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Becky Shelton Ebbert
February 18, 2025
I first got to know Sam in the early 1990s. What a firecracker personality! Over the years, I kept in touch with him and his wife Irene. The last time I saw Sam was in 2010. I was part of two couples traveling up the Atlantic Coast from Florida to Maine. We met Sam for lunch at one of his favorite Charleston Restaurants --- 82 Queen. This is a photo from that day.
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Jim Macdonald
February 7, 2025
Sam enjoyed getting to know people, and so people enjoyed getting to know him. At his peak as our company's star salesman, he could have described the interests and family situation of hundreds and hundreds of our clients and potential clients.
Like Jim Gust, I remember the challenge of keeping up with Sam on a sales trip. On one occasion, we started in Wisconsin and roared through Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. I felt like I'd speeded through the entire midwest.
I'm sorry Sam didn't get to stick around a bit longer to enjoy his family. Hadn't heard about the triplets since they graduated high school. Glad to know they completed their higher education.
Jim Gust
February 6, 2025
This is a fine obituary for a wonderful guy. I'd like to comment on Sam's incredible work ethic.
After I had been working for some years with Sam at The Merrill Anderson Company, he asked me to join him on one of his sales trips in Ohio. He was legendary for being able to pack 3, 4, or even 5 calls on bankers into a single day. After our first exhausting day was over, he said "Now we'll drive to tomorrow's call, so we can start first thing in the morning." Another hour and a half on the road!
My mentor at Merrill Anderson, Bill Stafford, had a long tenure there. He told me that the company had never had a salesman as remarkable and successful as Sam, including old Merrill himself, who founded the company.
Sam was an avid golfer. Back when my father was a member at Hazeltine National Golf Course in Minnesota, I arranged for Sam and his golfing buddy to have a round there--I'll look for the photos I took of that trip.
Although I am saddened by his death, I take comfort knowing that he had the happy and long retirement that he deserved, living so close to his wonderful children and grandchildren.
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