Ruth Violet Price Hirschi, 96, of Centerville, Utah, passed away peacefully at The West Point Family Tree Assisted Living Center on June 22, 2010 of natural causes.

Ruth was born April 22, 1914 in Geneva, Idaho to Albert Thomas Price and Freida Bertha Boehme.

In the summer of 1931, she met the love of her life, Harry Michael Hirschi. They were married on March 23, 1932 in the Logan, Utah Temple. They made their home in Pocatello, Idaho for all but two years of their married life.

Ruth was an active member of the LDS Church; she served as a ward Relief Society President twice, Stake Relief Society President, and was a temple worker at the Ogden, Utah Temple and a visiting teacher throughout her adult life.

She loved reading and book clubs, gardening, genealogy, and attending special events of her family. She made beautiful handwork, quilts, and clothing and was a wonderful homemaker. Ruth's life was filled with service and compassion. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She was the chairman of the local American Cancer Society drive, a cause that she was passionate about after losing her oldest daughter to cancer.

She had a clever wit and smile for all those with whom she came in contact. "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies (Proverbs 31:10)."

She is survived by a son, Michael J. Hirschi (Nancy) Roy, Utah, a daughter, Maxine R. Jones (Dr. Richard), Fresno, California, A sister, June Buhler, Lima, Montana, a sister, Evelyn Hoag, Bountiful, Utah, fifteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry M. Hirschi, a daughter Nanette J. Green (Jack), her parents, Albert T. and Freida B. Price, seven brothers, and one sister.

Her funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in the Centerville Nineteenth Ward Chapel (900 South 400 East, Centerville, Utah). Friends may call from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Utah, and from 10:00 until 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday at the Church.
Interment will be in the Montpelier, Idaho Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on June 27, 2010.