Jack Wayne Garoutte was born to Roy and Rosine Garoutte on December 2, 1934 on their farm in Hoberg, MO. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freistatt, MO
Little Jackie Garoutte (age 18 months) and parents visited his grandparents in Greene Co, MO in 1936. Grandmother, Lucy Garoutte was being visited by her brother Fred Reynolds and Grandfather Fred Garoutte was being visited by his sister, Mary Green and her children Dorothy (age 19) and Kenneth (a few days shy of his 7th birthday).
In March of 1937, Jackie Wayne Garoutte (aged 2) and his mother Rosie attended a birthday party for Howard Brune’s 6th birthday. Rosie’s little half-siblings, Donna Doss (aged 5) and J. Ernest Doss (aged 8) were there with their mother, Elenore. Howard Brune’s family lived two streets over in Hoberg, MO.
I tried to find a family connection, but instead I found out that Howard Brune is my husband Shaun’s 7th cousin, 2 times removed on the FamilySearch tree. (However, it is through lines I have not confirmed for myself.)
On September 30, 1937, brother Robert Alan Garoutte was born.
Grandma Hulda Zindler Doss (aged 82) visited Rosie and family for a week in November of 1938.
On January 4th, 1940, brother Lawrence Hubert Garoutte joined the family.
That summer, Jack’s family went sightseeing with Rosie’s father Ernest and his young family.
On April 10, 1943, Jack’s Grandmother, Lucy Reynolds Garoutte died.
For Jack’s 8th birthday, guests were Rosie’s far in the future second husband Emil Osterloh and his family, (His first set of twins, Erna and Alfred, were 14, his second set of twins, Lloyd and Lloydeen were 7, and daughter Delphine 6.) Rosie’s father, Ernest and family (J. Ernest was 14 and Donna 10) and Hoberg neighbor Lydia with her daughter, Patty Rusch (age 8).
“Dad (Jack) told me about plowing the field with a horse or mule. Bob was 5. Dad had to put a rope around Bob’s waist and use a pulley in the barn to get Bob on the animal, probably a mule. Then Dad had the job of steering the plow to make the furrows. Bob held the reins.” – Jack’s daughter, Jan.
Jack attended Mt. Vernon High School from 1948 – 1952.
“Grandma Rosie told me she and the boys had to go get the cows and herd them to the farm. Just walking.” – Jan
Jack’s brothers Bob and Larry 1954-1955
Popular Bar, Misawa Japan
Mar 10 1955
Winnie’s cousin Hazel had dinner with the Roy Garouttes and 18 friends and relatives to celebrate Jack Garoutte’s return from Japan. I wonder why the paper singled out Hazel, maybe she relayed the news to them!
Jack and Winnie lived at 516 Poplar Ave in Hutchinson, KS
On January 20, 1957, Jack and Winnie welcomed Jan Elizabeth Garoutte to their home in Hutchinson, KS
On November 1, 1957 Jack’s military service ended and on December 31, 1957 Jack and Winnie moved from Kansas to the Garoutte Farm in Mt. Vernon, MO where they lived with Jack’s parents.
On September 13, 1959 Jack and Winnie had a son, James Garoutte.
On April 22, 1960 Jack’s brother Bob Garoutte married Carole Neill in Mt. Vernon, MO
Jack graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in July 1960
On September 1, 1960, Jack, Winnie, Jan and James moved to 311 S. McCanse St in Mt. Vernon.
On January 27, 1962 they moved to 3-K University Terrace, Columbia, MO, while Jack attended the University of Missouri, where he graduated later that year with his Master of Arts degree.
On March 17, 1962, Jack’s Grandfather Ernest Doss died at Roy and Rosie’s home in Mt. Vernon.
On June 6, 1962 Jack began working for Skelly Oil and the family moved to 1108 W. 45th, Apt.8, in Kansas City, MO
On June 9, 1962, Jack’s brother Larry married Dee Nance in Mt. Vernon, MO.
Before the end of 1962, Skelly transferred Jack to Tulsa, OK where they lived at 2544 E 16th st
On December 22, 1962, on Jack and Winnie’s 9th anniversary, they had a baby girl, Kimberly Garoutte.
Two days later, on Christmas Eve, Jack’s father Roy died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 53.
On February 1, 1963, Jack’s Grandpa Fred Garoutte died tragically in a fire.
On June 28, 1963 Jack and family moved to 4311 E 28th street in Tulsa, OK
In 1963, Winnie was prescribed the antibiotic Chloramphenicol, which resulted in Aplastic Anemia, a condition where your body does not make enough of all types of blood cells. She spent the next few years extremely immunocompromised and very ill.
Winnie passed away on January 11, 1966 at the age of 30. Jan was just over a week away from her 9th birthday, James was 6 and Kim 3.
Rosie was a big help with the children after Winnie’s death. She was there for picture day at Skelly OIl in 1967.
In 1968, The Garouttes gathered at Jack’s brother Bob Garoutte’s for the Fourth of July and some of Bob’s homemade ice cream, a tradition that would continue on and off into the early 2000s.
July 11, 1968 – Lawrence Chieftain (Mt. Vernon, MO)
That same month, The Garouttes moved to 4150 E 37th St, Tulsa, OK
In October 1968, Jack became Supervisor of the Marketing and Manufacturing Accounting section at Skelly Oil.
In July 1972, the family moved to 2811 S. 100th E Ave, Tulsa, OK
In 1976, Jack and Pam opened their first bookstore together, Crossbow Books, at The Crossbow Shopping Center, 41st and Garnett, Tulsa, OK.
In 1977, Jack and Pam opened Bookworm’s Emporium, specializing in new books. in the Farm Shopping Center.
In 1981, Bookworm’s Emporium moved to a bigger, corner location within The Farm Shopping Center. Bookworm’s Emporium also housed mail-order cookbook business through ads in magazines like Southern Living.
On April 7, 1982, Jack’s mother, Rosine Doss Garoutte Osterloh passed away.
In 1983, Jack and Pam opened a second bookstore, this one for Used Books, Cobwebs & Books on 15th St. For a time they were running the two bookstores at the same time.
In late 1985 or 1986, Jack and Pam moved to 8132 Island View Dr NE, Olympia, WA
They briefly opened Dusty Bookworm in Olympia, WA in 1986.
Jack and Pam opened their final bookstore in Tulsa, OK on Harvard in 1988, another Dusty Bookworm. It was managed by daughter, Jan Humphrey.
By 1990, Jack had suffered from seven heart attacks over the years and was on the list for a heart transplant.
Jack and Pam moved into an apartment in Beaverton, OR to await a heart transplant for Jack, while keeping their home in Olympia.
Jack’s heart transplant was a success. Jack and Pam continued living in Oregon while his immune system recovered, then moved back to Olympia.
Eddie, Kim, Dustin and Rindi Rhodes, Jerry and Georgia Hollingsworth, Jan Humphrey, Jim and Eloisa Garoutte, Rachel Humphrey, Norene Hollingsworth, Jack Garoutte, Paul Humphrey.
Jack began dialysis treatment in the late 1990s.
In early 2001, Jan and Rachel Humphrey flew up to Washington and helped Jack and Pam move to 1905 139Th Street CT E, Tacoma, WA
In 2001 The family gathered for Jack’s 67th birthday in Missouri.
In 2003, Jack opted to stop dialysis treatment. He passed away on March 5, 2003 at home.
This post will be updated if I get new stories or find more photos to share!
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