Officially married  my parents a great man

Judge Garber was a wonderful teacher to new attorneys! When I first began litigating, he was always patient and helpful, and he had the perfect judicial temperment: he was respectful of all sides and followed the law! I feel honored to have practiced law in front of such a caring and smart man. My deepest sympathies to his family...

My condolences Judge Garber was a gifted jurist he will be missed.

I was the clerk who worked with Judge Garber at Traffic Court, sometimes during a trial, he would put his head back as if he were nodding off, one time, an attorney questioned him thinking he had fallen asleep and Judge Garber proceeded to repeat back about 15 mins ( word for word ) of the trial, after he assured the attorney that he heard every word, he put his head back again, as I said, a very funny man.

My condolences to the Garber Family. I worked with Judge Garber back at Traffic Court, I was one of his court room clerks and he was always very nice to the staff and fun to work with, one of my Favorite judges to work with.

Sheldon Garber was a wonderful judge.  He was always fair and firm and never failed to maintain a sense of humor. He will be missed. I extend my deepest condolences to his family.

Joel and the enrire Garber family, 
Our sincere condolences on the passing of your father....our prayers are with you.
Mark Frighetto and the ownership of Glenview State Bank

Like many, I had the honor of practicing before him for many years. I am filled with sadness when I pass his courtroom. My sincere condolences to his family.

As an attorney with a large practice in evictions, I appeared before Judge Garber many many times.  Although he didn't always rule in my clients' favor, he always gave me due consideration.  He was wise and firm on the bench, but also demonstrated a keen sense of humor.  In my few contacts with him off the bench, I found him knowledgeable and very engaging.  He'll be missed.

My sincere condolences.

Larry Chambers

Dear family, Eleanore, (Tootsie) and I are so very sorry for your loss. Sheldon was such a good man. Always kind and sweet.  I have back problems and have just returned from the hospital when I learned of Sheldon's passing. You are all such a nice family and we miss you all. (my phone number is in the phone book)

Judge Garber will be missed terribly by all of our staff in the Daley Center Security Office.  Our sincere condolences to all the Garbers for passing of a Great Garber.

Condolences from an old Austin classmate.

I'm sorry to hear of Sheldon's passing. My condolences to the family.

Joel, Jennifer and Family,
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

Judge Garber treated everyone in his courtroom with dignity and respect. He was an exemplary Judge and human being. The world is a bit less civilized with the loss of this great man. My condolence to his family.

My Deepest Sympathy and Prayers to the Garber Family. He was a wonderful Person and a Friend to me,having had the pleasure of working for Him in His Courtroom, He always made time to Talk and to ask how You Were doing He was Compassionate and Fair and will be greatly missed.

Deepest condolences to the Garber family.  Judge Garber will be remembered fondly.  It has been a privilege to practice before him.  He is already missed.

It was my honor to regularly appear as mostly a tenant's attorney in Judge Garber's courtroom for many, many years.  Fair, brilliant and always willing to give everyone before him an opportunity to be fully and completely heard.  He was respected, loved and honored by all of us who got to know him as both a Judge and a friend.  And, when my wife, Dolores and I were talking about our grand-daughter getting married, we asked Judge Garber to do the honors - and to them he did - he planned in advance and his courtroom was the scene of a remarkable wedding and wonderful words from our great friend and revered Judge to the couple happily married in Room 1404 of the Daley Center

To the Garber family,
My condolences to a man that was so fine to our family. He will be missed! Let him be with G_d now and his late wife! We will miss him terribly!
Mollie

Our condolences to the Garber family. We had the pleasure of meeting him while he was officiating the wedding of his son, Adam. We got to see first hand what a loving father and articulate man he was. God Bless.

Sheldon Garber was a fine judge and a gentleman to all who appeared before him. He was a decent person who was fair to all.

Philip Witt

Shelly, you will be missed and I shall always treasure fond memories or our mischief in law school as we whispered and shared notes after a long working days and often tedious night school classes. You were my "buddy." Your kindness, gentility, and strength of character was always portrayed in a Shelly smile.   There will be no evictions in Heaven and so do not get too bored, just smile and we will feel it here.

Dear Elise,

Walton and I are so sad to hear about the passing of your father.  I know the both of you were very close.  He also holds a special place in our hearts because he married us.  Please know that we are sending our prayers to you and your family.

Love,
Maria & Walton

I am so sorry for your loss.  I was very saddened to hear of Shelly's passing. He was a nice man.

Dear Garber Family, 
Please accept our sincere condolencesv on the passing of your dad, brother and grandpa. Nobody will ever outdo Sheldon's great boisterous personality got everyone's attention he was just such a great man! The city of Chicago lost a fine Judge, and we have all lost a true gentleman!  Barbara and Barry

To the Sheldon Garber family. Please accept my sincere condolence on his passing. I fondly remember our chats at Northwest Jewish Congregation Men's club events. He was an true mensch and treated everyone equally regardless of their financial status. He is now with his wife in heaven, and I'm sure he will give great advise to our lord when asked. Again a great person has been taken from us

May God rest his soul  a great man and a great Judge... He was very compassionate and personable and respectful to all.  He will be greatly missed.

OBITUARY

Hon. Sheldon C. Garber

19 July, 1938 – 3 September, 2012

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home

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