Ingvald Anderson

Ingvald Anderson, age 94, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Saturday (April 7th) at First Care Living Center in Fosston. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday (April 13th) at Bethel Assembly Church in Fosston with Pastor John Marx officiating. Interment will be in St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery, rural Fosston, MN. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service on Thursday (April 12th) and for one hour prior to the service on Friday. All visitation will be held at Bethel Assembly Church in Fosston. Arrangements are with the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home of Fosston and messages of condolence may be sent at carlinhoialmen.com. Ingvald Arthur Anderson was born on March 31, 1918 to Norwegian immigrant parents Andrew H. and Ingeborg (Rodland) Anderson in a little log cabin in Columbia Township, rural Fosston, MN. He grew up on an 80 acre farm the third child in a family of 12; six boys and six girls. He attended the Maple Hill School in Columbia Township through the eighth grade. As a young man he worked at various farms doing different farm tasks. On December 30, 1941, he enlisted in the Army Air Force. One month later he was on a ship headed for Australia. After further training at a base there, he was transferred to New Guinea where he served as an airplane mechanic. He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant and was maintenance crew chief for six months. He left New Guinea in October of 1944 and was discharged in Sioux Falls, SD on October 10, 1945, and went to work at the Grand Forks Implement Co. as a mechanic. He was married to Ione Sander on September 28, 1947. They lived in Grand Forks, ND until March, at which time they moved north of Oslo, MN where they rented a farm. After going through two major floods they moved to the Bagley area and bought Ingvald's uncle's farm. While living there Ingvald served on the St. Peter Church Board and on the local rural school board. In 1963, they moved to East Grand Forks, MN where Ingvald was once again employed at the Grand Forks Implement Co. In 1969, they bought a farm east of Fosston, MN. Ingvald worked at the Fosston John Deere Implement from 1969-1983 when he retired. In 2001, they took a trip to Norway and Sweden, which was a highlight in their lives. In spring of 2008 they moved to Fosston. Ingvald served on the Clearwater-Polk Electric Co-op Board for 20 years, and on the advisory board of the Gloryland Gospel Team. They were blessed with two daughters, nine grandchildren, and 21 great grandchildren. He was involved in his church, a very important part of his life. On Saturday, April 7, 2012 Ingvald A. Anderson passed away at First Care Living Center in Fosston, and went to his heavenly home at the age of 94 years, and 7 days. He is survived by his wife, Ione of Fosston; daughters, Brenda (David) Johnson of Bagley, MN, and Faye (Philip) Quam of McIntosh, MN; grandchildren, Matthew (Jinnan) Johnson of Lengby, MN, Tammy (Joshua) Johnson of Bagley, Esther (Tom) Johannessohn of Lengby, Andrew (Jessica) Quam of McIntosh, Heidi (David) Hafvenstein of Benson, MN, Shannon (Matthew) Albrecht of Fosston, Laura (Tim) Johnson of Bagley, and Peter Quam of McIntosh; 21 great grandchildren; three brothers, Robert (Marilyn), Norman and Erling all of Fosston; three sisters, Norma Brown of Crookston, MN, Esther Carlson of Park River, ND and Elsie Gullekson of Fertile, MN; brother-in-law, Russell (Gloria) Sander of Fosston; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Joseph and his wife Margaret and Alf and his wife Ardelle; sisters, Agnes Potter and her husband Chester, Thelma Hanson and her husband Larry, and Mabel Anderson; brothers-in-law, Donald Brown, Rolland Gullekson and Kenneth Sander and his wife Joyce; sister-in-law, Helen Anderson; grandson, Daniel Johnson; great grandson, Samuel Johnson; and a niece, Michelle Flodstrom.