Published in the Patterson Irrigator on January 5, 1999 p1:
Dr. Goutiere Dies
Had Life of Adventure
When Dr. Vernon Goutiere retired from active medical practice at the end of 1987, he looked back on a career that spanned over 40 years, and included the delivery of some 4000 local babies. Two of those babies grew up and were members of his office staff when he retired - Martha Lomeli and Rosalva Soto.
Died at Home
They were among many Pattersonites who were saddened to learn of his death Sunday at age 92. Because of his age he had been in failing health, but continued to live at home with his wife Kay. The couple's 54th wedding anniversary was last Wednesday, Dec. 30.
The longtime physician was born in India to parents of English and French heritage. His adventures as a young man took him to South America working for United Fruit Co, and finally to this country. He graduated from the University of California at San Francisco in 1938 with a degree in biological sciences and received his master's degree in anatomy a year later.
An Honor Student: His graduation from medical school in San Francisco brought him his proudest academic achievement - Phi Beta Kappa, a straight A average. Dr. Goutiere then served his residency in general practice at a U.S. Navy hospital. He enlisted in the Navy, requested duty in the Pacific at the height of World War II, and became a lieutenant commander and combat physician in the Navy's Seventh Amphibious Fleet. It was in the Pacific that he met his future wife, a Navy physiotherapist on Biak Island, and it was while on duty that they received special permission to marry.
Here in 1946: The Goutieres moved to Patterson in 1946 when he went into practice with Dr. Ernest Allen. The physicians had their office over the Eagle Drug Store, now M&M Associates real estate offices. The couple then left for three years but returned in 1950 with the opening of Del Puerto Hospital.
Dr. Goutiere, "Vern" to many of his friends, was an avid outdoors man his entire life, starting as a youth growing up in the Himalayas. He told of hiking over high mountain passes into Tibet on breaks from school, and continued to enjoy fishing and hiking the remainder of his life. His adventures took him on safaris to Africa, India and Brazil, and hunting trips to the jungles of Central America. He also became an avid collector of butterflies. A full obituary and final rites are pending.
Published in the Patterson Irrigator on January 7, 1999 p5:
Dr. Vernon Goutiere, 92
A memorial service will be held here Friday for Dr. Vernon Goutiere, a long time Patterson resident who died Sunday at his home. He was 92 and had retired from active medical practice in late 1987. The service will he held at 1 p.m. at the Federated Church. Inurnment was private.
A native of Bijnor, India, he was raised in that country, then moved to the East Coast of the United States in 1928. As a young man he worked two and a half years for United Fruit, first as a soil chemist and assistant overseer of vast banana plantations in Spanish Honduras. He later transferred to United's "Great White Fleet" which shipped commodities around the world. He spent several years with the fleet, making New York and later San Francisco his home port.
After leaving United Fruit he ended up in Mexico where he once told a reporter he "had enough adventures to fill a book." He made his way up the coast through Acapulco (it was nothing but a village then) to California. He arrived in the Bay Area in 1934 and was a Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California from where he graduated from medical school in 1942.
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he served in the South Pacific as a medical doctor. It was in the Navy that he met and married his wife in New Guinea in late 1944. At the very end of the war his 30-member commando unit trained and prepared for what they thought was inevitable - a beach landing on the other Japanese island of Kyushu. But suddenly orders came to send the group home, and on their way they heard of the dropping of the two atomic bombs.
The couple moved to Patterson in 1946 when Dr. Goutiere went into practice with long time local physician E.G. Allen. They soon moved to Corcoran but returned to this community in 1950 when the new Del Puerto Hospital opened its doors.
He was a member of Patterson Masonic Lodge No. 488, the Shrine, and was a past president of the Patterson Rotary Club. He also held memberships in the American California and Stanislaus County medical associations, the American Association of Family Practice, and the American Geriatric Society.
Dr. Goutiere was a lifetime outdoors man, starting as a youth in India where he hiked in the Himalayas. He remained an avid back packer, hunter and fisherman, and some tell of his ability to out hike many a person one and even two generations younger when he was well into his 70s.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine L. Goutiere of Patterson; four daughters, Wendi Schroeder of Kamiah, Idaho, and Rani Milldru, Alice Cuccuine, and Christine Turner, all of Modesto; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: a brother, Peter Goutiere of Port Richey, Fla.; and a sister, Geraldine Acumb of Avon, Conn. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeanne Goutiere.
Memorial contributions should be sent to Community Hospice, 601 McHenry Ave., Modesto, Calif 95350; Shriners Children's Hospital, 2435 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, Calif 95817; or Habitat for Humanity, 2301 Woodland Ave., Modesto, Calif 95355.
