Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Oscar Sandvik
Feb 13, 2009
Oscar “Ossie” K. Sandvik went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 13, 2009, in the comfort of home. Oscar was born to Ole Peter and Frida (Bergseth) Sandvik April 9, 1920, at Fargo, North Dakota’s St. John’s Hospital. He was a sibling to sisters, Helen, Bertha and Evelyn and brothers, Harold, Raymond, Robert and Herbert. Oscar married Lottie...
William Sparke
Feb 11, 2009
William L. Sparke, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. William LeRoy Sparke was born December 14, 1922, in Mapleton, North Dakota, son of Paul Arnold and Florence E. (Armstrong) Sparke. He graduated from Mapleton High School. Bill served in the U.S. Army from November 1942 to November 1945, in the Africa and Italian...
Thomas Blake
Feb 10, 2009
Thomas Blake, 63, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at his home. Thomas Lee Blake, son of Bernard and Emma (Barringer) Blake was born May 30, 1945, in Graceville, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm west of Clinton, Minnesota, and graduated in 1963. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. After...
Ward Harris
Feb 4, 2009
Ward H. Harris, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Ward Hamilton Harris was born September 12, 1925, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Asa and Blanche (Estby) Harris. He grew up on the family farm north of Fargo. Ward graduated from Moorhead High School, Moorhead, Minnesota. Ward married Dolores Foster November 11,...
Claude Schmidt
Feb 4, 2009
Claude Schmidt, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, in Fargo. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1924, to Roger and Lucette, but considers San Francisco CA from age 11 on as his home town until 1950. Education - BA 1948 and MA 1950 from Stanford University, CA, and PhD in Entomology from Iowa State College, Ames IA in...
John Niemi
Feb 3, 2009
John Niemi, 70, of Fargo, died January 15, 2009 at his home in Fargo, ND. John was born July 20, 1938 and lived the first part of his life at the Grafton State School. In 1982, John moved to Fargo, ND where he lived at the Svee Home. The Svee Home and the Community Survivor Program prepared John to live...
Mabel Barsten
Feb 3, 2009
Mabel (Bockwoldt) Barsten, 78, passed away from natural causes on February 3, 2008, in Fargo, ND. Mabel (Bockwoldt) was born on the farm in Grand Rapids, ND, July 12, 1930 to Ernest and Elsie (Klatt) Bockwoldt. She completed 8 grades of school and grew up in Grand Rapids, ND area. After she left home, she worked as a housekeeper in...
Stewart Bakken
Feb 2, 2009
Stewart Earl Bakken, Age 94, of Fargo, ND passed away on February 2, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo. He was born to George E. Bakken and Elmira Stewart on August 14, 1914 in his grandmother’s house 5 miles west of Drayton, ND. He graduated from Drayton High School in 1934, and attended NDSU (then North Dakota Agricultural College) from 1937...
Lois Ivers
Jan 28, 2009
Lois D. Ivers, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at Innovis Health, Fargo. Lois D. Zoost was born August 22, 1934, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Henry and Nora (Jermstad) Zoost. Lois went to school in Fargo. She spent all of her working life in the banking industry. Lois liked going out, spending time with friends...
Evelette Snyder
Jan 27, 2009
Evelette T. Snyder, 94, died on January 27, 2009, in Velva, North Dakota. She was the wife of North Dakota filmmaker, Bill Snyder. Evie was born to Sigrid (Kleiv) and Percy Mattson on September 10, 1914, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She lived her childhood in Moorhead, later graduating from Moorhead High. At a young age, she was employed at the Fargo...
William Nguyen
Jan 24, 2009
William Wyatt Thanh Khôi Nguyen entered and left this world knowing he was loved on January 24th, 2009. He is survived by his parents, his brother Nathan and his sister Ava; his grandparents Tu and Kimchi Nguyen and Priscilla Ellinor; his uncles Huan (and Kim), Phuong, Van (and Livia), Thai (and Melissa), Patrick (and Shana), and Brian (and Jen); his...
Robert Anderson
Jan 21, 2009
Robert “Bob” V. Anderson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Bethany Cares, Fargo, ND. Robert was born in Fargo, North Dakota, October 25, 1922, son of Alfred and Agnes (Lahlum) Anderson. He graduated from Fargo Central High School. Bob served in the US Navy during World War II as a Radioman 3c on several different ships....
Ralph Pelzman
Jan 21, 2009
Ralph Lawrence Pelzman, 72, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Fargo Innovis Health. Ralph was born November 10, 1936, to Frank and Ida (Barz) Pelzman in Oriska, North Dakota. He grew up in Oriska and graduated in 1954, from Oriska High School. He served in the Army for three years and was stationed in Germany. He...
