Vivian
Vivian Soble Hoffman
Vivian Soble Hoffman, a lifelong Philadelphian, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family Wednesday, March 2, 2016.
Born in 1924 in Philadelphia to the late Naomi Bohrer Soble and Samuel Soble, Vivian was a graduate of Temple University. She married Dr. Leon Orsher in 1946. She worked for the Philadelphia Board of Education as the representative to juvenile court. In 1973 she married the eminent Judge J. Sydney Hoffman.
A woman of beauty and talent, Vivian was a gifted pianist who studied under the tutelage of the late Gertrude Spergel. She was an avid patron of the Philadelphia Orchestra and a skilled bridge player. Her loving devotion to family and friends was truly inspirational.
Vivian is survived by her adoring family: children, Stuart Orsher, MD, and Gladys George, New York City; and Robert Orsher, VMD, and Andrea Newman Orsher, VMD; sister, Iris Soble Levy, and brother-in-law, Richard J. Levy; grandchildren, Theodore George Orsher, Clifford George Orsher, James Newman Orsher and Kerstin Fuchs, and Rebecca Orsher Stemplewicz and Aaron Stemplewicz; great-grandson, Rois Corvin Fuchs Orsher; and many devoted nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at noon Sunday at Joseph Levine and Sons, 2811 West Chester Pike, Broomall. Interment will follow in Haym Salomon Memorial Park, 200 Moores Road, Frazer.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Philadelphia Orchestra, www.philorch.org, or Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 E. 77th St., New York, NY 10075.
For more information, visit www.levinefuneral.com.
Born in 1924 in Philadelphia to the late Naomi Bohrer Soble and Samuel Soble, Vivian was a graduate of Temple University. She married Dr. Leon Orsher in 1946. She worked for the Philadelphia Board of Education as the representative to juvenile court. In 1973 she married the eminent Judge J. Sydney Hoffman.
A woman of beauty and talent, Vivian was a gifted pianist who studied under the tutelage of the late Gertrude Spergel. She was an avid patron of the Philadelphia Orchestra and a skilled bridge player. Her loving devotion to family and friends was truly inspirational.
Vivian is survived by her adoring family: children, Stuart Orsher, MD, and Gladys George, New York City; and Robert Orsher, VMD, and Andrea Newman Orsher, VMD; sister, Iris Soble Levy, and brother-in-law, Richard J. Levy; grandchildren, Theodore George Orsher, Clifford George Orsher, James Newman Orsher and Kerstin Fuchs, and Rebecca Orsher Stemplewicz and Aaron Stemplewicz; great-grandson, Rois Corvin Fuchs Orsher; and many devoted nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at noon Sunday at Joseph Levine and Sons, 2811 West Chester Pike, Broomall. Interment will follow in Haym Salomon Memorial Park, 200 Moores Road, Frazer.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Philadelphia Orchestra, www.philorch.org, or Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 E. 77th St., New York, NY 10075.
For more information, visit www.levinefuneral.com.
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