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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER West R3 Tuesday, June 2, 1998 Obituaries Weather Weather conditions are updated throughout the day on Philadelphia Online, www.phllljmmn.coai Vancouver 7254 Weather at noon todav Ut A'" r-V m-A uin ''9RSS t. A ADA m. p. Ormandy, widow If orchestra chief Minolta iv V--i I Pittsburgh, PWIwWptiU v. VoftKTj S- o.i v- E7eo BO60 B275 Center.

Mr. Wager had worked for 25 years as a precious-metal refiner for the former Fulmer Gibbons Jewelers in Philadelphia. He was born and raised in Philadelphia and graduated from South Philadelphia High School. He moved to Drexel Hill 49 years ago. Mr.

Wager was a member of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Drexel Hill. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margaret James Wager; daughters Margaret L. Dudeck and DallasTV4 i Atlanta, 1 9070 Stationary that. That made her a neutral power." Born Margaret Frances Hitsch in Vienna on May 9, 1909, Mrs. Ormandy immigrated to the United States in the 1930s and soon became an American citizen.

During World War II, she served as a licensed airplane pilot in preparation for the Women's Air Force Service Pilots training program. After the unit disbanded, she enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving two years in Norfolk, in operations work at the Naval Air Station. She and the Philadel 9676 New Orleans Warm. 9575 -yr-yr MiarrH 9376 Col( In the Region Continued from preceding page died of cancer and emphysema Wednesday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Eisenacher worked as an inspector for Boeing Helicopters in Ridley Park for 13 years before retiring in 1988. He then worked as an auto-body technician for Performance Collision in Yeadon for several years. He was born and raised in Chattanooga, and moved to Clifton Heights about 40 years ago. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mildred L.

Gollahan Eisenacher; children Ronald Leonard R. and Paulette A. Avicolli; two brothers; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. today at the M.F.

Williams Funeral Home, Baltimore and Summit Avenues, Clifton Heights. Friends may call there after 10 a.m. Burial will be in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple Township. The family suggests memorial contributions in lieu of flowers to the American Cancer Society, 600 N.

Jackson Second Floor, Media, Pa. 19063. Grace M. Elkins Formerly of Cochranville, 86 Grace McFrederick Elkins, 86, formerly of Cochranville, a homemak-er who formerly worked at her family's flower shop, died Wednesday at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford. Mrs.

Elkins, who was born and raised in Baltimore, had worked for a number of years there in her father's flower shop. She had resided in Ware Presbyterian Village since 1993 and previously for many years in Cochranville. Mrs. Elkins was a member of Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church. Her husband of more than 40 years, J.

Reginald Elkins, died in 1996. She is survived by cousins Kathie Ehly, Jean McFrederick, Alice Stern and Robert Dorney. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. today at Faggs Manor Cemetery, Route 926, Faggs Manor. The family suggests memorial contributions in lieu of flowers to Ware Presbyterian Village, 7 Locust Oxford, Pa.

19363. Alfred R. Wager Retired metal refiner, 85 Alfred R. Wager, 85, of Drexel Hill, a retired precious-metal refiner, died of cancer Saturday at the Hav-erford Nursing and Rehabilitation By Peter Dobrin INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Ormandy, 89, widow of longtime Philadelphia Orchestra music director Eugene Ormandy the orchestra's "Queen "Mother," died Sunday evening at her Rittenhouse Square home after t'a long illness. Mrs.

Ormandy suffered a stroke in November 1993 and had been confined to a wheelchair. "She was very kind and' gracious," said Silvia Mann, widow of orchestra benefactor and industrialist Fre-itdric R. Mann and a friend Mrs. Ormandy's for more than 50 years. "And, of course, she was a wonderful wife to him.

She did everything packed 4nd. unpacked, dressed undressed him. He didn't have to think about except his music." Mrs. Ormandy, like her husband, personified a different era for Ameri Gretel Ormandy can symphony orchestras one in which music directors and their wives 'became an integral part of the cities in which they lived. Mrs.

