Ingolf Nelson SANDAGER

1919 - 2005  (85 years)

• Name	Ingolf Nelson SANDAGER
  Birth	13 Dec 1919	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jan 2005	Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
  Notes	Ingolf N. "Ing" Sandager, 85, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Fargo, ND, died peacefully on Thursday, January 20, 2005, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Ingolf Nelson Sandager was born December 13, 1919, to Rev. Christian Sandager a Lutheran Pastor, and his wife Clara (Ellingson) Sandager, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ing was a senior in high school when he moved with his family to Kindred, ND. He graduated from Kindred High School where he met his future wife Isabelle Brateng. He graduated from Concordia College in 1941. He served as a Captain in the United Stated Air Force during WWII as a pilot where he attained the rank of captain. While stationed in Maine, he married Isabelle Brateng, his wife of 61 years, in Montreal, Canada, on September 17, 1943. While in the service, he contracted tuberculosis and spent five years in Veteran's Hospitals. They lived in Kindred from 1949-1957. In Kindred, he owned and operated the Sandager-Runsvold Funeral Home. They moved to Fargo in 1957, where he managed Fargo Wilbert Vault Co., until he retired in 1985. After his retirement, they spent winters in Mesa, AZ, and traveled the country in their motor home. Ing has lived the last four years in Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, MN. He is survived by his wife Isabelle, Moorhead, MN; two sons, Paul (Mary Lou) Sandager, Scandia, MN, their children Matthew and Jason Sandager and Jennifer (Ryan) Severson; John (Susan) Sandager, Albuquerque, NM, their children, Ellen (Walt) Benson, Brian and Christopher Sandager and Smith Weber Sandager; one brother, Carl (Delores) Sandager, Lakota, ND; one sister, Carlotte Jostad, Kindred, ND. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Ellen; and one brother, Elmer. Burial: Kindred Cemetery, Kindred, North Dakota.
  Person ID	I41192	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Nelson SANDAGER,   b. 7 Mar 1887, Redwood County, Minnesota d. 11 Dec 1941, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Clara ELLINGSON,   b. 8 Oct 1891, Nelson County, North Dakota d. 20 Mar 1946, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F27679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabelle BRATENG,   b. 31 May 1921, Cass County, North Dakota d. 17 Jun 2007, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F27680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2024