Ruth Heglie
Jan 20, 2009
Ruth B. Heglie died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Villa Maria Nursing Home at the age of 97. She was born at Wild Rice, ND, June 11, 1911, to Albert I. and Mathilde (Trehus) Anderson. She attended Stanley School. Ruth married Arthur E. Heglie June 7, 1936, at the Lower Wild Rice and Red River Lutheran Church near Wild...
Donald Liekhus
Jan 18, 2009
Donald G. Liekhus, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Don was born on February 14, 1925 in Dickinson, ND to Bernard and Minnie (Frank) Liekhus. He grew up in Dodge, NE and Billings, MT. In 1941, he moved to Fargo where he worked as a carpenter and drove bus for the city....
Harold Golliet
Jan 14, 2009
Harold J. Golliet, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Harold Julius Golliet was born April 12, 1922, in Beach, North Dakota, the son of Homer and Minnie (Hernes) Golliet. Harold was in the Coast Guard where he met Violet in Alaska, as she was also in the Coast Guard. They were united in...
Lorraine Reinke
Jan 13, 2009
Lorraine L. Reinke left this earth to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 13, 2009. Lorraine Lili Kuehl was born February 15, 1933, to August and Esther (Bladow) Kuehl in Hankinson, ND. She attended public and Lutheran parochial schools in Hankinson and in 1951, enrolled at the North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND. After graduation,...
Elaine Mahowald
Jan 11, 2009
Elaine Mahowald, 68, Gardner, ND died on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Hillsboro Medical Center, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Elaine Lois Jorgenson was born on January 21, 1940, the first child of Lesley and Eleanor (Salberg) Jorgenson at Valley City, ND. She grew up and attended school in the Kathryn, ND area. She...
Margaret Haugrud
Jan 10, 2009
Margaret Haugrud, 101, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Margaret Elsie Graeber was born December 22, 1907, in Tripoli, Wisconsin, daughter of Henry and Elsie (Kring) Graeber. She graduated from Tri-county High School in Tripoli, while living in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. She graduated from Anchor Hospital Nursing School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Margaret married Dr....
Milton Thorstad
Jan 7, 2009
Milton Thorstad, 84, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Milton Sylvester Thorstad was born September 29, 1924, in Hatton, ND, to Melvin and Selma (Foss) Thorstad. He graduated from Clifford, North Dakota Public High School. He was in the U.S. Army-Artillery Division in WWII. Milton...
Oscar Sandvik
Feb 13, 2009
Oscar “Ossie” K. Sandvik went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 13, 2009, in the comfort of home. Oscar was born to Ole Peter and Frida (Bergseth) Sandvik April 9, 1920, at Fargo, North Dakota’s St. John’s Hospital. He was a sibling to sisters, Helen, Bertha and Evelyn and brothers, Harold, Raymond, Robert and Herbert. Oscar married Lottie...
William Sparke
Feb 11, 2009
William L. Sparke, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. William LeRoy Sparke was born December 14, 1922, in Mapleton, North Dakota, son of Paul Arnold and Florence E. (Armstrong) Sparke. He graduated from Mapleton High School. Bill served in the U.S. Army from November 1942 to November 1945, in the Africa and Italian...
Thomas Blake
Feb 10, 2009
Thomas Blake, 63, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at his home. Thomas Lee Blake, son of Bernard and Emma (Barringer) Blake was born May 30, 1945, in Graceville, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm west of Clinton, Minnesota, and graduated in 1963. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. After...
Ward Harris
Feb 4, 2009
Ward H. Harris, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo. Ward Hamilton Harris was born September 12, 1925, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Asa and Blanche (Estby) Harris. He grew up on the family farm north of Fargo. Ward graduated from Moorhead High School, Moorhead, Minnesota. Ward married Dolores Foster November 11,...
Claude Schmidt
Feb 4, 2009
Claude Schmidt, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, in Fargo. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1924, to Roger and Lucette, but considers San Francisco CA from age 11 on as his home town until 1950. Education - BA 1948 and MA 1950 from Stanford University, CA, and PhD in Entomology from Iowa State College, Ames IA in...
John Niemi
Feb 3, 2009
John Niemi, 70, of Fargo, died January 15, 2009 at his home in Fargo, ND. John was born July 20, 1938 and lived the first part of his life at the Grafton State School. In 1982, John moved to Fargo, ND where he lived at the Svee Home. The Svee Home and the Community Survivor Program prepared John to live...
Mabel Barsten
Feb 3, 2009
Mabel (Bockwoldt) Barsten, 78, passed away from natural causes on February 3, 2008, in Fargo, ND. Mabel (Bockwoldt) was born on the farm in Grand Rapids, ND, July 12, 1930 to Ernest and Elsie (Klatt) Bockwoldt. She completed 8 grades of school and grew up in Grand Rapids, ND area. After she left home, she worked as a housekeeper in...
