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Viva Hirsch
Birth: 30 December 1900
Enlow, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 3 August 2011
Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, USA
Age: 110 years, 216 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Viva Hirsch (née Trimmer; 30 December 1900 – 3 August 2011) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Viva Hirsch was born as Viva Trimmer in Enlow, Pennsylvania, USA on 30 December 1900. Her parents were Howard and Susie (née Kicher) Trimmer. She graduated at Coraopolis High School in 1917. Between 1920 and 1930, she married her husband, Herman Isaac Hirsch, who died on 30 December 1978. The couple had a son, Richard.

For the majority of her life, Hirsch lived in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. She died in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, USA on 3 August 2011 at the age of 110 years, 216 days. At the time of her death she had 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

Hirsch’s age was verified by Mark E. Muir and Waclaw Jan Kroczek, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 16 February 2016.

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