Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Jack Westra
Dec 8, 2008
Jack Duane Westra died December 8, 2008, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 12th at First Lutheran Church in Fargo. Jack was born December 17, 1925, in Inwood, Iowa, to Ray and Agnes (Norton) Westra. The family moved to Forman, North Dakota, where Jack was educated...
Lorraine Swenson
Dec 8, 2008
Lorraine Swenson, 96, Fargo, died Monday, December 8, 2008 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Lorraine Elizabeth Lena Swenson was born on July 27, 1912, on a farm by Wolverton, Minnesota. She was the youngest of 11 children born to Andrew and Johanna (Johnson) Swenson. She attended a country school and graduated from Wolverton High School. After her parents passed away,...
Warren Diederich
Dec 6, 2008
Warren Diederich, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, December 6, 2008 at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Warren B. Diederich was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on February 10, 1924 to Leona H. and Bernard Diederich. Warren attended elementary school in Fergus Falls until he moved with his parents to Fargo while in...
John Holt
Dec 3, 2008
John Gordon Holt, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, December 03, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. John was born September 9, 1922, in Grafton Township, ND, to Elmer and Karen Holt. He grew up on a nearby farmstead and attended schools in Grafton and graduated from high school in 1940. In 1940, John enlisted with the National Guard unit...
Gerald Berg
Dec 2, 2008
Gerald M. “Jerry” Berg, 64, of Marion, TX, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Texas. Jerry was born September 26, 1944, in Fargo, ND, to Elmer H. and Dolores (Able) Berg. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1962, and University of North Dakota in 1966. After graduation, he lived and worked...
Richard Ames
Dec 1, 2008
Richard A. Ames, age 78, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, December 1st, due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Richard was born September 7, 1930, in Fargo to Joseph Ames, Jr. and Lenna Ames, the youngest of four brothers. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1948 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from NDAC in...
Ethelyn Raveling
Nov 30, 2008
Ethelyn Raveling, 88, of Valley City, ND, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Ethelyn (Louden) Raveling, daughter of William and Anna Louden, was born in 1920, in Ransom County, North Dakota. Ethelyn was raised on a ranch east of Lisbon, North Dakota. Ethelyn, the youngest child, attended a rural grade school along with her three brothers,...
William Johnson
Nov 30, 2008
William H. “Bill” Johnson, 91, of Hunter, ND, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at the Arthur Good Samaritan Home in Arthur, ND. Bill was born March 20, 1917, in White, SD, the son of John and Agnes (Lockhart) Johnson. He graduated high school from Grand Meadow, MN, in 1936. Bill was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Artillery serving in...
Donna Lewis
Nov 26, 2008
Donna Lewis, 81, of Fargo, ND, passed in the company of her family on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and cirrhosis. Donna Pauline Halliday was born February 24, 1927 to William and Mary (Sours) Halliday in Lisbon, ND. She graduated from Oak Grove High School in Fargo in 1945 and...
Bonnie Provencher
Nov 25, 2008
Bonnie Provencher, 82, of Fargo, ND passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Bonnie was born August 4, 1926 to John and Ellen Dahlgren in Hector, MN. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelors degree in Music Education. Bonnie married Neill Provencher June 21, 1952. They lived in St. Paul until moving to Fargo in 1962. She was...
Helen Oesterreich
Nov 23, 2008
Helen Oesterreich, 84, of Fargo, ND, died surrounded by family at MeritCare Palliative Care in Fargo, on Sunday, November 23, 2008. Helen Lillian Dahl was born July 25, 1924, to John and Inga (Bakken) Dahl at McClusky, North Dakota. She grew up in McClusky and graduated from high school in 1942. Helen graduated from the University of North Dakota, Grand...
Mary Flewell
Nov 21, 2008
Mary C. Flewell, 81 of Fargo, died November 21, 2008 at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, Minnesota. She is survived by four daughters, Esther (Keith) Grossman, West Fargo, ND, Neomie (Richard) Morris, Moorhead, MN, Ruth (Jim) Reimers, Fargo, ND and Mary (Dale) Greterman, Fargo; nine grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Memorial Service: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM...
Florence Whitman
Nov 21, 2008
Florence Whitman, 92 of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 21, 2008, at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Florence M. Nelson was born September 20, 1916 in Antler, ND, to John R. and Grace E. (Murray) Nelson. She grew up in Clyde, ND, and moved with her family to Fargo in 1934. After graduating from Interstate Business School, she...
Richard Lyon
Nov 21, 2008
Dr. Richard K. Lyon, Husband, Father, Research Chemist, and Novelist, was born on December 22, 1933 and died November 21, 2008 in his home surrounded by his family. He was a graduate of William and Mary and received his PHD in physical chemistry from Harvard where he studied under J.B. Kistiakowsky. He had a lengthy career in chemistry, and he...
