Obituary - Pauline Fern (Hunt) Hirshfield

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Pauline Hunt Hirshfield passed away in Bradenton, Florida, in Asbury Towers, January 5, 2011, where she resided for twenty years and lived to volunteer for many of those years. She was born January 11, 1917, in Oklahoma City, OK, and grew up in Edmond, OK, graduating from Edmond High School in 1935.

Pauline and her husband, Dr. Albert C. Hirshfield, Sr., were members of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. In the early 1960s, they were actively involved in mission work, spending summers in impoverished countries bringing their medical expertise. They were also involved in furthering educational opportunities for several people in the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. Pauline was a member of the Oklahoma City and Manatee Medical Associations, the West Coast Symphony Association, and former member of the Oklahoma City Symphony Association.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Albert C. Hirshfield Sr.; her parents, Paul and Hattie Hunt; and younger sister, Irma Kennard. She is survived by her late husband's grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, Kim Mancuso; and three cousins: Roberta Miller of New York City; Muriel Stolz of Indianapolis, IN; and Lorene Arkeketa of Edmond, OK. Pauline will be buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK, 10:00 a.m, Tuesday, January 18, 2011.

Published in The Oklahoman on January 16, 2011