Russell Wahl married Dorothy Benson in 1941. Russell and Dorothy had five children with all of them graduating from Hannaford High School.
John David was born in 1942. He graduated from the University of North Dakota medical school in 1966, and the University of Nebraska medical school at Omaha in 1968. He practiced medicine in Cavalier, North Dakota, until his untimely death in 1986.
Margaret Dorothy was born in 1946. She married Ronald Lima of Cooperstown in 1971. They have three children: Scott Andrew born in 1974, Jaclyn Andrea born in 1977, and Lorianne Rebecca born in 1979. Ronald died in 1982, while teaching school in Valley City. Margaret and family continue to live in Valley City.
Cynthia Marie was born in 1948. She married Arden LaBonte of Park Rapids, Minnesota, in 1971, and they lived in Minneapolis until 1976, when they moved to Hibbing, Minnesota, where he works for Hibbing Taconite. They have two children, Melinda Jolene, born in 1974; and Andrew John, born in 1977.
Rebecca Ruth was born in 1953. She married James Henderson, Jr., of Teaneck, N. J., in 1980. Their son Timothy James was born in 1987, and they reside in Rochester, Minnesota, where they both work.
Richard Russell was born in 1955. He married Karen Olson, daughter of Floyd and Elna Olson in 1977. They live on the Wahl farm which they purchased when Russell and Dorothy retired to Hannaford. They have three children: Lucas Richard, born in 1980; Jared Michael, born in 1982; and Valerie Ruth, born in 1986.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 241