Victor Leon Sandager, 87, Hills, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at Luverne Community Hospital following a brief illness. Services were Saturday, Sept. 11, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Burial was in Flowerfield Cemetery at Hills. Victor Sandager was born to Nels and Clara (Skovgaard) Sandager on Dec. 6, 1916, in rural Rock County near Hills. He attended school in Hills and graduated from high school in 1935. He attended the University of Minnesota Agriculture School in St. Paul. After his education, he began farming in Rock County. He married Frances Jane Cragoe on Aug. 20, 1942, in Beaver Creek. They made their home on a farm near Hills. He loved farming and never retired. Up until his death he continued to help on the farm. They moved to Tuff Village in October 2003. Mr. Sandager was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills and served on church boards. He served on the Hills School Board in Hills, Tuff Memorial Nursing Home Board, Tuff Foundation Board and was a member of the Norse Glee Club in Sioux Falls, S.D., for several years. He and his wife enjoyed traveling to many places, including spending a year in the mission field in Papua, New Guinea, with his family as an agricultural volunteer. Survivors include his wife, Frances Sandager, Hills, four sons, Ed (Linda) Hartog, Sacramento, Calif., John (Joanne) Sandager, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mark (Karen) Sandager, Hills, James (Louisa) Sandager, West Des Moines, Iowa; one daughter, Jane (Daryl) Schubert, Tanzania, Africa; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Sheldon (Elnora) Sandager, Hills, and Lee (Betty) Sandager, Marine on St. Croix; and three sisters, Leona Goehle, Tyler, Marie (Merle) Muckala, St. Paul, and Anita (Hal) Johnson Stillwater. Mr. Sandager was preceded in death by his parents, one son, David Randall, one brother, Paul, two sisters, Beulah and Lenore, and special friend, Howard Crawford whose wife Carolyn continues to live at Tuff Village. The family requests a memorial may be given to be directed toward mission work around the world in lieu of flowers. Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.