GARBER, Mae A. 1919-1999

GARBER MCCUSKER, SOMMER, HIBBEN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/4/2012 at 01:47:49

Mae A. Garber was born December 22, 1919 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Alice (McCusker) Sommer. She died Thursday, March 4, 1999 at Covenant Medical Center at 79 years of age.

She married Ernest V. "Jan" Garber on January 2, 1942 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Waterloo, Iowa. Mae was a secretary in the Engineering Dept. at John Deere and Co. from 1944 – 1954 and was a Tour Guide at the Engine Works from 1979 – 1996. She was a member of P.E.O. and the Cedar Heights Woman’s Club, and was a volunteer at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo for many years.

She is survived by her husband, Ernest V. "Jan" Garber of Cedar Falls, Iowa; her son, Michael J. Garber of Morgan Hill, California and her daughter, Linda M. Hibben of Cedar Falls; and her six grandchildren, Blake Hibben, Michelle Garber, Stephen Garber, Sara-Ann Garber, Aubree Garber and Timothy Garber.

Mae was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral services were 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 8, 1999 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, both in Waterloo.

Memorials may be directed to Catholic Charities or Cedar Valley Hospice.

[Source: Dahl - Van Hove - Schoof Funeral Home]