Jack LaCrosse

Jack LaCrosse, 64, was a loving son, brother, husband, and father. He passed away unexpectedly on September 21, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.

Jack was born April 19, 1961, to Donald (Swede) and Alda (Petterson) LaCrosse in Mohall, ND. He attended and graduated from Mohall High School in 1980, with the nickname of Duke; he participated in basketball and football but excelled in pole vaulting, even holding the school record for many years. He completed two years of trade school at Bismarck Junior College, specializing in welding.

In November of 1983 he met the love of his life, Charlotte Fode, and they married in 1986. Son, Jesse, was welcomed in June of 1988.

In December of 1983 he began working as a Field Service Tech on biomedical equipment for Universal Hospital Service (UHS), transferring to Fargo, ND, in June of 1998. UHS later changed their name to Agiliti. In April of 2025 Jack retired after a 41-year career.

Jack enjoyed water skiing, snow skiing, boating and travel – he, Charlotte, and Jesse traveled to Hawaii, Scotland, London, and San Diego, to name a few places. They also traveled to several LaCrosse family reunions in Oregon, Washington, Minnesota and South Dakota. He and Charlotte even hosted the family in Fargo one year. Jack and Charlotte took several cruises and in January of 2023 they cruised with friends to celebrate 25 years of friendship.

His passion was Fargo sports, but his true passion was NDSU Bison football. He and his group of friends were famous for tailgating at The Herd Hut where Jack was the ultimate host and if he wasn’t behind the grill he was welcoming one and all into the tent, even the opposing teams’ fans. He always greeted them and thanked them for traveling to Fargo, and when traveling to away games he always made sure to talk to the opposing fans and made friends. Recently, he traveled with a group of friends to South Carolina for the game vs. The Citadel and then onto Nashville. Treasured memories were made for these Bison fans!

Jack is survived by his wife Charlotte; son, Jesse (Christina and son, Liam); grand-dog Sura; siblings Vickie Epling, Gary (Kay) LaCrosse, Barb (Jerry) Schlosser, Beth (Brian) Rodacker, Bill (Tammy) LaCrosse, Susan (Jack) Gates, Holly Watson, and Jerry LaCrosse; father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Shirley Fode Jr., sisters-in-law, Brenda Jacobs and Lanette Bellerud; brothers-in-law, John (Julie) Fode III and Cory (Dawn) Fode; and aunt Margie (LaCrosse) Johnston; nieces and nephews, Laura, Alan, Jeff, Zach, Ryan, Eric, Kristin, Katie, Stacy, Lisa, Kim, Matthew, Layne, Lucas, Jessica, Matthew, Bryon II, Brandon, Josalyn, Bailey and Austin; 34 great nieces and nephews, one great-great niece, and several cousins.

In Jack’s own words, he would like to say to his huge Bison family, “Let’s go get one!”