In coaching, Jeff’s Minnesota Lake Girls Basketball team went to state. During college, Jeff had the opportunity to be “run over” by Dave Winfield during a college scrimmage.
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In high school and college, he set many records that lasted for years and it included the opportunity to play in the college Baseball World Series in Arizona. Jeff had many great experiences and memories with sports, from pee wee to high school to college to mature-hood. He was not a one sport person, playing baseball, football, basketball, etc. Through all the moves, Jeff got involved with his new community through sports, which became a very important part of his life and how he lived. Growing up, Jeff’s family made many moves: from Kansas to Georgia, Connecticut, New Jersey, with many stories of his time in Long Island, New York, eventually coming back to Minnesota. In 2014, Jeff was inducted into the Minnesota State Golf Coaches Hall of Fame. In 2009, after 34 years, Jeff retired from teaching but continued to coach golf for a few more years.
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They moved to Sherburn in 1980 where Jeff taught and coached for the next 29 plus years. This is where he met Darla, whom he made his wife on August 3, 1979. After getting his teaching and coaching license, his first job took him to Minnesota Lake. He graduated from Burnsville High School in 1969 and then attended Augsburg College on a football scholarship until his injury transferred him to Winona State College on a baseball scholarship.
Please share a memory of Jeff with her family by signing his online guestbook or watch Jeff’s Video Tribute on his obituary page at Jeff was born on September 7, 1951, to Myron and Joyce (Harmes) Ross in Litchfield, MN. The staff at Kramer Family Funeral Home extends their appreciation to the Ross Family for their trust.
after 74 days of hospitalization, Jeff was “ Done” fighting the many medical issues that his body had thrown at him. Jeff was called to his eternal rest the evening of Sunday, April 26, 2020, at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later time and will be announced. Ross, 68, of Sherburn, Minnesota, will be held Friday, at the Sherburn Cemetery in Sherburn, Minnesota with Pastor Steven D. SHERBURN: A Private Family Graveside Service for Jeffrey P.
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