Elizabeth Hjorth Kirch

Elizabeth Hjorth Kirch

1938 - 2010

Elizabeth Hjorth Kirch died in Kailua, Hawaii, on Friday, August 20, 2010, after a long illness.

Elizabeth "Beth" was born in Cook County, Illinois, on March 27, 1938, the daughter of the late John Thomas and Mary Bowen Hjorth of Honolulu, Hawaii, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Greenwich, Connecticut.

She graduated from Greenwich Academy in Greenwich, Connecticut, and St. Anne's-Belfield School, formerly Saint Anne's School, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Beth attended R.P.I. in Richmond, Virginia, and later became a L.P.N. and worked as a volunteer for many years in Hawaii.

Ms. Kirch is survived by a daughter, Amanda Doversola Lau in Park City, Utah; and a son, Stephen Douglas Doversola in Kailua, Hawaii; four grand-daughters, two great-great- granddaughters in Hawaii; a brother, Peter Bowen Hjorth in Parrish, Florida; several nieces, nephews and many cousins.

Beth was predeceased by a brother, John Thomas Hjorth Jr. of Marina del Rey, California.

A memorial service in Hawaii and in Virginia will be announced at a later date.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.