Wahkiakum County Eagle-Jun 1996

Edward W. Sibert

  Former Cathlamet resident died in St. Maries, Ida., at the age of 70.
  He was born in Stonehome, Colo., to Earl and Fern Sibert.  He moved 
to Calder, Ida., in 1937.  He returned to Calder after serving in the 
US Navy during WWII.  His tour of duty was in the Pacific.
   August 20, 1948 he married Eleanor Giroux in Couer D'Alene.  They 
moved to Cathlamet in 1952.
   He worked as a construction operator for Crown Zellerbach here for 
more than 30 years.  He returned to Calder after his retirement in 
1985.
   His interests included hunting, fishing, gardening and farming.
   Survivors include his wife at home; two sons, Edward of Colorado and 
Robbie of Calder; two daughters, Judy Byrum and Mary Heagy, both of 
Cathlamet; two brothers, Ray Sibert of Calder and Earl Sibert of
Calif.; two sisters, Evelyn Conley of St. Maries and Pearl Laing of 
Vancouver; nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.  A son Larry 
died in 1982.
  Funeral services were held Friday in St. Maries.

Cremation-Burial place unknown
25 Dec 1925-29 May 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)
(Eleanor Cooper Sibert’s obituary lists Cooper as maiden name not 
Giroux so she may have been married before.)