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Charles H. Hibbert Jr.
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Charles Hibbert Obituary
He was an assistant editor for the Cape Cod Times.
Mr. Hibbert was born and raised in Marlboro. His aptitude for and interest in sports was demonstrated at an early age when he pitched and played first base for the Catholic Order of Foresters, a highly successful Little League team of the era.
His talents as a writer also surfaced at an early age when, in 1960, his essay predicting life in Marlboro in the year 2010 was one of those selected as part of the city's tercentennial celebration to be included in a time capsule. The quality of his predictions can be evaluated later this year when it is scheduled to be unearthed.
His lifelong appreciation for the Cape and surrounding area began with visits to his family's summer cottage located near Manomet. At this location he became one of the founding members of the Center Hill Track Club.
Mr. Hibbert attended Marlboro public schools, Deerfield Academy and Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1970 with a degree in journalism.
He immediately began his 40-year career in the profession, starting as a sports reporter for the Hartford (Conn.) Times before moving on to the position of sports editor at the Bristol (Conn.) Press.
During this period he also became an avid runner, completing five marathons and competing annually in the Falmouth Road Race and numerous other races throughout New England.
Mr. Hibbert moved to a position at the Cape Cod Times in 1986, starting as a copy editor and fulfilling his longtime ambition to become a full-time resident of the Cape.
In 1987 he married Cynthia McCormick, originally of Vernon, Conn., also a writer for the Times. Their relationship initially developed as an outgrowth of their mutual interest in journalism, and grew with his conversion of her into another avid runner.
In what he often characterized as the two happiest moments of his life, Mr. Hibbert became the father of his daughter Caroline in 1991 and his son Patrick in 1996. An exceptionally devoted father, Mr. Hibbert worked a schedule that involved night hours, allowing him to devote an unusual amount of time to his children's upbringing and routine daytime activities.
Mr. Hibbert's wide range of interests included an active pursuit of all types of sports as a participant, fan and fantasy player. While his interests in this area were grounded in traditional American pastimes, he succumbed to an interest in soccer through involvement in his son's participation.
His daughter Caroline, an International Baccalaureate student at Sturgis Charter School, inherited her father's love of books and his sense of humor.
Along with his wife, Mr. Hibbert developed an interest in swing dancing. Many among the wide circle of friends he acquired through this interest commented on the high level of skill and agility he demonstrated, particularly for a man over 6 feet tall.
Mr. Hibbert was a voracious reader with a wide range of intellectual interests. Friends and members of his family have commented that before Google was invented, he served as an effective substitute.
In addition to his immediate family, Mr. Hibbert is survived by a brother, Robert Hibbert of Silver Spring, Md., and a sister, Marilyn Arbogast of Yarmouth; 13 nephews and nieces; four grand-nephews and -nieces; and in-laws who considered him a sibling.
He was the son of the late Barbara (Savage) and Charles H. Hibbert Sr.
An exceptionally large circle of friends, colleagues and acquaintances will greatly miss his integrity, professionalism, wit and gentle nature.
Visiting hours will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) at Doane, Beal & Ames, 160 W. Main St., Hyannis. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Episcopal Church, 159 Main St., Sandwich. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hibbert Children's College Fund at any Bank of America or by check mailed to the Hibbert residence.
This obituary was originally published in the Cape Cod Times.
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Caroline Hibbert
January 13, 2020
Dad, this January marks a decade without you in our lives. There are so many times I wish I could talk to you, whether to ask for advice or seek a calm and steady sense of support. I can't help but be jealous sometimes of the people around me who still have their fathers, but Patrick and I were lucky to have you for the time we did - not everyone has such a wonderful dad and I am truly grateful that you and mom provided us with such a loving environment growing up. I am especially glad that I had so much quality time with you since you worked nights and I often spent time with you during the day. People tell me I remind them of you and I think a lot of that stems from the time we spent together when I was little. Speaking of work, I'm typing this in public at my desk - maybe I should have held off until I got home because the waterworks are starting.
I hope I can continue to live a life that upholds your legacy and would make you proud. I love and miss you and hope to see you again one day.
Cynthia Hibbert
January 13, 2015
Remembering you today on the fifth anniversary of your passing, Charlie - and always.
Love, Cindy
Cynthia Hibbert
January 13, 2015
Charlie, today is the fifth anniversary of your leaving us. We still feel your protective presence and your wit and smarts live on in your children, Caroline and Patrick. Today I think of you but also all who miss you - Marilyn and Bob, the swing dance group members, your friends at the Cape Cod Times and former colleagues, your Fantasy Football buddies. You touched many lives and we are better for having had you in ours.
