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.
Mr. Fuerth was born July 17, 1932 in Vienna, Austria to Ernst and Marie Bock Fuerth. He and his mother traveled by ship to Ellis Island in 1938. His father chose not to leave Austria.
Mr. Fuerth grew up in Detroit, Mich., and graduated from Central High School there. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1954 with a degree in economics and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1957.
He spent three years in the U.S. Air Force and was lucky enough to be posted to the London area, so he represented airmen in the Old Bailey. He also took the opportunity to see Europe by car and air.
When he was discharged, he came to Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Federal Reserve for one year before moving to the Tax Division.
After Mr. Fuerth retired, he and his late wife, the former Venette Fuller of Honolulu, moved back to Hawaii and continued their travels. Mr. Fuerth was a certified diver and particularly enjoyed his dives in the Solomon Islands and in the Red Sea.
Mr. Fuerth met Sallie Connah of Charleston, S.C. in 2008 and married in 2010. The couple lived in Charleston until they moved to Baltimore in 2021.
He is survived by his wife and two step-sons, Graham J. Connah and Lee W. Connah.
At his request, there will be no funeral.
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
