Philip Hibbert

Philip passed away on January 27, 2014 at the age of 63 in the BWHospital in Boston with his wife and brother at his side.
He was a person with great expertise in structuring and organizing, having a talent in understanding and managing real life as well as rather abstract things, while being gentle and polite, an example of service to others and great patience at the same time. His great lifelong interest in science, literature and music influenced our lives. He was a wonderful husband, brother, uncle, friend, colleague and neighbor. He will be greatly missed.
Following his LDS mission to Germany, he studied for many years at the Institute for Languages and Cultures of the Near East at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and has throughout the years done many translations of Assyrian, Sumerian and Akkadian texts – taken from cuneiform clay tablets.
As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), he served in many ward leadership positions, supported and loved the members of his ward. He enjoyed spending as much time as he could in the Boston Temple. Phil had a firm testimony of the reality of Jesus Christ and strived to get yet closer. Phil married the love of his life Gabriele on 13 June 1972 and again on 14 September 2012. Theirs is a truly great love story.
Phil always expressed a happy greeting and thank you and was an innately positive person despite his long suffering. He leaves behind his wife, his brothers Kim and Clint and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents Julian and Alice Hibbert and his oldest brother Wynn.
Graveside services will take place at Holladay Memorial Park, 4900 South Memory Lane (1990 East) in Holladay, Utah at 2:00 p.m. on February 6, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on February 15, 2014 at 110 Concord Street in Nashua, NH. Condolences may be shared at www.holladaycottonwoodmortuary.com