January 13, 2014
Charlie,
Today is the fourth anniversary of your leaving us. We think of you always and feel your presence still. Love, Cindy, Caroline and Patrick
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June 18, 2013
Charlie, Happy Father's Day in heaven!
We love you and miss you. Always. Cindy
November 11, 2011
It is still hard for me to believe that you are gone.There are so many times I still think I have to ask Charlie . or wait till Charlie hears about this or that .You are missed by many
Marilyn
Caroline Hibbert
November 10, 2011
Daddy, I love you and miss you every day. Sometimes it seems like you passed away a long time ago and at other times I can't believe we haven't had you around for almost two years. There are so many new things in my life I wish I could share and talk about with you. I think about you all the time and tell all the people I meet how wonderful you were. Happy Birthday, Love Caroline
Bob Hibbert
November 9, 2011
Chaz - Thought you would have pulled a few more strings so as to have altered September along Yawkey Way, but maybe that was part of your master plan. And in any event, and as Arthur Lee used to remind me in song, I ain't got no papers on you. Miss you terribly.
Cindy Hibbert
November 9, 2011
Charlie, This would have been your 63rd birthday and we miss you so much. Our lives have been changed forever. You would be so pleased at how brave your children are and how well they serve your memory. I have gathered your shirts for a quilt maker to make into warm and lovely blankets. They are just symbols of how your love surrounds us always. Love, Cindy
Cynthia Hibbert
November 12, 2010
Charlie,
Your family misses you so much. We love you - without you, there is no us.
The New England Organ Bank has informed us that your gift of corneas has helped restore the vision of two different people and the gift of bone has helped another person heal.
Bless you for being part of our lives and happy birthday in heaven.
Love, your wife Cindy and your children Caroline and Patrick.
Sal Foti
February 6, 2010
The first day I met Charlie at the Bristol Press, I was a new graduate of Journalism School and scared. As I sat across from him, he looked over me with a grin and asked me one question: Red Sox or Yankees?"
In answering Red Sox, I realized I had a friend for life and one of the people I could count on at the Press for humor and advice. He gave both freely. I worked with Ciny too and we all spent many a great time at Pepe's Pizza and trips to Fenway.
Charlies will be missed but remembered in all our hearts.
Paula Butturini
February 2, 2010
Charlie and I worked together at the Bristol Press in the mid-1970s; he was a prince of a guy, and it's only now, reading his obituary, that I realized he had married and, like me, had children relatively late in life. My heart goes out to Cindy, Caroline and Patrick.
Diana Kenney
January 25, 2010
When I was hired part-time on the Cape Cod Times copy desk in 2000, I had many years of editorial experience but none at a daily newspaper. I must say, Charlie whipped me into shape! He made sure I learned the craft of copy editing, and by his own example I learned to care about the myriad details that add up to a credible and professional news publication. I am very grateful for Charlie's expert guidance. I have many memories of working with Charlie during a period of dramatic highs and lows in the news (2000-2005), but what I remember best is the joy the copy desk -- and the whole newsroom -- shared over the 2004 Red Sox World Series win. My sincere sympathies to Cindy, Caroline, and Patrick. I know you keep many happy memories of Charlie close to your heart.
Bob Brown
January 25, 2010
I worked as editorial-page editor at The Bristol Press in the 1980s, and Charlie was sports editor. Our desks were about six feet apart. We played newsroom pranks on each other. It was fun, but he was always one up. Charlie also knew words better than anyone I have ever met, and he cared deeply about them. He tolerated neither vague writing nor sloppy logic. Those who worked with him were the better for his devotion to the cause of clarity.
Charlie was also a wonderful and supportive friend. He loved kids, and kids (including my own) loved him. I met his own children only occasionally, but his devotion to them and to Cindy was obvious. He loved them so much that he even became a follower of soccer when Patrick took up the sport. Back at The Press, he called it "kickball," and you could hear the quotation marks when he said it.
Condolences, most of all, to Cindy, Caroline and Patrick, but also to those who will never have the privilege of knowing and working with this good man.
Dave & Alison Brumby
January 22, 2010
Charlie was the neighborhood big brother for the crew of younger kids growing up on the lower end of upper Shawmut Ave. in Marlboro during the early 60's. If Marilyn and Bob had let us, we would have taken him to be our big brother in a minute. Our sincerest sympathies to Marilyn,Bob,all Charlie's family and especially his children.
brooks mcchesney
January 21, 2010
With deepest sympathies and fond memories of a long lost friend, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Hibbert family.