Levi Sivertson
Nov 20, 2008
Levi Ryan Sivertson, 28, passed away November 20th, 2008 in a tragic car accident just outside of Harwood, ND. The Memorial Service will be at Maranatha Lutheran Church in Glyndon, MN at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008. Levi was born May 8, 1980 in Fargo, ND to Ken and Gayla Sivertson. He grew up in Felton, MN, and...
Paul Torgeson
Nov 19, 2008
Paul Torgeson, 89, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo. Paul Arthur Torgeson was born July 3, 1919, in Grafton, North Dakota, son of Arthur W. and Jeanette (Johnson) Torgeson. Paul graduated from Grafton High School in 1937. Paul married Alice M. Murie June 20, 1948, in Langdon, ND. Paul worked in the Ford...
Walter Pillsbury
Nov 18, 2008
Walter Winfield Pillsbury, age 72, passed away suddenly on November 18th at Scottsdale Osborn Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was born October 27, 1936, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late Walter and Gladys (Lien) Pillsbury. He graduated from Washburn High School in 1954. After high school, Walter joined the U.S. Marines and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. He spent...
Irene Christianson
Nov 18, 2008
Irene Christianson, 95, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Irene Marie Pederson was born July 27, 1913, in Warren, North Dakota, daughter of Clarence and Ida ( Johnson) Pederson. Irene is survived by her daughter, Sharon (Les Trnka) Mark, Fargo, ND; and her son, Mark (Linda) Christianson, Missoula, MT; granddaughters, Michelle Mark, Kristi...
Colleen Cullen
Nov 16, 2008
Our mother, Colleen Cronin was born November 24, 1927, in Fargo, North Dakota, to Amy Lillian (Burling) and Frank Patrick Cronin. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. Colleen married Larry “Moon” Cullen September 14, 1948, in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fargo and together, they raised their family. Throughout her life, she enjoyed bridge club with...
Linda Larson
Nov 16, 2008
Linda Larson, 85, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, November 16, 2008, at her home with her daughter by her side. Linda O. Ochsner was born June 20, 1923, at home in Zealand, ND, daughter of Theophile and Frieda (Walker) Ochsner. She made her home in the Gardner and Fargo, ND, area until 1956, in...
Jack Westra
Dec 8, 2008
Jack Duane Westra died December 8, 2008, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 12th at First Lutheran Church in Fargo. Jack was born December 17, 1925, in Inwood, Iowa, to Ray and Agnes (Norton) Westra. The family moved to Forman, North Dakota, where Jack was educated...
Lorraine Swenson
Dec 8, 2008
Lorraine Swenson, 96, Fargo, died Monday, December 8, 2008 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Lorraine Elizabeth Lena Swenson was born on July 27, 1912, on a farm by Wolverton, Minnesota. She was the youngest of 11 children born to Andrew and Johanna (Johnson) Swenson. She attended a country school and graduated from Wolverton High School. After her parents passed away,...
Warren Diederich
Dec 6, 2008
Warren Diederich, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, December 6, 2008 at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Warren B. Diederich was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on February 10, 1924 to Leona H. and Bernard Diederich. Warren attended elementary school in Fergus Falls until he moved with his parents to Fargo while in...
John Holt
Dec 3, 2008
John Gordon Holt, 86, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, December 03, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. John was born September 9, 1922, in Grafton Township, ND, to Elmer and Karen Holt. He grew up on a nearby farmstead and attended schools in Grafton and graduated from high school in 1940. In 1940, John enlisted with the National Guard unit...
Gerald Berg
Dec 2, 2008
Gerald M. “Jerry” Berg, 64, of Marion, TX, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Texas. Jerry was born September 26, 1944, in Fargo, ND, to Elmer H. and Dolores (Able) Berg. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1962, and University of North Dakota in 1966. After graduation, he lived and worked...
Richard Ames
Dec 1, 2008
Richard A. Ames, age 78, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, December 1st, due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Richard was born September 7, 1930, in Fargo to Joseph Ames, Jr. and Lenna Ames, the youngest of four brothers. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1948 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from NDAC in...
Ethelyn Raveling
Nov 30, 2008
Ethelyn Raveling, 88, of Valley City, ND, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Ethelyn (Louden) Raveling, daughter of William and Anna Louden, was born in 1920, in Ransom County, North Dakota. Ethelyn was raised on a ranch east of Lisbon, North Dakota. Ethelyn, the youngest child, attended a rural grade school along with her three brothers,...
