George died peacefully on Thursday March 26, 2015 at home with his wife by his side.
George was a 1945 graduate of Conrad High School where he played football and baseball. He retired from Carpenter Local 626 in 1987 after 39 years of service. George was a member of the Armstrong Masonic Lodge 26 in Newport.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Mary Jane Hicks Garber; his children, Curtis Garber (Darlene), David Garber (Donelle), Deborah Graham (John), Roger, Carol Hackett (Bill), Sandy Ward (Geoff), Walter Garber (Linda) and Kevin Garber (Sandy); his 28 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and his brothers Charles and Edward Garber.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8pm on Tuesday March 31 at PENIEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 115 E. Market St., Newport DE 19804. Services will be at 11am on Wednesday April 1 at the Church where a second visitation will begin at 10am. Burial will be at Hickory Grove Cemetery, Port Penn Road, Middletown.
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions in George's memory to the American Diabetes Association 100 W. 10th St., Suite 1002, Wilmington, DE 19801.
George was a 1945 graduate of Conrad High School where he played football and baseball. He retired from Carpenter Local 626 in 1987 after 39 years of service. George was a member of the Armstrong Masonic Lodge 26 in Newport.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Mary Jane Hicks Garber; his children, Curtis Garber (Darlene), David Garber (Donelle), Deborah Graham (John), Roger, Carol Hackett (Bill), Sandy Ward (Geoff), Walter Garber (Linda) and Kevin Garber (Sandy); his 28 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and his brothers Charles and Edward Garber.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8pm on Tuesday March 31 at PENIEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 115 E. Market St., Newport DE 19804. Services will be at 11am on Wednesday April 1 at the Church where a second visitation will begin at 10am. Burial will be at Hickory Grove Cemetery, Port Penn Road, Middletown.
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions in George's memory to the American Diabetes Association 100 W. 10th St., Suite 1002, Wilmington, DE 19801.
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