Marjorie Richardson

Marjorie Agneta

(Svenkeson) Richardson,

formerly of Hazen, ND,

died on August 31, 2020

in Fargo, ND. A private

burial service will be held

at the North Dakota

Veterans Cemetery in

Mandan.

Marge was born on

March 9, 1929, to Svenke

K. Svenkeson and Olga

(Rebrud) Svenkeson in

Minot. Marge attended

grade school and high

school in Minot and gra-

duated from Minot High

in 1947. During her

school years, she had

many close friends,

several of whom she kept

in contact with, via

periodic get-togethers, in

to her retirement years.

She often told stories of

the harmless pranks they

played, such as cutting

through a gap in the secu-

rity fence surrounding

Minot’s railroad yard-a

shortcut to downtown.

After high school, she

attended Minot State

Teachers College for one

year and later worked for

the telephone company

and the Great Northern

Railway. She married

John Alan Richardson on

Sept. 11, 1949, and they

resided in Missoula, MT,

until John finished law

school. Afterward, they

made Hazen their home,

where they lived together

for 61 years.

Marge was a member of

the English Lutheran

Church and taught Sun-

day School as well as

serving as Sunday School

Superintendent. Later, she

became a tutor for Hazen’s

Helping One Student at a

Time (HOST) program for

many years.

Besides her civic activi-ty, Marge was a busy

homemaker. She sewed

dresses, coats, cheerleader

outfits, among other gar-

ments, for her two

daughters. In addition,

Marge assisted John with

his income tax business

by typing returns for his

many clients-back in the

day when three carbon

copies were required. For

this work, John paid her

$1 per return.

Marge loved to read

cooking magazines and

cookbooks and was al-

ways experimenting, such

as creating delicious sea-

sonings for her steak and

shrimp fondue, innovat-

ing savory salad dressings

and concocting unusual

salad ingredients. Like-

wise, she cheerfully baked

an assortment of goodies,

with her buns, cookies,

bars and pies being in

dependable supply. Of

course, as a full-blooded

Norwegian, she was a

master lefse maker.

Marge is survived by:

her two daughters, Nancy

(Earl) Schumann of

Wheatland, WY, and

Nicki (Dean) Hulse of Far-

go; two grandchildren,

Eric (Amanda) Schumann

of Johnstown, CO, and Jill

(Matthew) McAnelly of

Cheyenne, WY; four

great-grandchildren, Park-

er and Allie Schumann

and Colter and Landon

McAnelly; and many

nieces and nephews.

Marge was preceded in

death by: her parents,

husband John, brother

Don, sister-in-law Carol,

and brother-in-law Bob.

In lieu of flowers,

memorials can be sent to

Hospice Red River Valley,

1701 38th St. S., Fargo,

ND 58103.