Fargo, N.D. – Dean Hornbacher, whose father created the Hornbacher grocery store chain, died last weekend at the age of 79.
According to an obituary at the Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home website, Hornbacher died at the Sanford Fargo Hospice House on Saturday June 21st.
Dean’s father, Ted, founded their first store with a business partner in 1951 in Moorhead.
The chain grew to eight locations across the Fargo-Moorhead area bearing the family name.
Dean Hornbacher retired in 2010 after working for his family business for decades.
The funeral home says the family will hold a private memorial service.
