William Jack Sibley

We send our condolences to Bill´s family and all his many friends. He was our neighbor and our friend. We already miss him terribly. We always looked forward to rousing good conversations, witty and well informed quips and great storytelling when we were with him. We could not be at the service in person but we watched from Belize. Thank you for the livestream.

Sudden losses are always the most difficult especially only meeting him 2 weeks before his untimely passing. We met Bill to rent his casita behind his main house and spent a few hours talking before getting the keys. What a kind, smart, energetic, grounded and brilliant man. We shared recent trip memories and how he had just returned from the Boston area on vacation. He was excited for the fall and hopefully some cooler weather, going to his ranch and to introduce Jacob to his multitude...

Billy was a major influence in my life, and a good friend. We met at Braniff and became lifelong friends, traveling the world, and sharing our separate lives. Bill's humor, irony, wisdom, abundant creativity and zest for life cannot be stated in words. He ate life whole. He marched to his own drummer, caring little for convention or smallness. Bill carried a frequency that always landed him in the most fascinating circumstances with the most interesting people, his whole life. He was...

I have wonderful memories of times with Bill during St. Olaf College's Global Semester around the world 1972-73, my visits to him in Texas in 1978 and 2010, and during Global reunions in Minnesota. His warmth, humor, caring, and uniqueness will never leave me. Pam Zoe Norwood

I have your beloved Remy. You were a good friend and a super "dad". We miss you. Rest in peace