Submitted by: Dan Rich
July 14, 1908 - May 8, 1997
South Bend Tribune 5/10/1997
SOUTH BEND - Irene R. Garber, 88, of
East Fox Street, died Thursday in St. Joseph Medical Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Adeline Wesolowski of
Mishawaka and Charlene Page of South Bend. Services will
be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Matthew Cathedral. Friends may call
from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Zahoran Funeral Home, where a rosary
will be said at 4:30 p.m.
South Bend Tribune 5/11/1997
SOUTH BEND - Irene Rose Garber, 88, passed
away after a brief illness at 7:27 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, in
St. Joseph's Medical Center. Irene was born to Michael and Martha
Kubiak on July 14, 1908, in South Bend.
On Jan. 10, 1927, she married Charles
Garber, who preceded her in death on Jan. 16, 1974. Irene was a
caring and compassionate woman who spent her life believing in
the goodness of people, and encouraged tolerance and acceptance
of all. She was an honest and intelligent woman who valued
family. She had a great sense of humor and brought smiles and
good times to all who knew her. She always had a joke to tell and
loved to listen to anyone who had one to tell. She was dedicated
to providing a warm, happy home to her children and raised them
with dignity, respect and love. She loved all children. Our
mother had a big heart and made everyone feel wanted, needed,
important and special, never leaving anyone out. A charitable
woman, Irene believed in giving too much. She gave unconditional
love and understanding, a shoulder to cry on, open arms to hug, a
hand to hold and an ear to forever listen.
We will miss these about her, but cherish
them in our hearts forever. We will all miss her dearly.
Left behind to carry on her memory are her
two daughters, Adeline ''Addie'' Wesolowski of Mishawaka,
Ind., and Charlene Page of South Bend; six grandchildren,
Michael (Nancy) Wesolowski of Miami, Fla., Mark (Cindy) Prater
of South Bend, Jaime (Lori) Wesolowski of New Orleans, La.,
Lisa Estes and her fiance, Jack Hull of Elkhart,
Ind., James (Gail) Page of Waukesha, Wis., and Jacqueline (Harry)
Beach of Roscoe, Ill.; and by 15 great-grandchildren and a
great-great-grandchild.
Irene was a member of St. Matthew Cathedral,
its Altar and Rosary Society, and the Harvest House.
God bless her and may she rest in peace.
Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday in the
St. Matthew Cathedral, with Fr. Thomas Shoemaker presiding.
Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 3
to 8 p.m. today in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826 S. Kemble
Avenue, where a Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. Memorial
contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.