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Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home

Ward Thomas Stine

Ward Thomas Stine

Sep 20, 2009

Ward Thomas Stine, age 67 of West Fargo, ND, died September 20, 2009 surrounded by family under the care of Hospice at MeritCare’s Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Ward (Tom) was born on August 27, 1942 to Walt and Joy (Benshoof) Stine in Valley City, ND. He graduated from Valley City State University in 1965 with a Composite Music Degree, and...

Thomas Brovold

Thomas Brovold

Sep 18, 2009

Thomas Dewey Brovold passed on September 18, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND at the age of 70. He battled dementia and cancer for five years. Tom was born on April 8, 1939 in Saint Helen’s, Oregon. His parents moved back to Fargo, ND in 1947. Tom graduated from Central High School in Fargo and attended Wahpeton State School of...

Bertil Benson

Bertil Benson

Sep 16, 2009

Bertil “Bert” Benson, 91, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Bertil “Bert” Edward Benson was born March 12, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Hugo and Betty Benson. He attended schools in Minneapolis where he graduated from high school. Bert married Florence Westby October 19, 1940, in Iowa. The family moved to Fargo in 1955....

Alice Heitzmann

Alice Heitzmann

Sep 16, 2009

Alice Heitzmann, 87, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Alice Brag was born May 8, 1922, in Cooperstown, North Dakota, daughter of Sigfred and Nellie (Peterson) Brag. She went to Grandin High School and lived on the family farm until her marriage. On September 14, 1946, in Moorhead, Minnesota, Alice married Alfred...

Bonnie Reed

Bonnie Reed

Sep 6, 2009

Bonnie N. Reed passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept 6, 2009, at Manor Care Nursing Home after a long, rewarding life. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26, 1920, the beloved, only child of Ethel Bell Nelson and Daniel Anton Nelson. On Halloween Day (October 31), 1942, she married Carl W. Reed, Jr. at the Fort Snelling Chapel in...

Maynard Larson

Maynard Larson

Sep 6, 2009

Maynard Larson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died September 6, 2009, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Maynard Larson was born January 8, 1923, on a farm near Cooperstown, North Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1941, before attending North Dakota State University for two years and also Interstate Business College. He...

Elizabeth Dean

Elizabeth Dean

Sep 5, 2009

Elizabeth Dean went home to be with her Savior September 5, 2009 at Elim Care Center in Fargo, ND. Elizabeth Heaton was born in Fargo, ND on November 25, 1913. She married Clifford Dean in Sisseton, SD on January 20, 1937. Elizabeth worked at JC Penny’s in her younger years. In later years she served many years as a volunteer...

Amy Ihnken

Amy Ihnken

Sep 4, 2009

Amy M. Ihnken, 89 of Argusville, ND, died Friday, September 4, 2009 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Arthur, ND. Amy Foss was born January 29, 1920 to Albert and Emma (Stigen) Foss in Trail County, ND. She attended school at Caledonia, ND. Amy left her family home at the age of 15. She lived in the Hillsboro area working for...

Kenneth Hageman

Kenneth Hageman

Sep 4, 2009

Kenneth Marshall Hageman, 81, died Friday, September 4, 2009, at his home in Fargo with Hospice Care. Ken was born August 22, 1928 in Fargo, the son of Ben Hageman and Marie (Tennison) Hageman. He graduated from Central High School in 1964 and attended Dakota Business College. He worked at Dakota National Bank for 30 years and then was a...

Pauline Hertz

Pauline Hertz

Aug 29, 2009

Pauline Hertz, 99, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, August 29, 2009, at ManorCare Health Services, Fargo. Pauline Hertz was born June 25, 1910, in New Leipzig, North Dakota, daughter of Nathaniel and Louise (Schmid) Haase. She married Karl J. Hertz December 8, 1931. They farmed until they moved to Fargo in 1947. They had three children, Clarice Weum, Battle Lake,...

