Doctors & Staff

Dr. Timothy A. Pinke

Dr. Timothy Pinke, a native of Valley City, North Dakota, attended Valley
City State University and received his undergraduate degree from Pacific
University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He completed his perceptorship
training at Oak Harbor Naval Hospital in Oak Harbor, Washington. A member
of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, he received his Doctor of Optometry
Degree from Pacific University. He is a member of the American Optometric
Association, the Minnesota Optometric Association and the South Central
Optometric Society.

Dr. Pinke has been involved with the following organizations through the
past 16 years:
St. James Chamber of Commerce Member - (past president)
St. James Rotary Club - (former member/ past president)
St. James School Board Member - current
St. James Health Services / Hospital Board Member (past vice president)
Economic Development Committee in St. James - current
District #840 St. James Schools Foundation Member - current
First Lutheran Church member and Stewardship Board Member
Youth baseball and basketball coaching in St. James and Godahl

In his spare time, Dr. Pinke enjoys following his kids’ sporting events,
golfing and spending time with family and friends.

Dr. Pinke, his wife Nancy and their three children Austin, Kyle and Noah
have lived in St. James for the past 16 years.

 Dr. Steven P. Jeppson

Dr. Jeppson was born in Fergus Falls, MN, raised in the Wendell, MN, area, and graduated from Elbow Lake, MN, High School. After graduating from Waldorf College, attending Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, Dr. Jeppson earned his BSVS degree as well as his doctorate degree in optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry.

Dr. Jeppson was employed in the Moorhead, MN/Fargo, ND, area for two years, prior to starting his own optometric practice in Madelia, MN, in 1980. In 1985, Dr. Jeppson purchased the practice of Dr. Wm Gosche; and, in 2008 merged practices with Dr. Tim Pinke. Dr. Jeppson is a member of the American and Minnesota Optometric Associations and also the South Central Optometric Society.

Other activies include:
-St. James Federal Savings & Loan - Board of Directors (former president)
-Crescent Community Club - president
-First Lutheran Church - member (former president)
-St. James Sertoma Club - member (former president)
-St. James Chamber of Commerce - member (former board   member)
-VOSH/Minnesota - Board of Directors

Dr. Jeppson has lived in St. James with his wife, Julie, since 1985.  They have 2 adult children:

Kara (Dustin) Anderson, RNP-C, employed at St. James Medical Center, and Lance (Aubrey) Jeppson, employed at Wells Fargo-Faribault, MN.  In his spare time, Dr. Jeppson enjoys running, boating, watching Gopher sporting events, and, most of all, playing with his two grandsons, Daevon and Kollin Anderson.

Dr. Annette R. Grimshaw

Dr. Grimshaw received her Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana Wesleyan University, and her Doctor of Optometry degree from Indiana University.  She completed clinical externships at Ireland Army Hospital in Ft. Knox, KY and John Kenyon Eye Center in Jeffersonville, IN and Louisville, KY.  She is a member of the American Optometric Association.

Dr. Grimshaw recently relocated to St. James with her husband, Matt, and their son Joshua. She has spent the last 6 years practicing primary eye care in Michigan.  Dr. Grimshaw practiced at Great Lakes Eye Institute in Saginaw and Frankenmuth, MI and then more recently at Alpena Optical in Alpena,MI and Fraser Optical in Oscoda, MI.

Dr. Grimshaw grew up in Vienna, Austria.  She speaks fluent German.  She enjoys travel and photography.

 STAFF

 Terry Rusert, Becki Reuter, Sherry Miest, Sandy Friesen, Julie Jeppson, Olga Salazar