Stewart Bakken
Feb 2, 2009
Stewart Earl Bakken, Age 94, of Fargo, ND passed away on February 2, 2009 at Villa Maria, Fargo. He was born to George E. Bakken and Elmira Stewart on August 14, 1914 in his grandmother’s house 5 miles west of Drayton, ND. He graduated from Drayton High School in 1934, and attended NDSU (then North Dakota Agricultural College) from 1937...
Lois Ivers
Jan 28, 2009
Lois D. Ivers, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at Innovis Health, Fargo. Lois D. Zoost was born August 22, 1934, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Henry and Nora (Jermstad) Zoost. Lois went to school in Fargo. She spent all of her working life in the banking industry. Lois liked going out, spending time with friends...
Evelette Snyder
Jan 27, 2009
Evelette T. Snyder, 94, died on January 27, 2009, in Velva, North Dakota. She was the wife of North Dakota filmmaker, Bill Snyder. Evie was born to Sigrid (Kleiv) and Percy Mattson on September 10, 1914, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She lived her childhood in Moorhead, later graduating from Moorhead High. At a young age, she was employed at the Fargo...
William Nguyen
Jan 24, 2009
William Wyatt Thanh Khôi Nguyen entered and left this world knowing he was loved on January 24th, 2009. He is survived by his parents, his brother Nathan and his sister Ava; his grandparents Tu and Kimchi Nguyen and Priscilla Ellinor; his uncles Huan (and Kim), Phuong, Van (and Livia), Thai (and Melissa), Patrick (and Shana), and Brian (and Jen); his...
Robert Anderson
Jan 21, 2009
Robert “Bob” V. Anderson, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Bethany Cares, Fargo, ND. Robert was born in Fargo, North Dakota, October 25, 1922, son of Alfred and Agnes (Lahlum) Anderson. He graduated from Fargo Central High School. Bob served in the US Navy during World War II as a Radioman 3c on several different ships....
Ralph Pelzman
Jan 21, 2009
Ralph Lawrence Pelzman, 72, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Fargo Innovis Health. Ralph was born November 10, 1936, to Frank and Ida (Barz) Pelzman in Oriska, North Dakota. He grew up in Oriska and graduated in 1954, from Oriska High School. He served in the Army for three years and was stationed in Germany. He...
Ruth Heglie
Jan 20, 2009
Ruth B. Heglie died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Villa Maria Nursing Home at the age of 97. She was born at Wild Rice, ND, June 11, 1911, to Albert I. and Mathilde (Trehus) Anderson. She attended Stanley School. Ruth married Arthur E. Heglie June 7, 1936, at the Lower Wild Rice and Red River Lutheran Church near Wild...
Donald Liekhus
Jan 18, 2009
Donald G. Liekhus, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Don was born on February 14, 1925 in Dickinson, ND to Bernard and Minnie (Frank) Liekhus. He grew up in Dodge, NE and Billings, MT. In 1941, he moved to Fargo where he worked as a carpenter and drove bus for the city....
Harold Golliet
Jan 14, 2009
Harold J. Golliet, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Harold Julius Golliet was born April 12, 1922, in Beach, North Dakota, the son of Homer and Minnie (Hernes) Golliet. Harold was in the Coast Guard where he met Violet in Alaska, as she was also in the Coast Guard. They were united in...
Lorraine Reinke
Jan 13, 2009
Lorraine L. Reinke left this earth to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 13, 2009. Lorraine Lili Kuehl was born February 15, 1933, to August and Esther (Bladow) Kuehl in Hankinson, ND. She attended public and Lutheran parochial schools in Hankinson and in 1951, enrolled at the North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND. After graduation,...
Elaine Mahowald
Jan 11, 2009
Elaine Mahowald, 68, Gardner, ND died on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Hillsboro Medical Center, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Elaine Lois Jorgenson was born on January 21, 1940, the first child of Lesley and Eleanor (Salberg) Jorgenson at Valley City, ND. She grew up and attended school in the Kathryn, ND area. She...
Margaret Haugrud
Jan 10, 2009
Margaret Haugrud, 101, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Margaret Elsie Graeber was born December 22, 1907, in Tripoli, Wisconsin, daughter of Henry and Elsie (Kring) Graeber. She graduated from Tri-county High School in Tripoli, while living in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. She graduated from Anchor Hospital Nursing School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Margaret married Dr....
Milton Thorstad
Jan 7, 2009
Milton Thorstad, 84, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Milton Sylvester Thorstad was born September 29, 1924, in Hatton, ND, to Melvin and Selma (Foss) Thorstad. He graduated from Clifford, North Dakota Public High School. He was in the U.S. Army-Artillery Division in WWII. Milton...
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