Chip Norris
January 20, 2010
Along with others from our great Class of 66 at Deerfield, I extend my deepest sympathy to Charlie's family. Charlie was such a good friend to many, and he always seemed to have a way to come up with just the right words in any occasion, words which brought laughter and insight. Our next reunion will be less for his absence yet warmer for his memory.
Alan (Chip) Paulding
January 20, 2010
It's been many years since I've talked to Charlie but I can clearly recall him. Along with brother Bob and sister Marylin and his parents, our families formed the core of summer residents and guests at Pierc Park in Manomet during the late 50's and early 60's. My family still summers there and I think of him and his family every year. You could never win an argument about sports with him because he loved the genre so much. Charlie became quite an accomplished journalist which makes me proud to have known him. My deepest sympathy goes out to his family.
Bob Stowell
January 20, 2010
I have not seen Charlie for several years. My memories of him always bring a smile to my face. As others have said, he will be missed by every member of Deerfield '66. The memories and smiles will remain!
My sympathies and prayers are with you.
Tony Moura
January 19, 2010
Another Bristol Press alumni expresses condolences to the Hibbert family. I will never forget Charlie. I am proud to say I worked with him and glad to have known him for his humor and intellect. I will also always consider myself blessed to have "run" with him along the Shining Sea bikepath.
Tony Moura
Molly Nagler
January 19, 2010
Dear Hibberts,
As a childhood friend of Lauren Hibbert, I always kept up with Charlie's family from afar. The obituary reveals just what a remarkable man he was. My deepest condolences to the entire family.
Molly (Lohman) Nagler
Bob Hibbert
January 19, 2010
At the memorial service I had the opportunity to say thanks for all the support to Charlie's many many fellow fans. Let me say the same to those of you who have showed up here as well. I only got one brother but I hit the jackpot.
Maureen O'Connell
January 19, 2010
Cindy and family,
All of your Smith College Wilder friends are thinking about you all and how we can support you in the coming months.
Please know we are here and thinking of you all at this very, very sad time.
I'd love to talk when you are ready.
Love,
Maureen
John Crane
January 18, 2010
I was deeply saddened by the news of Charlie's sudden passing. He and Cindy were both colleagues of mine at the Bristol Press. The Press newsroom was a wild and crazy place during their days on staff, and Charlie's understated humor was a catalyst for much of the fun. But he was also a serious journalist, and a damn good one. His loss is felt on many levels by those of us who had the good fortune of knowing him. My deepest sympathy to Cindy and his children.
Teri Noel Towe
January 18, 2010
Charlie was my Deerfield classmate and a fellow member of the Glee Club who remained a liflelong friend. He also was one of the all time great guys in this world. He has emigrated from this world to the next much too soon, but the myriad happy and inspiring memories that he leaves with all of us who had the pleasure and privilege of knowing him will be an inspiration always.
Jeff Clyburn
January 18, 2010
The newsroom won't be the same without you, Charlie. We are all deeply saddened. You will be greatly missed. Deepest condolences to Cindy and the children.
Ken Mayo
January 18, 2010
It's been at least a dozen years since I last saw Charlie at a gathering of Bristol Press veterans. Like so many who worked with him in those days, I'll always remember his sense of humor (a trait highly prized by most of the Press crew and always present when we got together in the newsroom and out). I also recall his love of running and of the Cape. My deepest sympathies to Charlie's family and friends.
Dominique-Sophie MARTIN
January 18, 2010
Cindy, Caroline and Patrick
I'm so sorry for you loss. Language Adventure in Provence team shares your sorrow and our thoughts and prayers are with you through this devastating time.
Jeremy Scholtes
January 17, 2010
Dear Cindy, Caroline, and Patrick - Know that another person from a distance is praying for you today. The world is a brighter and happier place because Charlie Hibbert was here. A particularly witty and endearing man, I will always have fond memories of your father and husband.
David McPherson
January 17, 2010
Simply put, Charlie was one of the good guys in this world. That's why his sudden death seems so unfair and has touched so many people.
Charlie, thanks for saving my butt on deadline more than once. We'll miss you.
Ann & Dave McCormick
January 17, 2010
Charlie is greatly missed. It is a loss to our family but fond memories will remain. Our deep sympathy to Cindy and the children.