Obituaries courtesy of the Patterson Township Historical Society
Dr. Goutiere Dies
Had Life of Adventure
When Dr. Vernon Goutiere retired from active medical practice at the end of 1987, he looked back on a career that spanned over 40 years, and included the delivery of some 4000 local babies. Two of those babies grew up and were members of his office staff when he retired - Martha Lomeli and Rosalva Soto.
Died at Home
They were among many Pattersonites who were saddened to learn of his death Sunday at age 92. Because of his age he had been in failing health, but continued to live at home with his wife Kay. The couple's 54th wedding anniversary was last Wednesday, Dec. 30.
The longtime physician was born in India to parents of English and French heritage. His adventures as a young man took him to South America working for United Fruit Co, and finally to this country. He graduated from the University of California at San Francisco in 1938 with a degree in biological sciences and received his master's degree in anatomy a year later.
An Honor Student: His graduation from medical school in San Francisco brought him his proudest academic achievement - Phi Beta Kappa, a straight A average. Dr. Goutiere then served his residency in general practice at a U.S. Navy hospital. He enlisted in the Navy, requested duty in the Pacific at the height of World War II, and became a lieutenant commander and combat physician in the Navy's Seventh Amphibious Fleet. It was in the Pacific that he met his future wife, a Navy physiotherapist on Biak Island, and it was while on duty that they received special permission to marry.
Here in 1946: The Goutieres moved to Patterson in 1946 when he went into practice with Dr. Ernest Allen. The physicians had their office over the Eagle Drug Store, now M&M Associates real estate offices. The couple then left for three years but returned in 1950 with the opening of Del Puerto Hospital.
Dr. Goutiere, "Vern" to many of his friends, was an avid outdoors man his entire life, starting as a youth growing up in the Himalayas. He told of hiking over high mountain passes into Tibet on breaks from school, and continued to enjoy fishing and hiking the remainder of his life. His adventures took him on safaris to Africa, India and Brazil, and hunting trips to the jungles of Central America. He also became an avid collector of butterflies. A full obituary and final rites are pending.
Published in the Patterson Irrigator on January 7, 1999 p5:
Dr. Vernon Goutiere, 92
A memorial service will be held here Friday for Dr. Vernon Goutiere, a long time Patterson resident who died Sunday at his home. He was 92 and had retired from active medical practice in late 1987. The service will he held at 1 p.m. at the Federated Church. Inurnment was private.
A native of Bijnor, India, he was raised in that country, then moved to the East Coast of the United States in 1928. As a young man he worked two and a half years for United Fruit, first as a soil chemist and assistant overseer of vast banana plantations in Spanish Honduras. He later transferred to United's "Great White Fleet" which shipped commodities around the world. He spent several years with the fleet, making New York and later San Francisco his home port.
After leaving United Fruit he ended up in Mexico where he once told a reporter he "had enough adventures to fill a book." He made his way up the coast through Acapulco (it was nothing but a village then) to California. He arrived in the Bay Area in 1934 and was a Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California from where he graduated from medical school in 1942.
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he served in the South Pacific as a medical doctor. It was in the Navy that he met and married his wife in New Guinea in late 1944. At the very end of the war his 30-member commando unit trained and prepared for what they thought was inevitable - a beach landing on the other Japanese island of Kyushu. But suddenly orders came to send the group home, and on their way they heard of the dropping of the two atomic bombs.
The couple moved to Patterson in 1946 when Dr. Goutiere went into practice with long time local physician E.G. Allen. They soon moved to Corcoran but returned to this community in 1950 when the new Del Puerto Hospital opened its doors.
He was a member of Patterson Masonic Lodge No. 488, the Shrine, and was a past president of the Patterson Rotary Club. He also held memberships in the American California and Stanislaus County medical associations, the American Association of Family Practice, and the American Geriatric Society.
Dr. Goutiere was a lifetime outdoors man, starting as a youth in India where he hiked in the Himalayas. He remained an avid back packer, hunter and fisherman, and some tell of his ability to out hike many a person one and even two generations younger when he was well into his 70s.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine L. Goutiere of Patterson; four daughters, Wendi Schroeder of Kamiah, Idaho, and Rani Milldru, Alice Cuccuine, and Christine Turner, all of Modesto; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: a brother, Peter Goutiere of Port Richey, Fla.; and a sister, Geraldine Acumb of Avon, Conn. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeanne Goutiere.
Memorial contributions should be sent to Community Hospice, 601 McHenry Ave., Modesto, Calif 95350; Shriners Children's Hospital, 2435 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, Calif 95817; or Habitat for Humanity, 2301 Woodland Ave., Modesto, Calif 95355.
