Chester J. Hibbard, 91 of Prescott, AZ passed away April 1, 2013. Services for Chet, a WWII US Army Veteran, will be Monday April 8, 10:00 AM at Arizona Pioneers’ Home, 300 S. McCormick St., Prescott, AZ 86303. Graveside service will be held 3:00 PM April 8, at Mountain View Cemetery, 7900 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ. He is pre-deceased by his wife Lucille of Strawberry, AZ, parents Joseph and Rebecca Hibbard of Ozark, brothers Curtis of Mountain Home, Horace of Ozark and sister Velma Mattox of Ozark. Survived by daughter Ginger Brown Los Lunas, NM, step-children Charles Lawson, Goodyear, AZ, Patti Hight, Show Low, AZ, 8 grandchildren and many grand, great grand and great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Chet was an avid fisherman, gardener and loved to travel across America fifth wheel camping, fishing and visiting his many friends and relatives. He was retired from Marathon Steel, Tempe, AZ as an 18 wheel truck driver all of his working life. He always had time for the children and loved to be involved in their lives. He never met a stranger and had many stories to tell of his adventures and travels. He is dearly loved and missed. He was a man of honor, a gentleman and a role model for many. Most of all, he loved his Lord Jesus Christ. Memorials can be made in his honor to the Arizona Pioneers’ Home or to the First Baptist Church Youth Ministry 148 S. Marina St., Prescott, AZ 86303.
Living to be 91 was a great achievement for your beloved Chetser because life is a wonderful gift. Think of the sequoia trees, with life spans as long as 3000 years. If sequoias are designed to live so long, why not man? The Bible provides the answer. God, who started mankind off in a lovely garden, has promised to restore Paradise under the rule of his heavenly Kingdom in the hands of the now glorified Jesus Christ. Then, mankind will not be subject to criminals, violence, sickness, accidents, and death. He promised that we will also be at peace with the animals and ‘for like the days of a tree will the days of my people be. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.’ (Isaiah 65:21-25; Micah 4:4; Revelation 21:3, 4) Giving us a foregleam of paradise, Jesus said in John 6:40 “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that beholds the Son and exercises faith in him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him at the last day.” Until that day comes, may you and your family lean on Jehovah God to cope with your disquieting thoughts and to get comfort in all our tribulation. He is called the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort. (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4)
Living to be 91 was a great achievement for your beloved Chetser because life is a wonderful gift. Think of the sequoia trees, with life spans as long as 3000 years. If sequoias are designed to live so long, why not man? The Bible provides the answer. God, who started mankind off in a lovely garden, has promised to restore Paradise under the rule of his heavenly Kingdom in the hands of the now glorified Jesus Christ. Then, mankind will not be subject to criminals, violence, sickness, accidents, and death. He promised that we will also be at peace with the animals and ‘for like the days of a tree will the days of my people be. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.’ (Isaiah 65:21-25; Micah 4:4; Revelation 21:3, 4) Giving us a foregleam of paradise, Jesus said in John 6:40 “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that beholds the Son and exercises faith in him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him at the last day.” Until that day comes, may you and your family lean on Jehovah God to cope with your disquieting thoughts and to get comfort in all our tribulation. He is called the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort. (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4)