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Later life
After working under the Gulf Oil Corporation for 34 years, Eirich retired on October 1, 1952. She moved into her previously purchased home at 315 North Jefferson Street upon returning to her native county of Van Wert along with her long-time friend and former classmate Ruth Douglas. She continued to become an active civic leader in her participation as a member of the Van Wert City Council as well as a former president of the Van Wert County Historical Society. Her post-retirement activities also included active membership of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, the Van Wert Woman’s Club, the Garden Study Club, and the Van Wert County Farm Bureau. Her work continued to be used throughout central Oklahoma and eastern Kansas in the following years after playing an essential role in the discovery of four new oil pools known as Cheyarha and Garcreek in Seminole county, Rosenwald in Okfuskee, and East Payson in Lincoln. Eirich died in 1973 at the age of 84.