At Olson Pearson, our staff is one step above the rest. Wayne Westergaard, our full-time mechanic, has been an asset to our business from the start, helping set up farm machinery, tools and other sales items. It’s nice to know that when it’s 20 degrees below zero and a machine won’t start that Wayne is around to solve the problem. Our ring men, Brad Petersen and Mort Pearson, work a sale crowd better than anyone else we’ve seen. Brad and Mort enjoy what they do and make the crowd feel right at home.

Eldon and Lois Schulenburg bring 40 years of combined experience to our auctioning team. Eldon, our sales manager, and Lois, our sale clerk, do their best to make sales run in a timely and fashionable manner. Carl Pearson is our sales manager out of north-central Nebraska. Carl has been active in the business for 10 years and would be happy to talk to interested customers in the O’Neill-Neligh area. We also have a contact person in the West Point area. Mary Jo Lueckenhoff helps clerk at sales and would be more than willing to visit with you at your convenience.

Ed Olson and his wife, Leta, live on the family farm south of Craig. Along with the auction business, Ed raises corn and soybeans and manages a small cow-calf herd. Leta is a secretary at Logan View High School and clerks many weekend auctions. Their older daughter, Penny, was married in February 2006 and currently lives in Colorado with her husband Mike. Kalee, a senior at UNL, is finishing her degree in journalism and plans to pursue a career in advertising. In his spare time, Ed enjoys hunting and fishing, as well as helping youth through the Logan Valley Shooting Club and Hunter Safety Education.

David Pearson has lived in the Oakland-Craig area for most of his life. He currently farms near Oakland with his wife, Kathy, and son, Garrett. Kathy works as a bookkeeper for Olson Pearson and clerks at various auctions. Garrett is active in 4-H, showing cattle from the family’s small herd, and enjoys sports of any kind. David has worked in agriculture his entire career. In addition to farming, he built a fertilizer and chemical business, P.F.S., Inc. in Oakland.