Herbert Spencer Kirschbaum
February 6, 1920 ~ December 19, 2003
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Dr. Herbert S. Kirschbaum, 83, of Candler, died Friday, December 19, 2003, at Hospice Solace Center.
A native of Cleveland, OH, he was a son of the late Joseph and Fanny Sitka Kirschbaum. He earned his Electrical Engineering Degree from Cooper Union and received his Masters Degree at the University of Pittsburgh while working for Westinghouse. While a professor at Ohio State University he earned his Phd. from Carnegie Mellon University. He had 27 patents for inventions related to his research projects in electrical engineering. He and Dorothy retired to Asheville in 1982. They lived in the Riceville area until 2001 when they moved to Pisgah Estates, a retirement community.
Dr. Kirschbaum is survived by his wife, Dorothy Daley Kirschbaum, to whom he was devoted for 57 years; four children, Dr. Susan Gill and Dr. Barbara Riebling, both of Philidelphia, Karen Kirschbaum and Tom Kirschbaum, both of Asheville; a brother, Leonard Kirschbaum of NY; four grandchildren, Holly, Annah and Cara Kirschbaum and Adrian Gill and one great-grandchild, Nevaeh Kirschbaum.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, December 27, 2003, at Unitarian-Universalist Church of Asheville with the Reverend Neil Shadle officiating.
His family will receive friends following the service and request that memorials be made to Unitarian-Universalist Church of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, Asheville, NC 28801 or Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
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Dorothy,
I share your pain at this time. I’m so sorry that I will be out of town and unable to attend Herb’s memorial service. Please know that I hold you in my heart.
Patsy
Dear Aunt Dorothy, Susan Barbarbara,Karen and Tom,
I am writing to forward my deepest sympathy for the loss of your Husband/Father.
I,too, went through this grieving period three times with the loss of my youngest Brother, Thomas in December,1997, my Father, Bob Daley in August,1999 and my Mother, Lois Daley in March 2001.
It is not easy losing someone close to you, espesically a family member.The sadness and tears will remain for for a time, but then we will begin to see our loss in another way. We will remember that person for what he showed and taught us. We will remember the laughs and smiles along with the hard times. When we are through we will stop and say a prayer of Thanksgiving to God Almighty for putting this person in our lives. At God’s time we shall see him again in the after life. God rest your soul, Uncle Herb.
Dear Aunt Dorothy, Susan Barbara,Karen and Tom,
I am writing to forward my deepest sympathy for the loss of your Husband/Father.
I,too, went through this grieving period three times with the loss of my youngest Brother, Thomas in December,1997, my Father, Bob Daley in August,1999 and my Mother, Lois Daley in March 2001.
It is not easy losing someone close to you, espesically a family member.The sadness and tears will remain for for a time, but then we will begin to see our loss in another way. We will remember that person for what he showed and taught us. We will remember the laughs and smiles along with the hard times. When we are through we will stop and say a prayer of Thanksgiving to God Almighty for putting this person in our lives. At God’s time we shall see him again in the after life. God rest your soul, Uncle Herb.