Obituaries
Obituaries for Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home
Lucy Lageson
Sep 29, 2018
Lucy Lageson, formerly of Fargo, died Saturday, September 29, 2018, at Pioneer Care/Cherrywood in Fergus Falls, MN. Lucy, the daughter of Ora and Ruby (Kaufman) Burkhart was born on April 2, 1922, on the family farm near Cando, ND, and was baptized at Zion Church of the Brethren in 1933. She attended country grade schools, including Hardwheat, near her home,...
John Francis Dixon Iii
Sep 23, 2018
John F. Dixon III was born on May 17, 1945 in Bel Air, Maryland to John F. Dixon Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Eaton. John was raised in Fargo, ND and he graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963, where he was captain of the hockey team and a member of the golf team. John spent most of his early...
Erwin Harold Fossum
Sep 18, 2018
Erwin Harold Fossum passed away peacefully on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on University Drive, Fargo, ND. He was 88 years old. Erwin Harold Fossum was born to Julius and Ida (Skaare) Fossum at home on the Peterson Farm in Pierpont, SD, ten minutes after his twin brother, Earl Roger, on February 14, 1930. Erwin attended Old Glory Grade School,...
Harland Willis Hanson
Sep 18, 2018
Harland Willis Hanson, 90, passed away on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND surrounded by family. Harland was born November 14, 1927 in Harvey, ND to John and Caroline (Setra) Hanson. The youngest of 13 children, he grew up on a farm southwest of Harvey. He moved to Fargo in 1951. He married Alice Lantz on...
Hazle Mae Barke
Sep 17, 2018
Hazle passed away peacefully on September 17, 2018, at Eventide Nursing Home in Fargo. Hazle was the fourth of six children born to Swedish parents, John E. and Elsie Nelson, on a farm four miles from Donnybrook, ND, on May 8, 1926. She attended a one-room country school through 7th grade, continuing through 12th grade in a town school &...
Allen Bruce Zaeske
Sep 13, 2018
Allen Bruce Zaeske, 86, died September 13, 2018 at Elim Care Center. He had battled brain cancer for 7 months. Al was born February 13, 1932, in Fargo to August and Inez (Huseby) Zaeske. He grew up on the family farm attending a one room rural school for 8 years. He graduated from Chaffee High School. He enrolled at NDAC,...
Dorlan E. Lybeck
Sep 13, 2018
Dorlan Lybeck passed away quietly in his bed at Eventide-Fargo on September 13th, 2018. He was 90 years old. Dorlan was born on 6-18-28 in Minot, ND, the only child of Edwin and Dora (Stroh) Lybeck. In 1938, Ed was transferred to Fargo, ND where Dorlan graduated from Central HS in 1946. At the age of 13, Dorlan started dating...
Lawrence "Larry" Earl Phillips
Sep 12, 2018
Lawrence (Larry) Earl Phillips, 70, of Jamestown, ND, beloved Father and Brother, was called to his eternal resting place on September 12, 2018. He entered this world on April 10, 1948 in New York City, NY, born to Arthur and Peggy Phillips. Schools included Northedge School in Long Island, NY, Central High School in Fargo, and North Dakota State University....
Peter James Reinhardt
Sep 11, 2018
Peter James Reinhardt was born December 22, 1957, the adopted some of Dr. James Reinhardt and Frances (Kramer) Reinhardt. He attended grade school in Alexandria, MN and graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria, MN in 1976. He was an airplane mechanic and enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with friends and family. Peter James Reinhardt died on Tuesday, September...
Betty M. Thiem
Sep 11, 2018
Betty Marie Louise Thiem was born May 8, 1927 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The daughter of Henry Lepper and his wife, Mary (Gick). She was born anew in the waters of Holy Baptism into Christ Jesus on May 22, 1927 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ft. Wayne, Indiana by Rev. Paul Dannenfeldt. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on...
David F. Knecht
Sep 11, 2018
David F. Knecht, 92, left this physical world on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. David was born in Wimbledon, ND, on August 20,1926, to Viola and Herman Knecht. After graduating from Wimbledon High School in 1944, he enlisted in the Navy. From 1946-1953 he attended the University of North Dakota and Garrett Biblical Institute (now Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary). He received...
Hiram Sirjord
Sep 8, 2018
Hiram J. Sirjord, 81, died peacefully Saturday, September 8, 2018, after losing his courageous battle in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Hiram is survived by his wife of 51 years, Harriet Sirjord, Andover, MN; sons, Stewart (Mindy) Sirjord, Andover, MN, Andrew (Jean) Sirjord, Little Elm, TX, Robert Leverett, Haslet, TX, and daughter Valli (Tim) Cleven, Andover, MN. He is also survived...
Joyce Gunderson
Sep 8, 2018
Joyce Arlene Gunderson, age 89, of Fargo, ND passed away Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Elim Nursing Home, surrounded by her family. Joyce Krumpelmann was born July 15, 1929 in Fargo, ND to Albert and Hilma (Peterson) Krumpelmann. Joyce attended Fargo Central High, graduating in 1947. Joyce then attended Dakotah Business College obtaining a degree in business. On May 1,...
