The Business Spotlight showcases businesses from the Odebolt area. (July 2006)

Jim's TV & Appliance Service Company
When You Expect the Best

Jim's TV & Appliance 133 West Second Street P.O. Box 440 Odebolt, Iowa 51458 Phone 712-668-2809 Fax 712-668-2273 HOURS M - F, 9:00 to 5:00 Saturday, 9:00 to Noon

Jim's TV to Celebrate 50th Anniversary - Need Photos from Residents
     March 27, 2008 - Jim and Karen Wareham have been in business at Jim's TV & Appliance for 50 years and will hold a celebration later in the year. They are gathering photos and memorabilia from their years in business and are seeking help from residents. If you have photos relating to the business, please contact them.
     The Warehams also want to say hello to Peter Mestorff, their friend in Germany who often checks odebolt.net for news of his favorite town in the U.S.A
 - B. Horak, web editor

Serving you for nearly 50 years . . .

"When a store has gained such a loyal following through the years, like Jim's TV & Appliance has since 1958, then you just got to know that the merchandise they carry and the service they give is what has made their reputation." (Good Neighbor Review) Jim's TV & Appliance serves Sac County as well as surrounding counties, providing factory authorized service, professional installations, service and repair in a 35 mile radius.   Some of the products in the spacious showroom are refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers and dryers, all sizes of televisions, stereos, satellite radios, cellular phones, and more.  Need Dish Network?  Jim's TV can hook you up. Jim Wareham, owner, grew up on a farm south of Odebolt, attended rural schools, and graduated from Odebolt High School in 1952.  In 1953 he started in the business with Walt Lundblad in Walt's Radio & TV.  He took over the business from Walt in 1958.  Jim's TV & Appliance was located at 205 S. Main until 1995, when it moved to its present location on Second Street.  As of 2003 Jim has been serving the area for 50 years, while Jim's TV and Appliance will celebrate its 50th anniversary as a business in 2008.  Photo of Walt's Radio & TV.  Walt Lundblad, left; Jim Wareham, right.

Televisions Need Dish TV?  We can hook you up. Plasma TVs Liquid Crystal TVs LCD Flat Panel TVs   Zenith Samsung JVC LG Electronics Large Selection Of Appliances & Electronics Refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers and dryers, stereos, satellite radios, US Cellular phones, and more! *Whirlpool      *Kitchenaid     *Estate       *LG Appliance *Crosley      *Phoenix Grills

Professional Service

Authorized Whirlpool & Sears Service Center Factory trained technicians with outstanding product knowledge Professional installations Product service and repair Environmental Service (disposal of old appliances) Factory direct buying power

A family business ...

Karen "the boss" Wareham, Jim's wife, is the office manager.  She grew up in Kiron, Iowa and graduated from Denison High School.  Karen started working in the office after marriage and raising the children.  The Warehams' three children are Curt, in business with his parents in Odebolt; Tracy who lives in Euless, Texas; Debbie in Fort Worth, Texas; and Lisa in Emmetsburg, Iowa.  The Warehams have 10 grandchildren. Curt Wareham, general manager of the business, says he has always helped in the shop, as a youth and through high school.  Curt graduated from Odebolt-Arthur High School and continued his education at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa.  After college graduation he worked in Des Moines at DSI Distributing for a time.  In 1992 he returned home to Odebolt and joined the family business.  Jim and Karen say that Curt is excellent with electronics and added a new dimension to the business.  Curt and his wife Vonnie have 3 children.  They have remodeled the rooms above the shop into an apartment and enjoy living "downtown".  Curt's hobbies are photography and Odebolt history.  He has generously shared both with odebolt.net and also The Odebolt History Pages. Josh Loger, Service Manager at Jim's TV, is also an Odebolt native.  He graduated from Odebolt-Arthur High School in 1996 and has been with Jim's TV for 8 years.  Josh is giving up his "confirmed bachelor" status and will be married in November 2006.

Jim, Karen and Curt Wareham, and Josh Loger