Eugene Morken

Eugene Morken

Aug 28, 2009

Eugene D. Morken, 75, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Eugene was born on August 8, 1934, in Pekin, North Dakota, to Emil and Irene (LaPoint) Morken. He graduated from high school in Pekin and went onto Interstate Business College, where he met Rosemary Wagner. They were married on May 25, 1958, in...

Selmar Endrud

Selmar Endrud

Aug 24, 2009

Selmer “Sam” Endrud, Jr., 76, of Dilworth, MN, died Monday, August 24, 2009, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. Selmer “Sam” Endrud was born June 29, 1933, at Mayville, North Dakota, to Sam and Carrie (Eng) Endrud. He graduated high school in Mayville. Sam served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-1956, after which he graduated from Mayville State University. Sam married...

Mecois Michel

Mecois Michel

Aug 23, 2009

Mecois Michel, 53, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Mecois, known as Frère Michel, was born August 1, 1956, in L’ azile, Haiti. He worked as a taxi driver in Miami, Florida. Frère Michel went to a public school in Haiti where he completed Junior High. After his parents passed away, he did...

Duane Thue

Duane Thue

Aug 22, 2009

Duane A. Thue, 74 of Horace, ND, passed away peacefully, with his children at his side, Saturday, August 22, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Duane was born April 2, 1935 to Albert and Inga Thue in Walcott, ND, where he was raised. Most of his career he farmed the land he grew up on near Walcott, ND. He is...

Elna Quigley

Elna Quigley

Aug 20, 2009

Elna S. Quigley, 92 of Ballwin, MO formerly of Fargo, died August 20, 2009 at Meramec Bluff Nursing Home, Ballwin, MO. She is survived by her son, Ron (Barbara) Quigley, Ballwin, MO and daughter, Patricia (Marshall) Foster, CA; sisters, Borge (Robert) Bohlken, Lisbon, ND and Dagny Hull, Lubbock, TX and four grandchildren Graveside Service: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 11:00 AM...

Song Uong

Song Uong

Aug 19, 2009

Song Hua Uong, 51, was born to Chy Hay Uong and Eng Huy Ung on December 30, 1957 in Battambong, Cambodia. He married Lee Lim on April 17, 1978. In 1979, Song and his family members escaped the Khmer Rouge by walking to a refugee camp in Thailand. They were then relocated to Hillsboro, ND. Thurston and Christine Nelson, their...

Monroe "Monty" Schoemaker

Monroe "Monty" Schoemaker

Aug 19, 2009

Monroe S. Shoemaker, 73, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Monty was born November 17, 1935, to James and Martha (Booth) Shoemaker in Furnace, Kentucky. He moved to Washington, DC where he graduated from Franklin Roosevelt High School and later attended Southeastern University. He graduated from Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan in 1956...

Robert Jacobson

Robert Jacobson

Aug 17, 2009

Robert Jacobson, 63, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, August 17, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert Lloyd Jacobson was born in Fargo, ND, January 3, 1946, son of Lowell and Romae (Ollmstead) Jacobson. He went to Central High School. He was a union iron worker and traveled extensively working with iron....

Lucy Roehrich

Lucy Roehrich

Aug 15, 2009

Lucy Roehrich, 91, went Home on Saturday August 15, 2009 while at Elim Nursing Home. She had been living at Arbor Park in Moorhead up until a week ago when she became very ill. Lucy Zimmerman was born at her family’s farm near Streeter, ND to Jacob and Katherine (Pfeifle) Zimmerman on September 30, 1917. She attended the rural school...

Nona Runestrand

Nona Runestrand

Aug 14, 2009

Nona Runestrand, 93, of Fargo, ND died Friday, August 14, 2009, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo. Nona was born August 18, 1915 to Chris and Ida (Brown) Rasmussen in Medora, ND. She was born on the homestead that is now part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. She graduated from De Mores High School in Medora. She attended Dickinson State and graduated...