Marion Evangeline Sansted
Sep 4, 2018
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, Marion Evangeline Sansted, age 83, passed peacefully into eternal life on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 with her husband and sister by her side. Marion was born on February 11, 1935 in Strandburg, SD to Theodore and Inez (Lundquist) Johnson. Marion was the oldest of 3 children. At age 11 she was one...
Barbara Louise (Zinck) Swantek
Sep 4, 2018
Barbara (Zinck) Swantek, 55, formerly of Fargo, ND, passed away unexpectedly on September 4, 2018 alone in her home in St. Cloud, MN. Barbara was the youngest of four children born to Frances (McCommon) and Howard Zinck on March 21, 1963. From an early age, Barbara loved music and sports. She enjoyed playing flute and piccolo in the Fargo South...
Elsie Sprague
Sep 2, 2018
Elsie Sprague, 98, of Lake Park, MN, died Sunday, September 2, 2018 in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN. A full obituary will be posted soon.
Mary Lou Ladwig
Aug 31, 2018
Mary Lou Ladwig passed away peacefully at home on August 31, 2018 after beating the odds for many years. Mary Lou was born November 28, 1939 in Astoria, Oregon to Leonard and Marie Dobler. She was raised and educated in North Dakota. She graduated from West Fargo High in 1957. Mary Lou married Curtis Ladwig on March 24, 1962. Mary...
Virgil I Jasch
Aug 31, 2018
Virgil Ivan Jasch, 94, passed away on August 31, 2018 at the Sheyenne Crossing Care Center in West Fargo, ND. He was born January 25, 1924 to Ernest and Emma (Boehmer) Jasch in Crookston, MN and grew up in Detroit Lakes, MN. He graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in May 1941, attended Interstate Business School and joined the Navy....
Timothy John Smithson
Aug 29, 2018
Timothy John Smithson, 76 years old, formerly of Fargo, North Dakota, passed away on August 29, 2018 under the loving care of the staff of Family Comfort Hospice and Good Shepherd ALF in Mesa, Arizona. Tim was born January 2, 1942, in Fargo, ND, to Harold and Hilda Smithson. He followed his twin sister, Sandra Jean, who was born just...
William Leonard Peterson
Aug 28, 2018
William Leonard Peterson, 74, West Fargo, ND passed away unexpectedly at Essentia Health on August 28, 2018. William (Bill) Peterson was born March 17, 1944 in Stockton, CA to Leonard and Ann (Strukel) Peterson. They moved to Valley City, ND in 1948 where he grew up and graduated from Valley City High School in 1962. He enlisted in to the...
Lucy Lageson
Sep 29, 2018
Lucy Lageson, formerly of Fargo, died Saturday, September 29, 2018, at Pioneer Care/Cherrywood in Fergus Falls, MN. Lucy, the daughter of Ora and Ruby (Kaufman) Burkhart was born on April 2, 1922, on the family farm near Cando, ND, and was baptized at Zion Church of the Brethren in 1933. She attended country grade schools, including Hardwheat, near her home,...
John Francis Dixon Iii
Sep 23, 2018
John F. Dixon III was born on May 17, 1945 in Bel Air, Maryland to John F. Dixon Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Eaton. John was raised in Fargo, ND and he graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1963, where he was captain of the hockey team and a member of the golf team. John spent most of his early...
Erwin Harold Fossum
Sep 18, 2018
Erwin Harold Fossum passed away peacefully on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on University Drive, Fargo, ND. He was 88 years old. Erwin Harold Fossum was born to Julius and Ida (Skaare) Fossum at home on the Peterson Farm in Pierpont, SD, ten minutes after his twin brother, Earl Roger, on February 14, 1930. Erwin attended Old Glory Grade School,...
Harland Willis Hanson
Sep 18, 2018
Harland Willis Hanson, 90, passed away on September 18, 2018 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND surrounded by family. Harland was born November 14, 1927 in Harvey, ND to John and Caroline (Setra) Hanson. The youngest of 13 children, he grew up on a farm southwest of Harvey. He moved to Fargo in 1951. He married Alice Lantz on...
Hazle Mae Barke
Sep 17, 2018
Hazle passed away peacefully on September 17, 2018, at Eventide Nursing Home in Fargo. Hazle was the fourth of six children born to Swedish parents, John E. and Elsie Nelson, on a farm four miles from Donnybrook, ND, on May 8, 1926. She attended a one-room country school through 7th grade, continuing through 12th grade in a town school &...
Allen Bruce Zaeske
Sep 13, 2018
Allen Bruce Zaeske, 86, died September 13, 2018 at Elim Care Center. He had battled brain cancer for 7 months. Al was born February 13, 1932, in Fargo to August and Inez (Huseby) Zaeske. He grew up on the family farm attending a one room rural school for 8 years. He graduated from Chaffee High School. He enrolled at NDAC,...
Dorlan E. Lybeck
Sep 13, 2018
Dorlan Lybeck passed away quietly in his bed at Eventide-Fargo on September 13th, 2018. He was 90 years old. Dorlan was born on 6-18-28 in Minot, ND, the only child of Edwin and Dora (Stroh) Lybeck. In 1938, Ed was transferred to Fargo, ND where Dorlan graduated from Central HS in 1946. At the age of 13, Dorlan started dating...
