Kent and Ibbie Sandvik
Featured in: May/June 2023
SANDVIK 70TH — Kent and Vivian "Ibbie" (Pearson) Sandvik celebrated 70 years of marriage with a dinner with friends and family on Feb. 11, 2023 at Palmer Church.
Kent and Ibbie met at Laurelwood Adventist Academy and were married on Feb. 8, 1953 in Gaston, Oregon. Three years later, they moved up to Alaska. Kent and Ibbie bought the colony farm and spent the next 67 years farming hay, vegetables, grass seed and prize-winning dahlia flowers. Additional adventures included stuccoing, plastering, commercial salmon fishing and gold mining.
Kent and Ibbie remain strongly committed to God together. They love and support the Adventist Church locally and globally. Their fondest hope is to be reunited with many friends and family members in Heaven one day.
The Sandvik family includes Chuck Sandvik of Nampa, Idaho; Randy Sandvik of Palmer, Alaska; Ronda Sandvik of Troy, Idaho; Vonya Sandvik of Anchorage, Alaska; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.