Ward Thomas Stine

Ward Thomas Stine

Sep 20, 2009

Ward Thomas Stine, age 67 of West Fargo, ND, died September 20, 2009 surrounded by family under the care of Hospice at MeritCare’s Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Ward (Tom) was born on August 27, 1942 to Walt and Joy (Benshoof) Stine in Valley City, ND. He graduated from Valley City State University in 1965 with a Composite Music Degree, and...

Thomas Brovold

Thomas Brovold

Sep 18, 2009

Thomas Dewey Brovold passed on September 18, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND at the age of 70. He battled dementia and cancer for five years. Tom was born on April 8, 1939 in Saint Helen’s, Oregon. His parents moved back to Fargo, ND in 1947. Tom graduated from Central High School in Fargo and attended Wahpeton State School of...

Bertil Benson

Bertil Benson

Sep 16, 2009

Bertil “Bert” Benson, 91, of Fargo, ND died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Villa Maria, Fargo. Bertil “Bert” Edward Benson was born March 12, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Hugo and Betty Benson. He attended schools in Minneapolis where he graduated from high school. Bert married Florence Westby October 19, 1940, in Iowa. The family moved to Fargo in 1955....

Alice Heitzmann

Alice Heitzmann

Sep 16, 2009

Alice Heitzmann, 87, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Alice Brag was born May 8, 1922, in Cooperstown, North Dakota, daughter of Sigfred and Nellie (Peterson) Brag. She went to Grandin High School and lived on the family farm until her marriage. On September 14, 1946, in Moorhead, Minnesota, Alice married Alfred...

Bonnie Reed

Bonnie Reed

Sep 6, 2009

Bonnie N. Reed passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept 6, 2009, at Manor Care Nursing Home after a long, rewarding life. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26, 1920, the beloved, only child of Ethel Bell Nelson and Daniel Anton Nelson. On Halloween Day (October 31), 1942, she married Carl W. Reed, Jr. at the Fort Snelling Chapel in...

Maynard Larson

Maynard Larson

Sep 6, 2009

Maynard Larson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died September 6, 2009, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Maynard Larson was born January 8, 1923, on a farm near Cooperstown, North Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1941, before attending North Dakota State University for two years and also Interstate Business College. He...

Elizabeth Dean

Elizabeth Dean

Sep 5, 2009

Elizabeth Dean went home to be with her Savior September 5, 2009 at Elim Care Center in Fargo, ND. Elizabeth Heaton was born in Fargo, ND on November 25, 1913. She married Clifford Dean in Sisseton, SD on January 20, 1937. Elizabeth worked at JC Penny’s in her younger years. In later years she served many years as a volunteer...

Amy Ihnken

Amy Ihnken

Sep 4, 2009

Amy M. Ihnken, 89 of Argusville, ND, died Friday, September 4, 2009 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Arthur, ND. Amy Foss was born January 29, 1920 to Albert and Emma (Stigen) Foss in Trail County, ND. She attended school at Caledonia, ND. Amy left her family home at the age of 15. She lived in the Hillsboro area working for...

Kenneth Hageman

Kenneth Hageman

Sep 4, 2009

Kenneth Marshall Hageman, 81, died Friday, September 4, 2009, at his home in Fargo with Hospice Care. Ken was born August 22, 1928 in Fargo, the son of Ben Hageman and Marie (Tennison) Hageman. He graduated from Central High School in 1964 and attended Dakota Business College. He worked at Dakota National Bank for 30 years and then was a...

Pauline Hertz

Pauline Hertz

Aug 29, 2009

Pauline Hertz, 99, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, August 29, 2009, at ManorCare Health Services, Fargo. Pauline Hertz was born June 25, 1910, in New Leipzig, North Dakota, daughter of Nathaniel and Louise (Schmid) Haase. She married Karl J. Hertz December 8, 1931. They farmed until they moved to Fargo in 1947. They had three children, Clarice Weum, Battle Lake,...

