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Lazarus Project

An expanded obituary project of MennObits.  Includes additional information of obituaries appearing in
The Mennonite and other newspapers.  
Source of individual obituaries given with each record.  Project managed by Thelma Martin.

1994  G


  Garber, Nettie Pearl Hartzler;


Garber, Nettie Pearl Hartzler


Funeral services for Nettie Pearl Garber, Jackson [Minn.], were Monday, Sept. 5, at the Hilltop Community Church in Jackson with the Revs. Ed Wenger and Melvin Graber officiating.  Nettie Garber died Sept. 2, 1994, at the Jackson Muncipal Nursing Home in Jackson.
   
Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery, Jackson.  Casket bearers were Chad Garber, Mike Garber, Paul Garber, Leon Greaser, Alan Greaser and Grant Nebel.  Music was provided by Eddie [Edie] Nebel, organist, and by her [Nettie's] granddaughters.  Ushers were Joe Kauffman and Douglas Hartzler.  Sathe & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Nettie was born Aug. 31, 1898, in East Lynne, Mo., to Noah and Mary (Yoder) Hartzler.  She attended school in Cass County, Mo.  She worked for a time as a practical nurse.
   
Nettie was married to Lloyd Garber on April 22, 1924, in Garden City, Mo.  After their marriage, they moved to Jackson, lived for a short time in Manson, Iowa, then moved back to Jackson.  Her husband, Lloyd, died on Nov. 13, 1986.
   
She was a member of the Hilltop Community Church in Jackson, the Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary and the Wisconsin Township 
Project Group.

Survivors include one son, Peter and wife Maxine Garber, Jackson; two daughters, Rosalie and husband Daniel Stoltzfus, South Bend, Ind., and Verna Faye and husband Earl Greaser, Harrisonburg, Va.; and 16 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
   
Also surviving are one brother, Ernest and wife Margaret Hartzler, Somers, Iowa; and one sister, Matie [Mattie] Bute, LaJunta, Colo.
   
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one grandson, one great-granddaughter, six brothers, and one sister.

Name of newspaper and date not noted on the clipping. 
Corrections/information in brackets added by submitter, Hope K. Lind



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