Jerry's Body Shop is owned and operated by Jerry Hohertz. He rented from the Iverson brothers in August of 1978.

Jerry bought the business from Lynn and Lee Iverson in January of 1980. It was then known as I.B. Automotive.

Lynn and Lee Iverson bought the business in 1975 from Earl Vogt. It was then known as Earl's Motor.

Earl Vogt began the first dealership in used cars in 1937 uptown in the Henry Otteson Blacksmith Shop, diagonally across the street, across from the grade elementary school. (This building was moved out to the airport.)

Earl Vogt started a Texaco Gas Station in 1940. He tore down the building in 1946 and put up the present building (Jerry's) in 1946. It was called Earl's Motors. He began a car dealership, selling Kaiser-Fraisers, Henry J's, Studebakers, and Willis Jeeps. The first new Kaiser-Frasier car was sold to Ebert Carlson in 1947. Olive Lien still has a 1951 Kaiser. Eddie Larson is rebuilding a Henry J car at the present time.

Earl Vogt's son, Irvin Vogt, now has junk cars located along Highway 200 west of Cooperstown on the north side of the highway on land bought from Mrs. Arndt.

Source: Cooperstown, North Dakota 1882-1982 Centennial Page 218