Eugene Morken

Eugene Morken

Aug 28, 2009

Eugene D. Morken, 75, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Eugene was born on August 8, 1934, in Pekin, North Dakota, to Emil and Irene (LaPoint) Morken. He graduated from high school in Pekin and went onto Interstate Business College, where he met Rosemary Wagner. They were married on May 25, 1958, in...

Selmar Endrud

Selmar Endrud

Aug 24, 2009

Selmer “Sam” Endrud, Jr., 76, of Dilworth, MN, died Monday, August 24, 2009, at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. Selmer “Sam” Endrud was born June 29, 1933, at Mayville, North Dakota, to Sam and Carrie (Eng) Endrud. He graduated high school in Mayville. Sam served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-1956, after which he graduated from Mayville State University. Sam married...

Mecois Michel

Mecois Michel

Aug 23, 2009

Mecois Michel, 53, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Mecois, known as Frère Michel, was born August 1, 1956, in L’ azile, Haiti. He worked as a taxi driver in Miami, Florida. Frère Michel went to a public school in Haiti where he completed Junior High. After his parents passed away, he did...

Duane Thue

Duane Thue

Aug 22, 2009

Duane A. Thue, 74 of Horace, ND, passed away peacefully, with his children at his side, Saturday, August 22, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Duane was born April 2, 1935 to Albert and Inga Thue in Walcott, ND, where he was raised. Most of his career he farmed the land he grew up on near Walcott, ND. He is...

Elna Quigley

Elna Quigley

Aug 20, 2009

Elna S. Quigley, 92 of Ballwin, MO formerly of Fargo, died August 20, 2009 at Meramec Bluff Nursing Home, Ballwin, MO. She is survived by her son, Ron (Barbara) Quigley, Ballwin, MO and daughter, Patricia (Marshall) Foster, CA; sisters, Borge (Robert) Bohlken, Lisbon, ND and Dagny Hull, Lubbock, TX and four grandchildren Graveside Service: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 11:00 AM...

Song Uong

Song Uong

Aug 19, 2009

Song Hua Uong, 51, was born to Chy Hay Uong and Eng Huy Ung on December 30, 1957 in Battambong, Cambodia. He married Lee Lim on April 17, 1978. In 1979, Song and his family members escaped the Khmer Rouge by walking to a refugee camp in Thailand. They were then relocated to Hillsboro, ND. Thurston and Christine Nelson, their...

Monroe "Monty" Schoemaker

Monroe "Monty" Schoemaker

Aug 19, 2009

Monroe S. Shoemaker, 73, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Monty was born November 17, 1935, to James and Martha (Booth) Shoemaker in Furnace, Kentucky. He moved to Washington, DC where he graduated from Franklin Roosevelt High School and later attended Southeastern University. He graduated from Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan in 1956...

Robert Jacobson

Robert Jacobson

Aug 17, 2009

Robert Jacobson, 63, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, August 17, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert Lloyd Jacobson was born in Fargo, ND, January 3, 1946, son of Lowell and Romae (Ollmstead) Jacobson. He went to Central High School. He was a union iron worker and traveled extensively working with iron....

Lucy Roehrich

Lucy Roehrich

Aug 15, 2009

Lucy Roehrich, 91, went Home on Saturday August 15, 2009 while at Elim Nursing Home. She had been living at Arbor Park in Moorhead up until a week ago when she became very ill. Lucy Zimmerman was born at her family’s farm near Streeter, ND to Jacob and Katherine (Pfeifle) Zimmerman on September 30, 1917. She attended the rural school...

Nona Runestrand

Nona Runestrand

Aug 14, 2009

Nona Runestrand, 93, of Fargo, ND died Friday, August 14, 2009, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo. Nona was born August 18, 1915 to Chris and Ida (Brown) Rasmussen in Medora, ND. She was born on the homestead that is now part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. She graduated from De Mores High School in Medora. She attended Dickinson State and graduated...

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