Irvin S. Deibert ’49

Irvin Deibert died Jan. 6, 2013, at his home in Asheville, N.C.

Irv was born Sept. 24, 1927, in Camden, N.J., and graduated from The Hill School. After serving in the Army in the Philippines from April 1946 to October 1947, he came to Princeton, where he majored in modern languages and belonged to Charter Club.

For a time he was in the real-estate business in Trenton, N.J. He later became senior vice president and CEO of the Bahia Mar Hotel and Yachting Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In retirement he and his late wife, Barbara, to whom he was married for 53 years, moved to Asheville.

Irv was an active and devoted Episcopalian, generous, and witty. He is survived by his sons, Donald Irvin Deibert and Richard Irvin Deibert; and four grandchildren, Emily, Catherine, Andrew, and Rebecca. The class extends condolences to them all.