Beverly Garber Passes
July 2020
Beverly Garber, a long-time Encompass missionary to the Central Africa Republic, passed into the Lord’s presence on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Bev and her husband Martin served for 38 years as full-time workers and then another 10 as Special Assignment missionaries. Bev will be especially remembered for her work in discipling Central African women and children.
Bev was preceded in death by her husband Martin in 2018 and will be lovingly remembered by her three children, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. We grieve together with the family at their loss but rejoice that she was welcomed into heaven by our Lord Jesus and a host of Central African believers she was used to impacting in her many years of faithful service in that country.
A graveside service will be held to celebrate Bev’s life on Friday, July 17 in Warsaw, Indiana.
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