Robert Lee Hibberd*
Sept. 23, 1913-June 22, 1972
Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 23, 1972, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles – Robert Lee Hibbard, 58, of 914 Tomahawk Ln., died at 7:50 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital, after an illness of one day.
An employee of the Clark Equipment Co., Mr. Hibbard was born Sept. 23, 1913, in Summittville, Tenn., and had lived in this area all his life. On Dec. 31, 1942, in Medford, Ore., he married the former Evelyn M. Moyer, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II, with the U.S. Army.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Gwendolyn) Cater of Elkhart, Ind.; two brothers, Grant Hibbard and William Hibbard, both of Niles; three sisters Mrs. Gertrude Walker and Mrs. Ann Stahl, both of Niles, Mrs. Edna Schutt of Elkhart; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Halbritter funeral Home, with the Rev. Donald Cozadd of the Grace United Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call beginning Sunday at the funeral home.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 24, 1972, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles--The name of Robert Lee Hibberd was spelled incorrectly in an obituary Friday in The Star. Mr. Hibberd, 58, of 914 Tomahawk Ln., died Thursday. He was a Clark Equipment Co. employe.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Gwendolyn) Cater of Elkhart, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home, where friends may call beginning Sunday.