RaMal Lamar Garab

21 December 1967–26 June 1999

Ramal Lamar Garab was born on 21 December 1967, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States. He had at least 1 daughter. He died on 26 June 1999, in his hometown, at the age of 31.

RaMal Lamar Garab

Birth12 21 1967 - South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA

Death6 27 1999 - South Bend Indiana

Mother-Mary Kathleen Schull

Father-Lamar Garab

Parents

Lamar Garab
1943 – Unknown    probably 4/21/2020

Mary Kathleen Schull
1947 - Unknown

Spouse(s)

Stormi Ann Neilman
Unknown - Unknown

Children

Charmay Garab, deceased

Kassandra Louise Garab
Unknown - Unknown

Kerragan Marie Garab
Unknown - Unknown

Cause of death: motorcycle accident.

Information sent to us by his widow, Stormi Ann Neilman, Riley Class of 1988, Information added from Internet search.

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RaMal Lamar Garab

Dec. 21, 1967 - June 26, 1999

RaMal LaMar Garab, 31, devoted husband, father, and son of East Altgeld Street, South Bend, Ind., died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Saturday, June 26, in Memorial Hospital.

RaMal was born on Dec. 21, 1967, in South Bend, to LaMar and Mary (Schell) Garab, and was a lifetime resident of South Bend.

On April 24, 1993, in South Bend, he married Stormi Heilman. He is survived by his wife, Stormi (Heilman) Garab; two daughters, Kassandra Louise Garab and Kerragan Marie Garab, both at home; his parents of Mt. Home, Ark.; two sisters, MarLa Kathleen (Alan) Herrmann of Mt. Home and Debra Jean (Michael) Suntken of Springdale, Ark.; and by his paternal grandmother, Esther C. Garab of Mt. Home.

RaMal is also survived by five nieces and eight nephews; his brother-in-law, John Wojciechow-ski of South Bend; his in-laws, Donald A. and Carol Heilman, Jr., David S. and Dawn Heilman, and Wendi and Chuck Lee, all of South Bend, and Donald L. Heilman of Mishawaka, Ind.; and by his lifetime best friend, Navy partner, and best man in his wedding, Jerry Walker of South Bend.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Charmay Elizabeth Wojciechowski.

RaMal was owner and operator of Positive Improvements. He graduated from Riley High School where he was a member of the Riley swim team.

He had a host of friends and would bend over backwards to help anyone. Even in death, he helped save the lives of people by being an organ donor.

Funeral services for RaMal L. Garab will be held at 11 a.m. today, June 29, in the Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3718 South Michigan Street, South Bend, with Rev. Mike Mather officiating. Cremation will take place after services.

His family received relatives and friends on Monday.

Contributions may be made to the Garab Children's Memorial Fund, in care of Teacher's Credit Union.

Published in the South Bend Tribune on June 29, 1999

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