Lawrence "Larry" Earl Phillips
Sep 12, 2018
Lawrence (Larry) Earl Phillips, 70, of Jamestown, ND, beloved Father and Brother, was called to his eternal resting place on September 12, 2018. He entered this world on April 10, 1948 in New York City, NY, born to Arthur and Peggy Phillips. Schools included Northedge School in Long Island, NY, Central High School in Fargo, and North Dakota State University....
Peter James Reinhardt
Sep 11, 2018
Peter James Reinhardt was born December 22, 1957, the adopted some of Dr. James Reinhardt and Frances (Kramer) Reinhardt. He attended grade school in Alexandria, MN and graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria, MN in 1976. He was an airplane mechanic and enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with friends and family. Peter James Reinhardt died on Tuesday, September...
Betty M. Thiem
Sep 11, 2018
Betty Marie Louise Thiem was born May 8, 1927 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The daughter of Henry Lepper and his wife, Mary (Gick). She was born anew in the waters of Holy Baptism into Christ Jesus on May 22, 1927 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ft. Wayne, Indiana by Rev. Paul Dannenfeldt. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on...
David F. Knecht
Sep 11, 2018
David F. Knecht, 92, left this physical world on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. David was born in Wimbledon, ND, on August 20,1926, to Viola and Herman Knecht. After graduating from Wimbledon High School in 1944, he enlisted in the Navy. From 1946-1953 he attended the University of North Dakota and Garrett Biblical Institute (now Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary). He received...
Hiram Sirjord
Sep 8, 2018
Hiram J. Sirjord, 81, died peacefully Saturday, September 8, 2018, after losing his courageous battle in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Hiram is survived by his wife of 51 years, Harriet Sirjord, Andover, MN; sons, Stewart (Mindy) Sirjord, Andover, MN, Andrew (Jean) Sirjord, Little Elm, TX, Robert Leverett, Haslet, TX, and daughter Valli (Tim) Cleven, Andover, MN. He is also survived...
Joyce Gunderson
Sep 8, 2018
Joyce Arlene Gunderson, age 89, of Fargo, ND passed away Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Elim Nursing Home, surrounded by her family. Joyce Krumpelmann was born July 15, 1929 in Fargo, ND to Albert and Hilma (Peterson) Krumpelmann. Joyce attended Fargo Central High, graduating in 1947. Joyce then attended Dakotah Business College obtaining a degree in business. On May 1,...
Marion Evangeline Sansted
Sep 4, 2018
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, Marion Evangeline Sansted, age 83, passed peacefully into eternal life on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 with her husband and sister by her side. Marion was born on February 11, 1935 in Strandburg, SD to Theodore and Inez (Lundquist) Johnson. Marion was the oldest of 3 children. At age 11 she was one...
Barbara Louise (Zinck) Swantek
Sep 4, 2018
Barbara (Zinck) Swantek, 55, formerly of Fargo, ND, passed away unexpectedly on September 4, 2018 alone in her home in St. Cloud, MN. Barbara was the youngest of four children born to Frances (McCommon) and Howard Zinck on March 21, 1963. From an early age, Barbara loved music and sports. She enjoyed playing flute and piccolo in the Fargo South...
Elsie Sprague
Sep 2, 2018
Elsie Sprague, 98, of Lake Park, MN, died Sunday, September 2, 2018 in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN. A full obituary will be posted soon.
Mary Lou Ladwig
Aug 31, 2018
Mary Lou Ladwig passed away peacefully at home on August 31, 2018 after beating the odds for many years. Mary Lou was born November 28, 1939 in Astoria, Oregon to Leonard and Marie Dobler. She was raised and educated in North Dakota. She graduated from West Fargo High in 1957. Mary Lou married Curtis Ladwig on March 24, 1962. Mary...
Virgil I Jasch
Aug 31, 2018
Virgil Ivan Jasch, 94, passed away on August 31, 2018 at the Sheyenne Crossing Care Center in West Fargo, ND. He was born January 25, 1924 to Ernest and Emma (Boehmer) Jasch in Crookston, MN and grew up in Detroit Lakes, MN. He graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in May 1941, attended Interstate Business School and joined the Navy....
Timothy John Smithson
Aug 29, 2018
Timothy John Smithson, 76 years old, formerly of Fargo, North Dakota, passed away on August 29, 2018 under the loving care of the staff of Family Comfort Hospice and Good Shepherd ALF in Mesa, Arizona. Tim was born January 2, 1942, in Fargo, ND, to Harold and Hilda Smithson. He followed his twin sister, Sandra Jean, who was born just...
William Leonard Peterson
Aug 28, 2018
William Leonard Peterson, 74, West Fargo, ND passed away unexpectedly at Essentia Health on August 28, 2018. William (Bill) Peterson was born March 17, 1944 in Stockton, CA to Leonard and Ann (Strukel) Peterson. They moved to Valley City, ND in 1948 where he grew up and graduated from Valley City High School in 1962. He enlisted in to the...
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