BARBARA-SCHEIBER-Obituary

BARBARA SCHEIBER

Rockville, Maryland

1922 - 2021

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DIED
March 9, 2021
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Rockville, Maryland

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Barbara Ruth Gair Scheiber, 99, passed from this life on Tuesday afternoon, March 9, 2021 in the arms of her loving family. She was born in New York City on January 30, 1922, one day before Walt Scheiber, the boy who would grow up to become her husband, and 30 years to the day after Franklin...

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I've been friends w/Barbara and her family since 1970, when I met and befriended her son, Bob, while we attended Summit Camp in Honesdale, PA. I become friends with her and her husband Walt after we participated in Parents Visiting Day during the summer '71. I knew there was something special about Barbara and Walt because they cared a lot about Bob and his various challenges, and saw to his education and career path. Following college and graduate school, I kept in touch with Barbara while...

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I met Barbara and Walt Scheiber nearly 50 years ago at Summit Camp in Honesdale, PA, in 1970. Their son Bob and I were bunkmates, initially in B-11, then B-12, and YB-1. After that initial meeting--held on Parents' Day at camp in summer '70, I could tell that both Barbara and Walt were special people who cared about Bob and his education. We all soon became friends, including my Mom and Dad, Dr. & Mrs. Dave and Marilyn Willner. Family visits at Bob's house in Bethesda, MD in Feb.'72, my...

She sounds like an amazing woman! Someone with which you could have the most interesting of conversations!
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Mrs. Scheiber was one of the kindest, compassionate souls. I was blessed to meet both Barbara and her husband Walter through their son Bob. Bob was three months younger than my sister Barbara, who has the same genetic condition as Bob. The Williams Syndrome family has long considered Barbara one of their original saints.

Barbara always knew what to say, when, how and to whom and she could "nail the truth" with the utmost diplomacy. She offered [me] tons of support,...

A wonderfull life well lived in helping others...she will be remembered and missed by many...