952...
Olav G. Ødegård
May 1, 2013
Olav G. Ødegård was born in Eiken, Norway, to Karl and Ingeborg Ødegård, a farmer, lumberjack, nad sheep herder. Olav served in the Norwegian military, including time spent at the palace as a member of the Royal Guard. Olav emigrated in 1965, arriving first in New York. Once arrived, Olav learned the flooring business and was also a talented ‘finishing’...
Myrtle V. Kuehn
May 1, 2013
Myrtle V. Kuehn, 97, of Moorhead, MN. died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 in Sanford Palliative Care Unit. A full obituary will be posted at a later time.
Clifford A. Stoddart Jr.
Apr 29, 2013
Clifford Stoddart Jr., 76 of Moorhead, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Fargo. Clifford was born January 10, 1937 to parents Clifford Sr. and Ruby (Perry) in Jamestown, ND. The family later moved to the Fargo-Moorhead area, where he attended school in Moorhead, graduating in 1954. He worked for a short time before joining the military. After...
Karen L Schmechel
Apr 29, 2013
Karen “Bama” Schmechel, 68 of Fargo, began her heavenly life as our guardian angel on Monday, April 29, 2013, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Karen Louise Bosh was born November 4, 1944 in Lankin, ND, daughter of Bill and Georgia (Maixner) Bosh. She was raised in the Brocket-Lakota, ND area and graduated from Lakota High School in 1962....
Maxine N. Tyler
Apr 29, 2013
Maxine “Max” Tyler, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully Monday, April 29, 2013 at Rosewood on Broadway, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was 85 years old. Maxine Norma was born on March 15, 1928 to Oscar and Anna (Jung) Johnson on the family farm near Osakis, MN. Maxine was 3 when her father died...
Stephen M. Jordan
Apr 29, 2013
Stephen M. Jordan, 65, of Fargo, ND died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Sanford Hospital. Stephen was born April 12, 1948 in Fargo to George and Eleanor (Heyerdahl) Jordan. He is survived by his sisters, Kathryn Gargano, Hibbing, MN; Georgia “Gigi” Hellerud, Pollock, SD; and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gov. William L. Guy
Apr 26, 2013
Former North Dakota Governor, William L. “Bill” Guy, 93, of Fargo, ND, died of Alzheimer disease, on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Eventide at Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND. Bill was elected to four terms as Governor and served from 1961 to 1973. William Lewis Guy was born September 30, 1919, in Devils Lake, North Dakota, son of William L....
Donald A. Sorlie
Apr 25, 2013
Donald died in Fargo at his home on Thursday, April 25, 2013. He was born in Kindred, ND to Alfred and Velva Sorlie, and was raised in Walcott, ND. He served in the Air Force in Korea and Japan during the Korean War. In August 1952, he married Lorene Helling of Walcott. Lorene died in 1971. Don initially worked at...
June E. Robinson
May 15, 2013
June E. Robinson, 95, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Bethany on University, Fargo. June Edith Lowth was born April 17, 1918 in Revere, ND, to Edward William Lowth and Isabelle Grace Lowth. She grew up around New Rockford and lived with her grandparents while attending school in Cooperstown. Her parents moved to Fargo, where she went...
Gordon J. Brant
May 12, 2013
Gordon Joseph Brant passed away peacefully in his sleep at Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, MN, on May 12, 2013. Gordon was 94. Gordon was born in Fargo, ND, October 25, 1918, to Emil and Alma Brant. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1936. While in high school, he played on the varsity hockey team for three...
Erna L. Ellingson
May 11, 2013
Erna Ellingson, 79, Christine, ND, died May 11, 2013, after a year-long battle with colon cancer. Erna was born July 10, 1933, to Walter and Helena (Krause) Lehrke at Peever, SD. The family lived in a number of places in the Browns Valley, MN, and Sisseton, SD, area. Erna attended high school at the West Central School of Agriculture in...
Adeline M. Erickson
May 11, 2013
Adeline M. Erickson, 85, of Fargo, ND, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 11, 2013. She died at Sanford Health in Fargo, surrounded by loved ones. Adeline was born May 2, 1928 in Appleton, WI, to John and Thea (Thompson) Erickson. As a child, she moved with her family to Fort Ransom, ND. She attended school at...
Lorraine H. Sprenger
May 9, 2013
Lorraine H. Sprenger, 81, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, surrounded by her family, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo, ND. Lorraine was born June 11, 1931 to Oscar and Hilma Pallum in Minneapolis, MN. In 1935 she moved with her family to a farm near Borup, MN where she grew up. She attended a country school and then graduated from...
Ronald E. Romsland
May 9, 2013
Ronald E. Romsland of Moorhead, MN, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at age 71, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Ronald was born February 13, 1942, in Fargo, North Dakota to Millard and Virginia Romsland. Ronald graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1959 and then enlisted in the US Navy in...