Aunt Ann and Uncle Dave
Lori Nolin
January 17, 2010
As so many young reporters before me, I started at the Cape Cod Times on the night shift. Cindy would leave, Charlie would arrive … dedicated parents practicing “work-life balance” before it became a cliché … something Charlie would, thankfully, never allow in our copy. Charlie would take his spot at the hub of the newsroom and grab the TV remote, setting it to that night’s game. Whatever happened next – plane crash, car accident, an election night upset – Charlie stayed serene, no matter how close to deadline. He kept us laughing with sharp and quick-witted comic relief. He kept us on track and learning with his wisdom – both how to be better writers and, through his example, how to be better people. He would rarely just tell you the right way to do things. Instead, he called you over and talked you through it until the light bulb went off – something I think he really liked to see. On nights when things were coming along nicely he would lean back in his chair, hands behind his head and take it all in. He loved the paper and it showed. But his love for family shined brightest. Cindy, Caroline and Patrick, my prayers and heartfelt sympathies are with you. If there is a newsroom in heaven, no doubt Charlie already made it a better, smarter place.
George Russell
January 17, 2010
I sat next to Charlie on the Times' copy desk from 1994 to 1996. He was a first-rate newspaperman and a delightful colleague. It's saddening to see him pass so soon.
Jim Gray
January 17, 2010
Charlie and I were pals at Deerfield. He laughed at my Southern accent, and I laughed at his goofy sports trivia. My Class of 1966 was the best, and Charlie was the bestest. We will miss him and salute him at the Brick Church at our next reunion.
Bink Garrsion
January 17, 2010
Charlie was a true and dependable friend. He noticed everything, and always found a way to comment with a twinkle. He'll be missed by everyone that knew him, and every member of Deerfield '66.
Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Bink & Weezie Garrison
Mike Bazinet
January 17, 2010
I was greatly saddened to hear of Charlie's much-too-soon passing. I was privileged to work with Charlie at the Bristol Press in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His sense of humor was one of the main reasons the Press was a fun place to work in those days. We were a great gang and had tremendous fun both in and outside the newsroom. Charlie was one of the ring leaders. My hearfelt condolences to Cindy, Caroline and Patrick.
Walt Cherniak
January 17, 2010
I don't know that I've ever met anyone who loved any place more than Charlie loved Cape Cod. In this time of terrible sadness, it's at least a little gratifying to reflect on the life he built there with Cindy, Caroline and Patrick. If only that life didn't end so soon. Charlie had a lot more love to give his family and friends. He was a valued mentor and a good friend to me for more than 30 years, and I will miss him deeply. My heart goes out to Cindy and their children.
George Vary
January 17, 2010
Charlie and I sat next to each other at Deerfield Glee Club practice for two years, and played for Loren "Red" Ball when we could understand what he wanted us to do. We kept in touch over the years, mostly me wishing his beloved Sawx well against the (justly) hated Yankess or his wishing my Phillies well. That was the last e-mail discussion we had a few months ago when he wrote he was pulling for the Phils against the Yankees in the WS.
With nothing but fond memories, I will miss our chats.
Vince DeWitt
January 17, 2010
I remember seeing Charlie's interactions with his very young (at the time) children in the Cape Cod Times' newsroom- where I also worked- and thinking, "now he's a loving, doting father" and smiling deeply inside. My family's deepest condolences to Cindy, Caroline, Patrick, and other family members.
Patty Allen
January 17, 2010
Cindy, Ich bein ein CapeCodTimer. Though miles and a couple of decades divide us, know that I send my support and sympathy to you, Caroline and Patrick. Actually, you should know that thanks to Vanessa since Jan. 13 a circle of prayers and support enveloped your family from San Francisco, Miami, Savannah, Virginia as well as Ohio.
I remember Charlie very fondly from "back in the day" when I worked nights. He was kind, funny and always helpful to me. I particularly remember nights when there was "a Big Game" watching Charlie try to keep one eye on the computer screen and the other on the T.V. in the newsroom. Ha! And, he was always good about organizing our evening dinner runs! I'm so sorry for you loss and hope the love and support of your extended family will comfort you and the kids during this devastating time.
Linda Smith Lynch
January 16, 2010
Charlie was the wit in residence in the newsroom at the good old Bristol Press. He was a good man, and Cindy, Chris and I are very sorry for you and your children.
Karen Jeffrey
January 16, 2010
The Cape Cod Times newsroom will not be the same without Charlie's unflappable calm, wry sense of humor and the utter joy that shone on face whenever he saw Cindy or their wonderful children Patrick and Caroline.
Gus Spohn
January 16, 2010
I have not seen Charlie for many years, but I vividly recall the sense of professionalism, tinged with a large dose of humor and wit, that he brought to the Bristol Press newsroom, along with prodigious writing skills. Because of him, it was a good place to be, and I am sure that would be true of any place he went. Charlie will be greatly missed by all who knew him. My deepest condolences to Cindy and family.
The Staff of Doane Beal & Ames Funeral Home Funeral Service Incorporated
January 16, 2010
We wish to extend our deepest sympathies at this difficult time.
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