Frank Neal Sibley, 88, Was Baltimore Postal Worker

Frank Neal Sibley died Jan. 26 at Broadmead in Cockeysville, Md., of respiratory failure. He was 88. He was the son of Neal A. Sibley, former postmaster of the Baltimore Post Office, and Hazel Sibley. Frank Sibley worked for many years at the Baltimore Post Office as a superintendent of finance.

He was born and raised in Baltimore and graduated from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1935. In 1939, he married Marian Halverson of Pella, Iowa and this June would have marked their 65th wedding anniversary. During World War II, he served in the US Navy.

Frank and Marian have a son, Donald, of West Tisbury, and a daughter, Arlene, of Utah. He is also survived by four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. For three decades, he spent summers on Martha's Vineyard in a house built by him and his son. Golf, fishing and especially boating were favorite activities. But most important was his love of family and friends.

Daughter Arlene of Salt Lake City was a Vineyard resident from 1974-1986 and taught in the West Tisbury School. Son Donald and his wife Linda have lived in West Tisbury since 1974. Frank's four grandchildren - Janna, Alene, Ruane and Michael - all grew up in West Tisbury and graduated from the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

He kept a boat in Lake Tashmoo for many years and played golf regularly at Mink Meadows. Special favorite family activities included the Oak Bluffs fireworks and the weekly family expeditions to the Dairy Queen. Mr. Sibley would fit all nine family members into the station wagon for the trip to Edgartown.

A memorial service will be held at Ascension Lutheran Church, 7601 York Rd., Towson, Md., on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m. The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to the Vineyard Conservation Society.