SMSGT Brandon Sola

Brandon Sola, 36, Vel-

va, ND, formerly of West

Fargo, ND, passed away

Tuesday, June 28, 2022,

from injuries sustained in

a motorcycle accident

near West Fargo, ND.

Brandon Arthur Sola

was born December 3,

1985, the son of Michael

and Shelley (Vasfaret)

Sola, in Mayville, ND. He

was raised and educated

in Mapleton, ND, graduat-

ed from West Fargo High

School. After high school,

he worked at Stephenson

Dry Wall, Fargo, ND. He

took online courses with

Ashford University re-

ceiving a Master of Arts

Degree in organizational

management on April

2nd, 2012.

Brandon enlisted in the

United States Air Force

on November 6, 2003 and

was stationed with the

119th wing of North

Dakota Air National

Guard, Happy Hooligans

in Fargo. He started being

a F16 crew chief, later he

worked as a sensor opera-

tor with the Predator,

which is an unmanned

aircraft and at the present

time he was a sensor

operator with Reaper,

which is also an un-

manned aircraft.

Brandon started with

the North Dakota High-

way Patrol in 2014, and

was stationed in McHenry

County, ND for six years.

He became Chief of Police

of Carrington, ND and

held that position for the

last 7 months. He was still

Chief of Police at the time

of his death.

Brandon was united in

marriage to Rebecca A.

Carter November 25,

2006, in Harwood, ND.

They made their home in

West Fargo, until 2014

when the family moved to

Velva.

He attended the

Academy of Combat Arts

in Fargo where he ob-

tained a Blue Belt in Jiu

Jitsu. He also held a black

belt in Taekwondo. Bran-

don also did Muay Thai

Boxing as well as regular

boxing and wrestled.

He enjoyed hunting,

fishing and doing all out-

door activities including

riding his Harley. Bran-

don loved writing poetry

to his wife. Brandon was a

huge Minnesota Viking

fan.

His loving family in-

cludes: wife of 15 years,

Rebecca, Velva; children,

Alexander (15), Violette

(13), Jaxson (8), Damien

(6), Sophia (4); parents,

Michael and Shelley Sola,

Mapleton, ND; brother, Al

Sola, Tim (Londyn) Sola,

and Steven Sola and his

girlfriend, Tracy Haussler;

mother-in-law, Hannelore

Kutchenreiter; maternal

grandmother, Shirley Vas-

faret; and several nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Brandon was preceded in

death by his paternal

grandparents, Arthur and

Lavain Sola; maternal

grandparents, Milo ;

father-in-law, Rueben Ro-

drigez; sister-in-law, An-

nette Carter.

Funeral: Saturday, July

9, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at

Oak Valley Lutheran

Church, Velva.

Interment: Monday,

July 11, 2022, at 11:00 am

at Fargo National

Cemetery, Fargo, ND.

Visitation: Friday from

5 to 7 p.m. at Oak Valley

Lutheran Church, Velva.

Memorials: In lieu of

flowers, memorials are

preferred to the Brandon

Sola Memorial Fund at

Gate City Bank in Minot.

Rebecca set this fund up

for their five children.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to the Oak

Valley Lutheran Church

YouTube site:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_

query=oak+valley+

lutheran+church+

velva+nd

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).