HOFFMAN
VIVIAN SOBLE, a lifelong Philadelphian, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on 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 Edu-cation 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 of New York City, and Robert Orsher VMD and Andrea Newman Orsher VMD; sister Iris Soble Levy and brother-in-law, Richard J. Levy; grand-children 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 on Sunday March 6th at 12 Noon at
JOSEPH LEVINE AND SONS MEMORIAL CHAPELS (WEST), 2811 West Chester Pike, Broomall PA. 19008. Interment will follow at Haym Salomon Memorial Park, 200 Moores Rd. Frazer, PA 19355. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Philadel-phia Orchestra (
www.philorch.org) or Lenox Hill Hospital (100 East 77th St, New York, NY 10075).
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