Ormandy was active in community hnd social affairs, and, until her ill-Cfreiss, was a popular party guest at f3J.c homes of Philadelphia's social $ite. She accompanied her husband on Strife orchestra's many domestic and tours, including the "4973 tour ot China, the first to that country by an American orchestra. "She never lost her cool," said Mann, "and those tours were Eugene was difficult to take care of, very demanding, and he became spoiled, naturally." i To orchestra members sometimes spurned or scolded by the forceful angry about a missed note v'or a late arrival to rehearsal, Mrs. Ormandy lent a friendly ear. "She was beloved by the members of the orchestra because she always kind and thoughtful and friendly," said Sol Schoenbach, "principal bassoonist with the orchestra from 1937 to 1957 and longtime director of the Settlement Mu-'isic School.

"She would always ask how the men were, how their families were. She made up for a lot of what Or-Tmandy lacked. She was free from all inner goings on in the orches-where maybe Ormandy didn't like a musician's playing, and ijnaybe a musician didn't like him, didn't mix into anything like Seattle 7452 Portland )' 7654 can rrauuisuu 6553 0Low QHigh Rain vl Thunderstorms Snow pl Today's highs and tonight's lows CONN. Scranton V. 7654 XN Allentown 7756 Trentorvw i TDC7 4 Manasauan narrisourg 6753 i i ioji 7756 1 pa Philadelphia 7W5T1 utW' if' tlantic City Wilmlnaton 6860 Baltimore-jv-wif.

8158 i' Atlantic Ocean vV-' temperature; 58 Washington fOU Today's Forecast High pressure will provide some sunshine for a while today, but clouds will be on the increase in advance of an approaching cold front. That front will pass across the Philadelphia area this evening, preceded or accompanied by a shower or thunderstorm. There is potential for a locally heavy, gusty thunderstorm with the front, but it is quite unlikely that any thunderstorms will be a severe as the storms that crashed across the region early Monday morning. A dry, refreshing air mass will follow the front tomorrow, keeping the temperature below 80 degrees and the humidity comfortably low as well. Five-Day Forecast TODAY Some sunshine giving 78 way to clouds; thunderstorm possible late TONIGHT Thunderstorm possible early, then clearing and 59 comfortable WEDNESDAY A good deal of sunshine, breezy 7652c THURSDAY Morning clouds giving way to sunny skies 69754c FRIDAY Partly sunny and comfortable 7655c SATURDAY Increasing cloudiness 7558c with the chance of showers arriving Sun and Moon Sun Rises 5:34 a.m.

Sets 8:24 p.m. Moon Rises 1 :22 p.m. Sets 1 :42 a.m. Philadelphia Almanac Temperatures High yesterday 79 (1:13 a.m.) Record high for yesterday. 97 (1895) Low yesterday 65 (10:00 p.m.) Record low or yesterday 44 (1984) Normal highlow 7858 Yesterday's barometer 6 a.m 29.59 rising Noon 29.68 rising 6 p.m 29.70 rising 10 p.m 29.79 rising Daylight sky conditions yesterday 20 clouds with 80 sunshine.

Precipitation Monday 0.61 in. Month through Monday 0.61 in. Year through Monday 18.60 in. Normal through Monday .16.95 in. Surplus 1.65 in.

Degree days for cooling Monday 7 Month through Monday 7 Season through Monday 144 Normal through Monday 62 Last season through yesterday 15 Yesterday In Philadelphia 111 'I XWdM39 xk. 8954 vi Los Angeles i A "7Sv 1P0575" lCMr-v Hdljston I MEXICO 'yxh Regional Forecast Poconos Sun, then clouds; a shower or 1 thunderstorm late this afternoon or this' evening. High 72. Clearing later tonight. Low 50.

Cool tomorrow. Jersey Shore Sun then clouds with a cool afternoon sea breeze. High 68. Clouds tonight, thunderstorm possible. Low 60, Breezy and cool tomorrow.

Delaware Sun, then clouds; becoming breezy. High 78. Thunderstorm late in the afternoon or this evening; clearing tonight. Low 59. Marine Forecast Manasquan to Cape Henlopen Winds: southeast, becoming southerly 12-25 1,1 knots.

