Background
Garber, Reuben Lee was born on June 21, 1929 in Garland, Nebraska, United States. Son of Walter Joseph and Emma Anna (Sieck) Garber.
minister church official emeritus
Garber, Reuben Lee was born on June 21, 1929 in Garland, Nebraska, United States. Son of Walter Joseph and Emma Anna (Sieck) Garber.
Associate of Arts, St. John's College, 1949; Bachelor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1951; postgraduate, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1956-1958; Bachelor of Science in Education, Concordia Teachers College, 1953.
Principal, teacher, St. Paul Lutheran School, Ellsworth, Kansas, 1953-1956; pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Addison, Illinois, 1958-1962; founder, pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbia, Tennessee, 1962-1970; pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, New Albany, Indiana, 1970-1983; mission developer Indiana district, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1983-1988; president Indiana district, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1988-1991; president emeritus Indiana district, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, since 1991. Secretary board evangelism northern Illinois district Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Chicago, 1959-1962, secretary pastoral conference, 1965-1970, with youth ministry Mid-South district, Memphis, 1968-1970, member board evangelism Indiana district, Fort Wayne, 1972-1978, vice president Indiana district, 1978-1988. With founding staff Trinity Lutheran Church, Leitchfield, Kentucky, Epiphany Lutheran Church, New Salisbury, Indiana, Divine Savior Lutheran Church, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, 1988.
Chairman Maury County Association Retarded Children., Columbia, 1966-1968. Board directors Family Service Bureau, New Albany, 1978-1982. Member Tennessee Association Retarded Children and Adults (chairman religious nurture committee 1968-1970).
Married Arline Lorraine Wolf, November 18, 1951. Children: Phillip, David, Leslie, Joel, Kenneth, Wayne, Tamara.