Our HistoryBrooks Shoes & Repair has been in business for over 85 years. Mr. Roy Brooks established the business in 1937 starting by doing shoe repair from a lean-to at the back of his garage. He worked at the local shoe factory and was familiar with how shoes were made and therefore decided he could help people out by fixing their shoes. Since that time the store has been in six locations and has had five different owners.
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Mr. Brooks was the sole owner of Brooks Shoes & Repair from 1937 until 1990 when he sold the business to Lewis Garms. Mr. Brooks continued to work for Mr. Garms along with Ray Bartz from Juneau who also previously owned his own shoe business there. The two of them together would repair shoes for Mr. Garms for many years to come.
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The store was sold in 1999 to Keith & Jackie Schoeffling, who owned the store until 2003. At that time the store was purchased by Nick & Carol Klein who would become the new faces of Brooks Shoes & Repair until 2017.
On November 1, 2017 Gary & Katie DeJager became the latest owners of Brooks Shoes & Repair. They continue to bring in new lines of shoes and boots to keep up with current trends. In the past few years they have added Birkenstock, Brooks Running, and Keen brand shoes to the inventory.
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They continue to employ the previous Cobbler (Dan Sallach) that comes once a week to resole shoes, add lifts, and put new heels on boots and shoes. Brooks Shoes & Repair also does many other repairs such as stitching shoes, stretching shoes, applying tuff toe to your work boots, just to name a few.
Gary and Katie are honored to be the 5th owner of Brooks Shoes and Repair and to carry on the friendly hometown tradition of Mr. Brooks. They are excited to be part of the downtown Waupun community.
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