Todd Magnuson
Nov. 17, 1960-March 27, 2020
Todd Magnuson, 59,
longtime Minot and
Surrey math teacher and
coach died on Friday,
March 27, 2020 at his
home from an apparent
heart attack.
Todd James Magnuson
was born on November
17, 1960 in Bismarck, ND
to Larry and Irene
(Rensch) Magnuson. He
was raised and educated
in Surrey, graduating
from Surrey High School
in 1979. Todd graduated
from Minot State Univer-
sity in 1992 with a degree
in math education and
minors in history and
coaching.
Todd married Marlys
Forness on November 27,
1982 at Christ Lutheran
Church in Minot. They
started their life together
in Surrey and then moved
to Minot where they made
their home and raised
their family.
Todd’s loving family in-
cludes: his wife of 37
years, Marlys; children:
Sarah (Daren) Seney of
Minot and Trevor Magnu-
son of Fargo; grand-
daughter Aliya Seney;
mother, Irene Magnuson
of Surrey; siblings: Tim
(Ivy) Magnuson of Surrey,
Thomas (Nancy) Magnu-
son, Terry (Donita) Mag-
nuson and Toni (Kerry)
Candrian all of Minot;
in-laws Verla (Jim) Rostad
and Curt (Wanda) Schall
of Minot and Linda (Vern)
Emerson of West St. Paul,
MN as well as several
nieces, nephews, aunts,
uncles and cousins.
Todd was preceded in
death by: his father, Larry
Allen Magnuson,
parents-in-law Johnny
and Mary Forness and
sister-in-law Jenice
Schall.
Celebration of the Life
of Todd Magnuson:
Private (due to the
Coronavirus Pandemic
Restrictions) at the Hope
Lutheran Church –
Surrey. A livestream of
Todd’s service will be
available for the public to
attend remotely at
www.thomasfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Use the link from Todd’s
online obituary. The ser-
vice can be viewed for
two weeks starting on Fri-
day, April 3 at 11:00 a.m.
Visitation (due to the
restrictions): The public
is welcome to attend a
drive-by memorial proces-sion through the ND State
Fairgrounds on Thursday,
April 2 from 4:00 – 7:00
p.m. All vehicles should
enter the fairgrounds from
Burdick Expressway East
and will exit using 4th
Avenue N.E. The family
will be positioned in front
of the ND State Fair
Center, but all attendees
must remain in their vehi-
cles.
Interment: Sunset
Memorial Gardens –
Minot.
In lieu of flowers and
plants, memorials are pre-
ferred to the Hope Luth-
eran Church, Surrey, Ma-
jettes Girls Basketball
Booster Club or the
donor’s choice.
A more complete tri-
bute to Todd’s life can be
found at:
https://www.thomas
familyfuneralhome.com/.
(Thomas Family Fun-
eral Home – Minot has
been entrusted with the
arrangements)