William Johnson
Nov 30, 2008
William H. “Bill” Johnson, 91, of Hunter, ND, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at the Arthur Good Samaritan Home in Arthur, ND. Bill was born March 20, 1917, in White, SD, the son of John and Agnes (Lockhart) Johnson. He graduated high school from Grand Meadow, MN, in 1936. Bill was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Artillery serving in...
Donna Lewis
Nov 26, 2008
Donna Lewis, 81, of Fargo, ND, passed in the company of her family on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and cirrhosis. Donna Pauline Halliday was born February 24, 1927 to William and Mary (Sours) Halliday in Lisbon, ND. She graduated from Oak Grove High School in Fargo in 1945 and...
Bonnie Provencher
Nov 25, 2008
Bonnie Provencher, 82, of Fargo, ND passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Bonnie was born August 4, 1926 to John and Ellen Dahlgren in Hector, MN. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelors degree in Music Education. Bonnie married Neill Provencher June 21, 1952. They lived in St. Paul until moving to Fargo in 1962. She was...
Helen Oesterreich
Nov 23, 2008
Helen Oesterreich, 84, of Fargo, ND, died surrounded by family at MeritCare Palliative Care in Fargo, on Sunday, November 23, 2008. Helen Lillian Dahl was born July 25, 1924, to John and Inga (Bakken) Dahl at McClusky, North Dakota. She grew up in McClusky and graduated from high school in 1942. Helen graduated from the University of North Dakota, Grand...
Mary Flewell
Nov 21, 2008
Mary C. Flewell, 81 of Fargo, died November 21, 2008 at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, Minnesota. She is survived by four daughters, Esther (Keith) Grossman, West Fargo, ND, Neomie (Richard) Morris, Moorhead, MN, Ruth (Jim) Reimers, Fargo, ND and Mary (Dale) Greterman, Fargo; nine grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Memorial Service: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM...
Florence Whitman
Nov 21, 2008
Florence Whitman, 92 of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 21, 2008, at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Florence M. Nelson was born September 20, 1916 in Antler, ND, to John R. and Grace E. (Murray) Nelson. She grew up in Clyde, ND, and moved with her family to Fargo in 1934. After graduating from Interstate Business School, she...
Richard Lyon
Nov 21, 2008
Dr. Richard K. Lyon, Husband, Father, Research Chemist, and Novelist, was born on December 22, 1933 and died November 21, 2008 in his home surrounded by his family. He was a graduate of William and Mary and received his PHD in physical chemistry from Harvard where he studied under J.B. Kistiakowsky. He had a lengthy career in chemistry, and he...
Levi Sivertson
Nov 20, 2008
Levi Ryan Sivertson, 28, passed away November 20th, 2008 in a tragic car accident just outside of Harwood, ND. The Memorial Service will be at Maranatha Lutheran Church in Glyndon, MN at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008. Levi was born May 8, 1980 in Fargo, ND to Ken and Gayla Sivertson. He grew up in Felton, MN, and...
Paul Torgeson
Nov 19, 2008
Paul Torgeson, 89, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo. Paul Arthur Torgeson was born July 3, 1919, in Grafton, North Dakota, son of Arthur W. and Jeanette (Johnson) Torgeson. Paul graduated from Grafton High School in 1937. Paul married Alice M. Murie June 20, 1948, in Langdon, ND. Paul worked in the Ford...
Walter Pillsbury
Nov 18, 2008
Walter Winfield Pillsbury, age 72, passed away suddenly on November 18th at Scottsdale Osborn Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was born October 27, 1936, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late Walter and Gladys (Lien) Pillsbury. He graduated from Washburn High School in 1954. After high school, Walter joined the U.S. Marines and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. He spent...
Irene Christianson
Nov 18, 2008
Irene Christianson, 95, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Irene Marie Pederson was born July 27, 1913, in Warren, North Dakota, daughter of Clarence and Ida ( Johnson) Pederson. Irene is survived by her daughter, Sharon (Les Trnka) Mark, Fargo, ND; and her son, Mark (Linda) Christianson, Missoula, MT; granddaughters, Michelle Mark, Kristi...
Colleen Cullen
Nov 16, 2008
Our mother, Colleen Cronin was born November 24, 1927, in Fargo, North Dakota, to Amy Lillian (Burling) and Frank Patrick Cronin. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. Colleen married Larry “Moon” Cullen September 14, 1948, in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fargo and together, they raised their family. Throughout her life, she enjoyed bridge club with...
Linda Larson
Nov 16, 2008
Linda Larson, 85, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, November 16, 2008, at her home with her daughter by her side. Linda O. Ochsner was born June 20, 1923, at home in Zealand, ND, daughter of Theophile and Frieda (Walker) Ochsner. She made her home in the Gardner and Fargo, ND, area until 1956, in...
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