Robert Jerry Hirth

HOT SPRINGS - ROBERT JERRY HIRTH, 73, OF 3941 NC HWY. 63, SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY, DIED FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL, ASHEVILLE. A NATIVE OF CHICAGO, IL, HE HAD LIVED IN THE SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND VADENA STROOPS HIRTH. MR. HIRTH WAS RETIRED FROM BURROUGHS CORP. AFTER 39 YEARS AND WAS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY, SERVING DURING WW II. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, NANCY CLARK HIRTH OF THE HOME; SISTER, LAURA WILSON OF RALEIGH, NC; BROTHER, WILLIAM HIRTH OF SANTA CRUZ, CA. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE TO BE MADE IN MR. HIRTHS NAME TO ELIADA HOMES FOR CHILDREN, P.O. BOX 6337, ASHEVILLE, NC 28816. ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME IS SERVING THE FAMILY.