Sarena L. Wendel
May 7, 2013
Sarena Wendel, 95, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo. Sarena L. Gossell was born December 10, 1917 to Carl and Bertha (Venske) Gossell at Bertha, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church – Missouri Synod, and graduated from high school at Bertha in 1935. Sarena and Reinhold “Reinie” Wendel were married...
Duane E. Sondeland
May 6, 2013
Duane Sondeland, 79 of Fargo, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6th, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. Duane was born March 21, 1934 in Grafton, ND to Elmer and Josephine (Misialek) Sondeland. He attended school in Grafton graduating from high school in 1952. Duane was...
Lillian C. Grill
May 5, 2013
Lillian Christine Grill, 95, of Fargo passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Sanford Medical Center Palliative Care Unit. She was born April 5, 1918 in Streeter, ND to Oscar and Otilla Seher. Lillian was a graduate of Streeter High School and Valley City State University and taught school in the towns of Marion, Kathryn, and Streeter, ND. On...
John "Jack" W. Schwer
May 4, 2013
John “Jack” Schwer, 87, of Fargo died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Jack was born August 29, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to John and Celia (Williams) Schwer. He graduated from high school in Berkeley, California and from college at NDAC where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II he...
Kirk E. Dean
May 4, 2013
Kirk E. Dean, 65, Fargo, ND, and formerly of Rapid City and Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Kirk Edgar Dean was born in Canton, SD, on August 4, 1947, to E. Merle and Mae (Sorenson) Dean and was the youngest of their three children. He grew...
C. Russell J. Ruppert
May 2, 2013
C. Russell J. Ruppert was born September 19, 1922 in Portal, ND to Rose and John Ruppert. After completing college he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in Okinawa Signal Corp. Russ married the love of his life, Marian at the Old North Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 11, 1944. They moved to Grafton and in 1952...
Olav G. Ødegård
May 1, 2013
Olav G. Ødegård was born in Eiken, Norway, to Karl and Ingeborg Ødegård, a farmer, lumberjack, nad sheep herder. Olav served in the Norwegian military, including time spent at the palace as a member of the Royal Guard. Olav emigrated in 1965, arriving first in New York. Once arrived, Olav learned the flooring business and was also a talented ‘finishing’...
Myrtle V. Kuehn
May 1, 2013
Myrtle V. Kuehn, 97, of Moorhead, MN. died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 in Sanford Palliative Care Unit. A full obituary will be posted at a later time.
Clifford A. Stoddart Jr.
Apr 29, 2013
Clifford Stoddart Jr., 76 of Moorhead, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Fargo. Clifford was born January 10, 1937 to parents Clifford Sr. and Ruby (Perry) in Jamestown, ND. The family later moved to the Fargo-Moorhead area, where he attended school in Moorhead, graduating in 1954. He worked for a short time before joining the military. After...
Karen L Schmechel
Apr 29, 2013
Karen “Bama” Schmechel, 68 of Fargo, began her heavenly life as our guardian angel on Monday, April 29, 2013, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Karen Louise Bosh was born November 4, 1944 in Lankin, ND, daughter of Bill and Georgia (Maixner) Bosh. She was raised in the Brocket-Lakota, ND area and graduated from Lakota High School in 1962....
Maxine N. Tyler
Apr 29, 2013
Maxine “Max” Tyler, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully Monday, April 29, 2013 at Rosewood on Broadway, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was 85 years old. Maxine Norma was born on March 15, 1928 to Oscar and Anna (Jung) Johnson on the family farm near Osakis, MN. Maxine was 3 when her father died...
Stephen M. Jordan
Apr 29, 2013
Stephen M. Jordan, 65, of Fargo, ND died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Sanford Hospital. Stephen was born April 12, 1948 in Fargo to George and Eleanor (Heyerdahl) Jordan. He is survived by his sisters, Kathryn Gargano, Hibbing, MN; Georgia “Gigi” Hellerud, Pollock, SD; and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gov. William L. Guy
Apr 26, 2013
Former North Dakota Governor, William L. “Bill” Guy, 93, of Fargo, ND, died of Alzheimer disease, on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Eventide at Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND. Bill was elected to four terms as Governor and served from 1961 to 1973. William Lewis Guy was born September 30, 1919, in Devils Lake, North Dakota, son of William L....
Donald A. Sorlie
Apr 25, 2013
Donald died in Fargo at his home on Thursday, April 25, 2013. He was born in Kindred, ND to Alfred and Velva Sorlie, and was raised in Walcott, ND. He served in the Air Force in Korea and Japan during the Korean War. In August 1952, he married Lorene Helling of Walcott. Lorene died in 1971. Don initially worked at...
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