Sibylla's journey began when she was born at her grandmother's home in Moundsville, West Virginia. Shortly afterwards, her family moved to Hamtramck, Michigan. At a very young age, her artistic skills were realized and throughout her schooling, she garnered praise and numerous awards for her artwork. Sibylla attended Cass Technical High School where she was a cheerleader and excelled in every class, particularly art. This stimulated her to pursue a career as an artist and in her senior year, Sibylla earned a scholarship to the Art Institute of Atlanta. In Atlanta, she enjoyed studying art and learning about Southern culture for a few years before returning to Michigan to work as a cartographer.
In the early 1950s, being the determined and independent woman that she was, Sibylla moved to Los Angeles to attend The Pacific School of Design. A short time later, she met and fell in love with UCLA student Richard Mathews, who later became an aerospace engineer at Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena. After marrying, Richard and Sibylla moved to the San Fernando Valley where their 3 children were born. When Richard was hired by Ball Aerospace in 1961, the family relocated to Boulder, Colorado.
In 1978, Sibylla graduated from The University of Colorado in Boulder with a Fine Arts degree. For many years she was deeply involved with numerous local art studios, community artist groups, exhibits, galleries, and national and international art shows. In addition, she was strongly committed to her work with the Boulder Artist Guild, the Mustard Seed Gallery, and Open Studios. Sibylla also found great joy teaching her craft to others. Today her artwork is displayed in countless homes and businesses across the globe.
Mealtime was special as Sibylla was an accomplished cook, combining her Polish heritage, delicious recipes from Atlanta, and many styles of Southern Californian cuisine to produce a panoply of flavorful dishes. Much appreciated by her family, Sibylla was also an expert seamstress who sewed numerous exquisite outfits and Halloween costumes over the years.
Throughout her life, Sibylla had a profound love for animals and happily took in numerous strays. Of great importance was her belief to aid those less fortunate as she went out of her way to help complete strangers. Sibylla was years ahead of her time with her knowledge regarding health, nutrition, organic foods, and exercise and she would enthusiastically share her expertise with anyone who would listen!
Sibylla also cared deeply about the planet and as one of Boulder's original recyclers, she passionately educated her family and others to protect the environment and to not use toxic products that harm.
Sibylla will be greatly missed, however, her legacy and love lives on in her children - Jeff, Diane, and Lisa (Bob); her sister Valeria (James); nephews Jason and Von; her grandchildren Brandon (Lindsay), Cassidy, and Brody; and great-grandchildren Emily and Giles. Sibylla was preceded in death by her dear husband, Richard, her parents, and numerous other extraordinary friends, relatives, and animals.
A special thank you to the remarkable angels at TRU Hospice in Longmont whose extreme kindness and care made a huge difference during the last days of Sibylla's life. In lieu of flowers, please donate to TRU Hospice or your local humane society and remember to always extend kindness and compassion to one another...even strangers.
We will love you and miss you every day, mom. Thank you for every precious life lesson - it's been quite the journey. Wow!
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