- Date Of Death: July 29, 2012
- State: Indiana
Blanche Garver, 88, of Elkhart, passed away at Elkhart General Hospital from natural causes at 8:10 a.m. Sunday, July 29, 2012. She was born in Petoskey, Mich., on Nov. 27, 1923, to the late Melvin and Fern (Durham) Niswander. She married Jacob B. “Jake” Garver Sr. on Dec. 7, 1940, in Petoskey. He died in Elkhart in 2010.
Also preceding her in death were a son, Jake Jr; and brothers Richard and Melvin Niswander. Surviving are her daughters, Ruth Ann (Ron) Sommer of Goshen and Linda (John) Curtiss of Mishawaka; a daughter-in-law, Rachel Garver of Jenison, Mich.; brothers James (Nadene) Niswander of Freeland, Mich., and Jack (Rachel) Niswander of Charlevoix, Mich.; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
