Joe Andersen
Parts, 9 years.

Experience: U.S. Navy Nuclear Reactor Operator; Southeast Vo-Tech for auto mechanics.

Family: Married with two children.

Josh Andersen
Parts, 2 years.

Experience: Freeman High School, Southeast Technical Institute with an AAS in Architectural Construction Engineering Technology. Previously sold windows in Sioux Falls for eight years prior to starting at Fred Haar.

Interests: Golf, spending time with family, and enjoying the outdoors.

Family: Wife, Shelly; two daughters, Mara and Ava; member of FVFD, EMT-B with the Freeman Ambulance Service.

Russ Becker
Parts, 6 years.

Experience: Grew up on a farm, attended Bridgewater High School, Mitchell Vo-Tech, and moved to Freeman in 1987.

Interests: Hunting, fishing, softball, golf, watching Freeman High School sports, helping local farmers with their field work.

Family: Married to Jan (owns a beauty shop on Main St., Freeman); step-son Jordan Haar who works at Country Pride in Freeman; son Spencer Becker who attends Freeman High School; assistant fire chief at Freeman Volunteer Fire Department; elder of Bethlehem Reformed Church OPC of Freeman.

Amos Decker
Delivery Driver, 1 year.

Experience: Farming, Trucking, Heavy Equipment.

Interests: Movies, Traveling, Love baseball (especially the Atlanta Braves).

Family: Married to wife Tina, 4 daughters.

Cody Fedderson
Service Technician, 6 years.

Experience: 2 years at Joe's Autobody; working on the farm; and selling machinery with father.

Interests: Working on old cars, selling cars and spending time with family,

Family: Girlfriend, and kids.

Loren L. Goettertz
Parts Manager, Freeman and Wagner, 17 years.

Experience: Graduate of Freeman High School and South Dakota State University with a degree in mechanized agriculture.

Interests: Farming and watching movies.

Family: Wife, Sherry; and son, Jordan.

Doug Goodale
Sales Manager — Freeman, Wagenr, Yankton

Experience: Chester High School, Ag business degree from SDSU, has been in sales and sales management since 1988.

Interests: Coaching and watching my kids games, running, biking, hunting, and attending local sporting events.

Family: Wife Stacey and four girls, Brooke, Lindsey, Julia, and Ava.

Lowayne Goosen
Shop Foreman, 25 years.

Experience: Diesel technician degree from the University of South Dakota—Springfield.

Interests: Motor Sports.

Family: Wife Jackie; Children: Natalie and Brooklyn.

Jim Haar
President, 37 years.

Experience: Elementary education teacher. I had practice teaching, then left when decided to work at Fred Haar Co.

Interests: Pheasant hunting, spending time with my grandchildren in Texas, and golfing.

Family: Wife Deb; Sons Nick and Al; and President of Friends of the Library.

Mark Harberts
Service Technician, 19 years.

Experience: Mitchell Vo-Tech.

Interests: Hunting, fishing, ice fishing.

Family: Wife LaNae; Son Charles; Pet Frostbite.

Barbara Healy
Sales Office Assistant, 2 years.

Experience: Legal secretary, assistant tax preparer, administrative assistant at a country club.

Interests: Travel, movies, hosting dinner parties for friends, checking out antique shops, watching professional golf and canning.

Family: Two children: son, who is a lobbyist for the NTCA and lives in Washington, D.C.; and a daughter, who teaches secondary English in Beresford and is expecting my first grandchild in December 2008.

Jordan Helma
Mechanic, 7 years.

Experience: Graduated from Southeast Technical Institute in diesel technology and worked at Sioux Falls Kenworth on trucks before starting here.

Interests: Boating in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter and restoring antique machinery.

Family: Wife, Christa; daughter, Shannon; and son, Colin.

Tim Hora
Service Technician, 5 years.

Experience: Monroe Grade School; Freeman Grade School and High School Graduate.

Interests: Fishing, hunting, spending time with kids.

Family: Wife, Melinda; daughters: Laura, Tiffany, Jennifer, and Brandy.

John Janssen
Director of Sales, 19 years.
Freeman Lead

Experience: Graduate of Emery High School, Bachelor of Arts from South Dakota State University. Have worked in agricultural business for over 40 years.

Interests: Watching most sports, playing golf, enjoy cooking, music events and concerts, and gardening.

Family: Wife Brenda; Children: Christopher, Emily (Kevin), and Katie (Ross).

John Koehne
Service Technician, 3 years.

Experience: Worked for Catepillar dealer in Tuscon, Arizona for 24 years and Caterpillar dealer in Kalispell, Montana for 13 years, 25 years as a field service technician.

Interests: Shooting, reloading ammunition, sightseeing, camping, fishing.

Family: We have three grown children and five grandchildren.

Other: Life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and a life member of National Rifle Association (NRA).

Adam Lee
Service Technician, 5 years.

Experience: Graduated from Freeman High School and Southeast Technical Institute in diesel technology.

Interests: Hunting, fishing, bowhunting, muscle cars (mopar or no car).

Family: Wife, Chelsy; dogs: Kilo, Hemi, and Roxy.

Ron Mayrose
Sales, 7 years.

Interests: Fishing and Hunting.

Family: Wife, Vicky L. Mayrose.

Charles Miller
Service Technician, 13 years.

Experience: Farmer, two years at a junior college.

Interests: Motorcycling, boating, fishing.

Family: Wife and two kids.

Geoffrey Pfeiffer
Accounting, 4 years.

Experience: Degree from Southeast Technical Institute and two years of construction experience.

Interests: Sports, TV, music.

Sharon Pfeiffer
Controller, 21 years.

Interests: Cooking, baking, having a night out with friends, and I enjoy a nice quiet evening at home.

Family: Family includes a daughter, son and two grandchildren. I am involved with church organizations and have held various church officer positions.

Rick Preheim
Parts, 36 years.

Experience: Finished High School.

Interests: Spending time with family and fishing.

Family: Wife Peggy; sons Jeff, and Michael and wife Julie.

Jim Rigo
Sales, 26 years.

Experience: Worked in parts for many years before moving to sales in 1994.

Family: Family includes wife Sue and two sons, Matt (and his wife Sheila) and Paul.

Chris Schenkel
Service Manager, 12 years.

Experience: Graduate of Freeman High School and Southwest Minnesota State University.

Interests: Football and fantasy football.

Mike Schmidt
Service Technician, 2 years.

Experience: Tripp-Delmont High School.

Interests: Hunting, fishing, watching football games.

Family: Father farms, Mother works at United States Post Office; Both sisters work in Sioux Falls, one is a pharmacist, the other a nurse.

Adam Squires
AMS Consultant—all three locations, 5 years.

Experience: Grew up by Clear Lake, S.D., and went to Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, S.D. Six years self employed, one-and-a-half years at John Deere dealer in northwest Iowa.

Interests: Hunting, snowmobiling and spending time with family.

Family: Wife, Jenny and son, Sutton.

Don Sweeney
Service Technician, 8 years.

Experience: Over 40 years as a technician/mechanic.

Family: Wife, Judy.

Nathan Terveen
Sales, 13 years.

Experience: Emery High School Graduate; Dakota State University for two years.

Interests: Helping on the farm and spending time with my son.

Family: Son, Blake.