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Meet the Staff

Yvonne (Vonnie) Watson

Financial Secretary
Hometown: Irvine, CA / (Grew up in Osakis, MN) Family Info: My husband Ken, daughter Tara and husband Aaron, grandsons Adam and Sean, daughter Rani and husband Richard and their sons Cole and Davis. How did you become a part of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church? Our family became members in 1986 after moving from South Dakota. I first worked in the preschool office but then became part of the office staff at the church. What is your role? Financial tasks for our church office and congregation. What is your favorite part about your role? The interaction with people while fulfilling the necessary tasks. However, sometimes it’s the solitude of my one-person office.
Fun Stuff
If you were an animal what would you be? Someone’s pet dog with a loving owner who would cater to my every need while we went on exciting adventures together. What's the greatest invention in the last 50 years? Air conditioning – it makes life so much more enjoyable in our homes. What is your favorite place on earth? Hawaii and the places there still untouched. What makes you laugh? My husband Ken along with our grandchildren and the things they say and do. If you could have any super-power what would it be? The ability to remove hunger from people in our own country as well as the masses of our world.