Lavon Sandvold

Lavon Mae Sandvold,

92, of Minot, was reunited

with her soulmate in

Heaven, Don Sandvold,

on April 28, 2022.

Lavon was born April

17, 1930, in Minot, a

daughter of Elmer and

Nelva Klimpel. She grew

up on their farm/ranch in

the South Prairie area and

went to country school

until 8th grade when she

started school in Minot.

She graduated from Minot

High School in 1948.

She met the love of her

life, Adonis “Don” Sand-

vold in 1947, and they

were married November

26, 1950, at Bethany Luth-

eran Church in Minot. Six

months after they were

married, Don was called

into the service and they

moved to Alexandria, VA

for a short time while Don

trained for the Korean

War. Lavon came back to

Minot until Don returned

two years later from the

war. They were happily

married for 70 amazing

years before Don passed

away on February 28,

2021.

Lavon was very proud

of her many jobs

throughout her lifetime

and prided herself on

“never sitting still.” She

graduated from Minot

Business College and

worked for many

businesses in Minot in-

cluding Northwestern

Telephone Company,

Sears Roebuck,

Krebsbach’s International

Harvester Dealership,

Minot Sash and Door, and

Norwest Bank where she

had a long banking career

and later retired from.

After retiring, she was a

successful saleswoman

for Walter’s Women’s

Wear for several years and

she began working as a

volunteer for the Norsk

Hostfest. She volunteered

for 25 years and received

a special award from the

Norsk Hostfest Associa-

tion.

Lavon was very proud

of her many accomplish-

ments and how hard she

worked her entire life.

Lavon was a fashion-

able lady and was always

dressed in classy clothes,

even at home, and her

favorite color to wear was

navy blue. Lavon was the

ultimate hostess and

decorator for every holi-

day and was a phenome-

nal baker and cook, even

though she always said

she wasn’t a good cook!

She excelled at crafts

when younger including

cross stitch, needlepoint,

and calligraphy. She also

helped organize several

high school class reun-

ions. Lavon was the best

wife, mother, and grand-

mother to her family.

She will be deeply

missed more than words

can say and special

memories with her will be

forever cherished. She

was preceded in death by

her parents, sister, Mar-

lene Pankow, and her

husband, Don.

She is survived by her

sons, Terry (Lynda)

Sandvold, of Orono, MN,

and Jeff (Debbie)

Sandvold of Minot;

grandchildren, Jared

Sandvold and MaKayla

(Roger) Neuhalfen of

Minot, David (Meghan)

Sandvold, Blake (Megan)

Sandvold, and Katelyn

(Philip) Schmitz of Min-

nesota, and her eight

great-grandchildren of

Minnesota.

Celebration of Life Ser-

vice: 11:00 a.m. Thursday,

May 5, 2022, at Bethany

Lutheran Church, Minot.

To view a streaming of the

service or to share

memories and con-

dolences access www.

thomasfamilyfuneral

home.com

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot

Visitation: Wednesday,

May 4, 2022 from 4:00

p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot. Memorials

are preferred to American

Cancer Society or the ND

or MN Chapters of the

Alzheimer’s Association.