Death of Garry Pearson 12/19/22 (12/28/22)

Garry Pearson died on 12/19/22.  His obituary is here.

The obituary says in part here relevant:  “After law school Garry litigated cases throughout the United States as a trial attorney in the Tax Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.”  My Alum database says that he was in refund 2 from 1958-1961.  His tenure may have actually preceded the formal designation Refund 2 (which, when I was there, covered roughly the South from Virginia through Texas).

The obituary says a “Celebration of Life” will be held in Grand Forks in the Spring.

Death of Steve Fuerth 12/18/22 (12/21/22; 12/24/22)

Steve Fuerth died on December 18, 2022. An obituary is here. Since it is brief, I just copy and paste it:

Stephen George Fuerth, 90, a long time lawyer for the US Justice Department, Tax Division, passed away on December 18, 2022; loving husband of Sallie J. Fuerth

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be directed in Mr. Fuerth’s memory to University of Michigan Law School, Attn: Gift Processing, 4000 Jeffries Hall, 701 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091

From some email traffic, I have gathered the following information:

• Steve was long-time Chief and Assistant Chief in the Western Region civil trial section.
• Steve was formerly also an assistant chief in the old General Litigation section.

Added 12/24/22 5:00pm:

The following expanded obituary was emailed to me by Sallie Fuerth:

Stephen G. Fuerth,  who conducted trials across the United States for the US Department of Justice, died Sunday, December 18. He was 90 years old and lived at Roland Park Place in Baltimore.

He once remarked that the only state he had never been in was South Dakota. He tried civil tax cases on behalf of the Department of Justice Tax Division. At the time he retired from the department, in 1994, he was chief of one of the civil trial sections in the Tax Division.