Sadder’s Automotive to close after 30 years

BY MERRINA O’MALLEY PRESS INTERN

Sadder’s Automotive, a well-known car repair shop located in Lino Lakes, will be closing down after more than 30 years in business. Their last month in business will be July.

The shop’s owner, Humberto Sadder, began working for Intercontinental Hotels in his native country of Columbia while also working with cars on the side. In 1982, at the age of 34 he moved from Columbia to the U.S.

After moving to the states, he met and married his wife Patty and eventually settled in Minnesota. One day, after being laid off from his filler job as a clothing cleaner, he came across a little piece of land on the corner of Hodgson Road and County Road J while driving home.

Prior to opening, Sadder spent 25 years working at dealerships as an automotive technician. He spent an additional two years working at Subaru dealerships in Chicago and Ohio in order to get

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