Carl William Hibscher

Carl William Hibscher, 88, passed away on Feb 13, 2015 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. A native of Toledo he was born December 12, 1926 to William and Hedwig Hibscher. He played both baseball and football for the DeVilbiss Tigers and became Football Team Captain in 1944, his senior year.  He proudly served in the US Navy during WW II from 1944-1946 while stationed in the Philippines. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Electricians Mate 3rd Class.  He attended University of Toledo on the G.I. Bill while playing football and baseball for the Toledo Rockets. An avid baseball fan, he tried out for the Chicago White Sox in 1948 and continued to play amateur baseball through 1954.  He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1950. He married Dorothy in November, 1951.  He became a licensed Professional Engineer in Toledo in 1955.  At the end of his 20 year career with Toledo Scale he was Chief Engineer and Marketing Director.  In 1958, he invented and patented a weight lifter for weighing scales. In 1966, he was elected Electrical Engineer of the year by the Toledo chapter of IEEE, and was a candidate for Toledo Engineer of the year. He was Director of Marketing and Assistant to the President at the end of his 36 year career with Toledo Engineering. He served on the board of directors for the Conference on Glass Problems and on the Phoenix Award Committee. He wrote and reviewed technical papers for the glass industry and was contributing author of The Handbook of Glass Manufacture.   He was the first president of Toledo United Church Strategy and helped form the Grace Community Center.  In 1995, he was appointed honorary life trustee at Grace.  As a 77 year member of First United Church of Christ, he was an elder and deacon for 50 years and President of the Consistory for 38 years. When his church closed doors, he helped plant a new church in the old building through The Miracle on Cherry Street program.  He joined Sylvania United Church of Christ in 2003. At the Toledo Club, he received the prestigious 2006 Toledo Glass Ceramics Award for distinguished service and leadership to the worldwide glass industry in April, 2006.  He was a member of the Varsity T Club, Toledo Dugout Club, and Highland Meadows Golf Club.  A patron of the arts, he managed the Toledo Ballet for 10 years and was President for 2 years. He designed and built Mother Ginger of Nutcracker fame.  His wife of 54 years, passed away in July, 2006.  He moved to live with his youngest daughter in Union, Kentucky in 2007.   He is survived by his children, Dave (Debbie) Hibscher, Hollis (William) Bokhout, Pam (Warren) Bach, grandchildren, Sally (Stuart) Nicholson, Olivia Hibscher, Nicholas Dobreff, Bryanna Bach, and Ian Bach. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Sylvania United Church of Christ, 7240 Erie Street, Sylvania, OH 43560. Private interment will take place at  Toledo Memorial Park. Memorials are suggested to Sylvania United Church of Christ or the UT Foundation - Rocket Baseball Dugout Club to benefit the University of Toledo Rockets baseball program.