Obituaries courtesy of the Patterson Township Historical Society
Published in the Patterson Irrigator on January 5, 1999 p1:
Dr. Goutiere Dies
Had Life of Adventure
When Dr. Vernon Goutiere retired from active medical practice at the end of 1987, he looked back on a career that spanned over 40 years, and included the delivery of some 4000 local babies. Two of those babies grew up and were members of his office staff when he retired - Martha Lomeli and Rosalva Soto.
Died at Home
They were among many Pattersonites who were saddened to learn of his death Sunday at age 92. Because of his age he had been in failing health, but continued to live at home with his wife Kay. The couple's 54th wedding anniversary was last Wednesday, Dec. 30.
The longtime physician was born in India to parents of English and French heritage. His adventures as a young man took him to South America working for United Fruit Co, and finally to this country. He graduated from the University of California at San Francisco in 1938 with a degree in biological sciences and received his master's degree in anatomy a year later.
An Honor Student: His graduation from medical school in San Francisco brought him his proudest academic achievement - Phi Beta Kappa, a straight A average. Dr. Goutiere then served his residency in general practice at a U.S. Navy hospital. He enlisted in the Navy, requested duty in the Pacific at the height of World War II, and became a lieutenant commander and combat physician in the Navy's Seventh Amphibious Fleet. It was in the Pacific that he met his future wife, a Navy physiotherapist on Biak Island, and it was while on duty that they received special permission to marry.
Here in 1946: The Goutieres moved to Patterson in 1946 when he went into practice with Dr. Ernest Allen. The physicians had their office over the Eagle Drug Store, now M&M Associates real estate offices. The couple then left for three years but returned in 1950 with the opening of Del Puerto Hospital.
Dr. Goutiere, "Vern" to many of his friends, was an avid outdoors man his entire life, starting as a youth growing up in the Himalayas. He told of hiking over high mountain passes into Tibet on breaks from school, and continued to enjoy fishing and hiking the remainder of his life. His adventures took him on safaris to Africa, India and Brazil, and hunting trips to the jungles of Central America. He also became an avid collector of butterflies. A full obituary and final rites are pending.
Published in the Patterson Irrigator on January 7, 1999 p5:
Dr. Vernon Goutiere, 92
A memorial service will be held here Friday for Dr. Vernon Goutiere, a long time Patterson resident who died Sunday at his home. He was 92 and had retired from active medical practice in late 1987. The service will he held at 1 p.m. at the Federated Church. Inurnment was private.
A native of Bijnor, India, he was raised in that country, then moved to the East Coast of the United States in 1928. As a young man he worked two and a half years for United Fruit, first as a soil chemist and assistant overseer of vast banana plantations in Spanish Honduras. He later transferred to United's "Great White Fleet" which shipped commodities around the world. He spent several years with the fleet, making New York and later San Francisco his home port.
After leaving United Fruit he ended up in Mexico where he once told a reporter he "had enough adventures to fill a book." He made his way up the coast through Acapulco (it was nothing but a village then) to California. He arrived in the Bay Area in 1934 and was a Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California from where he graduated from medical school in 1942.
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he served in the South Pacific as a medical doctor. It was in the Navy that he met and married his wife in New Guinea in late 1944. At the very end of the war his 30-member commando unit trained and prepared for what they thought was inevitable - a beach landing on the other Japanese island of Kyushu. But suddenly orders came to send the group home, and on their way they heard of the dropping of the two atomic bombs.
The couple moved to Patterson in 1946 when Dr. Goutiere went into practice with long time local physician E.G. Allen. They soon moved to Corcoran but returned to this community in 1950 when the new Del Puerto Hospital opened its doors.
He was a member of Patterson Masonic Lodge No. 488, the Shrine, and was a past president of the Patterson Rotary Club. He also held memberships in the American California and Stanislaus County medical associations, the American Association of Family Practice, and the American Geriatric Society.
Dr. Goutiere was a lifetime outdoors man, starting as a youth in India where he hiked in the Himalayas. He remained an avid back packer, hunter and fisherman, and some tell of his ability to out hike many a person one and even two generations younger when he was well into his 70s.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine L. Goutiere of Patterson; four daughters, Wendi Schroeder of Kamiah, Idaho, and Rani Milldru, Alice Cuccuine, and Christine Turner, all of Modesto; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: a brother, Peter Goutiere of Port Richey, Fla.; and a sister, Geraldine Acumb of Avon, Conn. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeanne Goutiere.
Memorial contributions should be sent to Community Hospice, 601 McHenry Ave., Modesto, Calif 95350; Shriners Children's Hospital, 2435 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, Calif 95817; or Habitat for Humanity, 2301 Woodland Ave., Modesto, Calif 95355.
