David Sanden
| Date of Interment or Death | 09/07/1977 |
|---|---|
| Location | Garden of the Christus |
| Block and Lot | 103D |
| Grave | 4 |
Obituary
Jet mishap claims life of former Wyndmere man
WYNDMERE, N.D. - Funeral services will be held here at 2 p.m. Friday for David Sanden, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glennis Sanden of Barney, who was killed last Friday in a F-4-E jet fighter plane crash in Nevada.
Sanden and his co-pilot from Louisiana crashed in the desert 75 miles south-southeast of Tonopah, Nev. The jet was assigned to the 33rd tactical flight wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., where Sanden was stationed at the time of his death. The unit was on combat training missions out of Nellis Air Force Base at Las Vegas. Air Force officials are investigating the cause of the crash.
Services Friday will be at the Wyndmere Lutheran Church with Rev. Waldemar Anderson officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton.
Memorial services will also be held Wednesday an Florida.
Local visitation will be Thursday afternoon and evening at Vertin's Wahpeton Funeral Home chapel.
Casket bearers will be service personnel from the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
David W. Sanden was born July 24, 1948 at Wahpeton to Glennis and Elaine (Bohn) Sanden.
He graduated from Wyndmere High School and from North Dakota State University at Fargo in engineering. He was affiliated with the ROTC program. He took his first flight training in Arizona. He served a year in Korea, then was located at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona before going to Florida.
He married Adrienne Wilson in December, 1973.
Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Kateri, and a stepdaughter, Elizabeth of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; his parents of Barney; a brother, Robert, of Barney; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bohn of Hankinson.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald, who died in a private plane crash March 9, 1967 near Fargo.
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Location
The Garden of the Christus is located in the Memorial Gardens, which comprises the northern half of the cemetery.