Bates County Obituaries
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GARBER, Violet (1911 - 2008)
Ferry Funeral Home, 15 July 2008
Violet Garber, 96, Rural Montevallo, MO departed life’s journey Tuesday, July
15, 2008, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital, El Dorado Springs, MO following a
brief illness. She was born December 17, 1911 in Cedar County, MO to Richard
Brasher and Bessie Mann Brasher. Mrs. Garber married Otis S. Garber in 1934 and
had lived on the Garber family century farmstead near Montevallo for over 74
years. He preceded her in death in May of 1991. Prior to her marriage, she
attended the Springfield Teacher’s College, Springfield, MO and taught school
for several years in Cedar and Vernon counties. She was a charter member of the
Jolly Homemakers club of Montevallo and attended regularly until she was over 90
years of age. She was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church. Survivors include
three children, Betty June Murrah and her husband Bobby, Norman Dale Garber and
his wife Dotti, both of Port St. John FL, and Donald Lee Garber and his wife
Joyce, rural Milo, MO; Six grandchildren, Paula Hacker, David Snyder, Kevin
Snyder, Kelly Snyder, Jeff Garber and Donna Stewart, 18 great-grandchildren and
20 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Cathern Zollman, Boise, ID; many
nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Otis
S. Garber, one grandson, Greg Garber, two brothers, two sisters, and one
son-in-law. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2008 at
Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, MO with Cliff Hazzard officiating. Interment will
follow in Olive Branch Cemetery, Milo, MO.