NORTH MANCHESTER – Linda Sue Garber, 67, Huntington, went to live with Jesus at 11:10 p.m. May 11, 2015, at Hickory Creek At Huntington, to be reunited with her siblings, Earl and Jerry Garber, Wanda Mae Trout and Carrie Laverne Montel. She was born March 25, 1948, in Wabash, to Blaine F. and Effie Amburg Garber. She worked at ARC Workshop Enterprises, Wabash, for 22 years. She was a member of Wabash Church of the Brethren. She lived her early years in rural North Manchester, taking frequent trips to visit siblings in other states and other relatives. She briefly attended public school and then the School of Hope in Wabash. In the mid 1980s, she began working at Workshop Enterprises in Wabash and soon thereafter moved to Pathfinders Services, Market Street Group Home, Wabash, where she resided for 22 years. When her health began to fail, she became a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor, Wabash, for several years. She then moved to Hickory Creek At Huntington. She loved to color, collect catalogs and write her numbers in notebook after notebook. She wore out several Bibles by wetting her stubby little fingers and leafing through the pages pretending to read. She loved to go to a special summer camp and participated in Special Olympics. She prayed constantly and loved Jesus with all her heart. She is survived by a brother-in-law, Larry Montel, Warsaw; two sisters-in-law, Bickey Garber, North Manchester, and Dee Garber, Mesa, Ariz.; several nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. She also was preceded in death by her parents. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at McKee Mortuary, 1401 Ind. 114W, North Manchester, with Pastor Kay Gaier officiating. Burial is in Fairview Cemetery, Servia, at which time her and her brother, Earl’s, cremains will be interred. Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. ***** Memorials to Wabash County ARC of Indiana, P.O. Box 400, Wabash, IN 46992; or Hickory Creek At Huntington, 1425 Grant Street, Huntington, IN 46750. Condolences may be sent via mckeemortuary.com
