Arnold Hibdon, 66, Warrensburg, Mo., a formerGrain
Valley teacher and coach, died April 19, 1992, at the home. Services will
be at2 p.m. Wednesday at the Sweeney-Phillips Chapel, Warrensburg; burial
in SunsetHill Cemetery, Warrensburg. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m.
today at thechapel. The family suggests contributions to the Trails Regional
Library, Warrensburg.
Mr. Hibdon taught science and physical education and coached
football andbasketball at the Grain Valley Elementary School in Jackson
County for 24 years; heretired in 1980. Earlier he taught in Kingsville,
Mo., and was prinicipal of Farmer'sElementary School, north of Warrensburg.
He was a graduate of Central Missouri StateTeachers College and a member
of the Missouri State Teachers Association.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and received the
Purple Heart andfour Bronze Stars. He was a former member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. He madeand sold fishing rods, reels and flies. He was
born near Climax Springs, Mo., andmoved to Warrensburg in 1952. Survivors
include his wife, Pauline Hibdon of thehome; two sons,
Craig Hibdon, Warrensburg, and Ron Hibdon, Dalton, Ga.; a daughter,
PaulaMcGinnis, Warrensburg; two brothers, Howard Hibdon, Warrensburg, and
Wendell Hibdon, Hollywood, Fla.; two sisters, Orlean Foppolli, Rodeo, Calif.,
and VenidaKrahl, Leavenworth; and eight grandchildren.