By Corinne Scott, Living Stones News Publisher
Midwest Transmission and Auto Repair aims for satisfied customers with its
guaranteed work
As owner of Midwest Transmission and Auto Repair, Steve Matheson seeks to
operate the business based on Godly values.
Steve Matheson (left) and Jason Roy are a two-man crew at Midwest
Transmission and Auto Repair in Superior, Wis. Matheson, who founded the
business 20 years ago, aims to run the company on Christian principles.
Matheson says they think of every vehicle that comes into their shop as
their mother’s car. |
In October, Steve Matheson will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Midwest
Transmission and Auto Repair, which he founded. Located at 801 Ogden Ave., in
Superior, Wis., Midwest Transmission offers full auto repair for cars and light
trucks.
Matheson, 47, who also is a firefighter for the city of Superior, relies heavily
on his one employee, Jason Roy.
“I’m very fortunate to have Jason,” Matheson said. “He is a really good employee
and a very good mechanic.”
Raised as a Lutheran, Matheson said he has always believed in God. His parents
taught him to have good values, which he exercises in his workplace.
“We are a service-oriented business,” he said. “We do our very best for everyone
who comes through the door. We treat customers the way we would want to be
treated. We are honest and straightforward and stand behind our work with at
least a 12-month or 12,000-mile warranty. We try to give out loaner cars if the
customer needs it. We work on cars as if they were our mother’s.”
Allen Lennartson of Proctor has been a customer of Midwest Transmission and Auto
Repair for about six years. He said that Matheson has done work on his
transmission, his brakes and “has fixed up some other things.”
“He has a perfectly good business,” Lennartson said. “I’m absolutely satisfied
with his work. He knows how to treat a customer right. He gives good
explanations, and his prices are reasonable. And, I think he is a fine person.”
Steve and Lisa Matheson have been married for 23 years. She helps with the books
at the end of the month and works at Seeds of Hope horse ranch north of Duluth,
Minn. They have three children: Nathan, 21, Christopher, 16, and Megan, 10. The
children have been home-schooled for a couple of years and have attended
Maranatha Christian Academy, south of Superior, and Lakeview Christian Academy
in Duluth.
About 15 years ago, Matheson suffered through some hardships. He had eye
surgery, and at the same time had a contractor who was messing up some work at
his home. Matheson saw some of the problems but couldn’t get inspectors out to
check on the work. He finally was able to replace the contractor with Carey
Construction and some others who completed fixing his house.
However, going through those hardships caused Matheson to realize he couldn’t do
it on his own and that he needed God’s help. He and his family then attended a
service at Lakeview Covenant Church in Duluth.
“Don Perez was the pastor then,” Matheson said. “He got excited when he
preached, and I wasn’t used to that. With everything he said, I thought, ‘That
was really neat.’ We got the Word of God and that was the turning point for my
wife and me to walk closer to God.”
The Mathesons now attend Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Duluth.
Matheson said that he seeks to carry out the values that God wants him to have.
“I have faults,” he said. “At times I look back and have seen that I could have
done things differently. I just need to be in God’s Word and let the fruit of
the Spirit (Galatians 5: 22-23) shine through. I don’t always, but I try.”
The shop is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The
phone number is (715) 392-7668.
