Son of Marion and Viola (Palmer) Sales. He was a graduate Clarissa High School and St. Cloud State University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1955 in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division. He married Donna Johnson on August 30, 1959 at Methodist Church, Long Prairie, MN. He was a teacher in district 742 from 1962 – 1993. He was a tennis coach at St. Cloud Tech and was voted by his peers as tennis coach of the year in 1990. He was voted into the Minnesota Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame in 1996 and St. Cloud Tech High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, and First United Methodist Church, where he was active on various committees. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother-in-law, Loring Anderson. He is survived by his wife, Donna Sales of Waite Park, MN; children, Jennifer (Tom) Ginz of Guilford, CT; Kevin (Belinda) Sales of St. Paul, MN and Tom (Sally) Sales of St. Louis Park, MN; four grandchildren, Kristina Sales, Grant Sales, Oscar Ginz and Anneka Ginz; five great grandchildren; and sister, Bonnie Anderson of Princeton, MN.
Son of Marion and Viola (Palmer) Sales. He was a graduate Clarissa High School and St. Cloud State University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1955 in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division. He married Donna Johnson on August 30, 1959 at Methodist Church, Long Prairie, MN. He was a teacher in district 742 from 1962 – 1993. He was a tennis coach at St. Cloud Tech and was voted by his peers as tennis coach of the year in 1990. He was voted into the Minnesota Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame in 1996 and St. Cloud Tech High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, and First United Methodist Church, where he was active on various committees. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother-in-law, Loring Anderson. He is survived by his wife, Donna Sales of Waite Park, MN; children, Jennifer (Tom) Ginz of Guilford, CT; Kevin (Belinda) Sales of St. Paul, MN and Tom (Sally) Sales of St. Louis Park, MN; four grandchildren, Kristina Sales, Grant Sales, Oscar Ginz and Anneka Ginz; five great grandchildren; and sister, Bonnie Anderson of Princeton, MN.
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