Obituaries courtesy of the Patterson Township Historical Society
Dr. Goutiere Dies
Had Life of Adventure
When Dr. Vernon Goutiere retired from active medical practice at the end of 1987, he looked back on a career that spanned over 40 years, and included the delivery of some 4000 local babies. Two of those babies grew up and were members of his office staff when he retired - Martha Lomeli and Rosalva Soto.
Died at Home
They were among many Pattersonites who were saddened to learn of his death Sunday at age 92. Because of his age he had been in failing health, but continued to live at home with his wife Kay. The couple's 54th wedding anniversary was last Wednesday, Dec. 30.
The longtime physician was born in India to parents of English and French heritage. His adventures as a young man took him to South America working for United Fruit Co, and finally to this country. He graduated from the University of California at San Francisco in 1938 with a degree in biological sciences and received his master's degree in anatomy a year later.
An Honor Student: His graduation from medical school in San Francisco brought him his proudest academic achievement - Phi Beta Kappa, a straight A average. Dr. Goutiere then served his residency in general practice at a U.S. Navy hospital. He enlisted in the Navy, requested duty in the Pacific at the height of World War II, and became a lieutenant commander and combat physician in the Navy's Seventh Amphibious Fleet. It was in the Pacific that he met his future wife, a Navy physiotherapist on Biak Island, and it was while on duty that they received special permission to marry.
Here in 1946: The Goutieres moved to Patterson in 1946 when he went into practice with Dr. Ernest Allen. The physicians had their office over the Eagle Drug Store, now M&M Associates real estate offices. The couple then left for three years but returned in 1950 with the opening of Del Puerto Hospital.
Dr. Goutiere, "Vern" to many of his friends, was an avid outdoors man his entire life, starting as a youth growing up in the Himalayas. He told of hiking over high mountain passes into Tibet on breaks from school, and continued to enjoy fishing and hiking the remainder of his life. His adventures took him on safaris to Africa, India and Brazil, and hunting trips to the jungles of Central America. He also became an avid collector of butterflies. A full obituary and final rites are pending.
Published in the Patterson Irrigator on January 7, 1999 p5:
Dr. Vernon Goutiere, 92
A memorial service will be held here Friday for Dr. Vernon Goutiere, a long time Patterson resident who died Sunday at his home. He was 92 and had retired from active medical practice in late 1987. The service will he held at 1 p.m. at the Federated Church. Inurnment was private.
A native of Bijnor, India, he was raised in that country, then moved to the East Coast of the United States in 1928. As a young man he worked two and a half years for United Fruit, first as a soil chemist and assistant overseer of vast banana plantations in Spanish Honduras. He later transferred to United's "Great White Fleet" which shipped commodities around the world. He spent several years with the fleet, making New York and later San Francisco his home port.
After leaving United Fruit he ended up in Mexico where he once told a reporter he "had enough adventures to fill a book." He made his way up the coast through Acapulco (it was nothing but a village then) to California. He arrived in the Bay Area in 1934 and was a Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California from where he graduated from medical school in 1942.
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he served in the South Pacific as a medical doctor. It was in the Navy that he met and married his wife in New Guinea in late 1944. At the very end of the war his 30-member commando unit trained and prepared for what they thought was inevitable - a beach landing on the other Japanese island of Kyushu. But suddenly orders came to send the group home, and on their way they heard of the dropping of the two atomic bombs.
The couple moved to Patterson in 1946 when Dr. Goutiere went into practice with long time local physician E.G. Allen. They soon moved to Corcoran but returned to this community in 1950 when the new Del Puerto Hospital opened its doors.
He was a member of Patterson Masonic Lodge No. 488, the Shrine, and was a past president of the Patterson Rotary Club. He also held memberships in the American California and Stanislaus County medical associations, the American Association of Family Practice, and the American Geriatric Society.
Dr. Goutiere was a lifetime outdoors man, starting as a youth in India where he hiked in the Himalayas. He remained an avid back packer, hunter and fisherman, and some tell of his ability to out hike many a person one and even two generations younger when he was well into his 70s.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine L. Goutiere of Patterson; four daughters, Wendi Schroeder of Kamiah, Idaho, and Rani Milldru, Alice Cuccuine, and Christine Turner, all of Modesto; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: a brother, Peter Goutiere of Port Richey, Fla.; and a sister, Geraldine Acumb of Avon, Conn. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeanne Goutiere.
Memorial contributions should be sent to Community Hospice, 601 McHenry Ave., Modesto, Calif 95350; Shriners Children's Hospital, 2435 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, Calif 95817; or Habitat for Humanity, 2301 Woodland Ave., Modesto, Calif 95355.
Obituaries courtesy of the Patterson Township Historical Society
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