Glenford Schibley

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Fla. Man Injured in Fall Dies in Yard

The Associated Press
Friday, February 27, 2004; 6:16 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. - An 83-year-old man who lay injured in his yard for three days, ordering his wife not to call doctors, died after being exposed to rain and temperatures that dropped to 55 degrees, authorities said.


Glen Schibley was found dead Thursday with his wife by his side. He had been working in his yard Monday when he fell and could not get up, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons.

Schibley told his 79-year-old wife, Harriet, not to call authorities because of previous bad experiences with doctors, Solomons said.

Harriet Schibley was also injured as she brought her husband food, water and medicine and covered him with a tarp during rainstorms, Solomons said. She slept beside him at least once.

The couple was found by their son-in-law when he came by to check up on them. Neighbors never saw them because of a fence around the junk-strewn yard.

During the three days, the temperature once dropped to 55. Nearly 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in Orlando on Tuesday.

"I don't know what was on Harriet's mind. She loved the man deeply," neighbor Tim Elfman said Friday. "If he said don't call anybody, I guess she figured he would get up."

Harriet Schibley was in fair condition at a hospital Friday.

© 2004 The Associated Press

Glenford blev gift med Harriet A A Larsen, datter af Peter Martin Larsen og Emilie K Christensen.