Waves 2-4 feet. Visibility mostly unrestricted, lowering late. Delaware Bay Winds southeast, becoming southerly 1 2-25 knots. Waves 1 -3 feet. Visibility mostly unrestricted, lowering -late.

Cape Henlopen to Virginia Beach Winds southeast, becoming southerly 12-22' knots. Waves 2-4 feet. Visibility unrestricted. Tides Today Philadelphia (Chestnut Street) High tide 8:39 a.m., 9:20 p.m. Low tide 3:05 a.m., 3:38 p.m.

Delaware Breakwater High tide 3:16 a.m., 3:59 p.m. Low tide 9:40 a.m., 10:00 p.m. Cape May (Municipal Pier) High 2:27 a.m., 3:12 p.m. Low tide 8:48 a.m., 9:10 p.m. Atlantic City (Steel Pier) High tide 1:59 a.m., 2:44 p.m.

Low tide 8:28 a.m., 8:50 p.m. Beach Haven (Little Egg Harbor) High tide 1 :25 a.m., 2: 10 p.m. Low tide 8:00 a.m., 8:22 p.m. Barnegat Inlet High tide 2:05 a.m., 2:50 p.m. Low tide 8:44 a.m., 9:06 p.m.

NWS radio forecasts: 162.475 VHF-FM. In the Region Weather indicatons sunny; pc partly cloudy; sh showers; thunderstorms; snow Hurries; sn snow; i ice. City Yesterday Today Tomorrow Allentown 7363pc 7756t 7346pc Atlantic City 7864pc 6860pc 7943s Baltimore 8066pc 8158pc 7948s Harrisburg 74518 7756t 74498 New York. 7363pc 7661 pc 7756pc Pittsburgh 7153pc 8063t 7046pc Salisbury, Md. 8054t 7962pc 79528 Scranton 66568 7654t 6941 pc Washington 8068pc 8060pc 7854s Wilmington 7964s 7960pc 7948s U.S.

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tomorrow in the Chapel at Arlington Cemetery, State Road, Drexel Hill. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Virginia Hurst Fiorello Havertown homemaker, 72 Virginia Hurst Fiorello, 72, a homemaker, died of cancer Friday at a son's home in Havertown, where she lived. Mrs. Fiorello was born and raised in Springfield and had lived in Havertown for 49 years.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of Father John Hickey Post 731 of the Catholic War Veterans, both in Havertown. Mrs. Fiorello served as president of the auxiliary from 1994 to 1996 and as treasurer from 1985 to 1990. She also was active with the Senior Citizens at Sacred Heart Church. Her husband of 43 years, David J.

Fiorello, died in 1992. She is survived by children David Daniel J. and Virginia C. Schei-degg; a brother; and seven grandchildren. Friends may call from' 8:30 to 9:15 a.m.

today at the Frank C. Videon Funeral Home, Sproul and Lawrence Roads, Broomall. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Manoa Havertown. Burial will be in SS.

Peter and Paul Cemetery in Marple Township. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 600 N. Jackson Second Floor, Media, Pa. 19063. Harry C.

Knecht Retired firm's president, 70 Harry C. Knecht, 70, retired president of Knecht sheet metal contractors, died Saturday at his Cinna-minson home. A 1945 graduate of LaSalle High School in Philadelphia, he graduated from Villanova University in 1949 with a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering. He was on the university's football and rowing teams. Mr.

Knecht was the owner and president of the former Knecht a Camden-based firm that was one of the Delaware Valley's largest sheet metal contractors. He was the firm's president from 1975 until 1996. He was an arbitrator with the American Arbitrators Association in South Jersey for about a decade, and was active in the Sheet Metal Contractors Association. He was a past president and charter member of the Merchantville-Pennsauken Rotary Club. An active Villanova alumnus, he was a former president of the Villanova Club of South Jersey, and received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1989.

He was a strong supporter of the university, particularly of its basketball and football programs. A member of the Riverton Country Club, he was an avid golfer with two holes-in-one to his credit. He was born in Camden and raised in Pennsauken and Mer-chantville. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Florann Strohlein Knecht; a son, Carl three daughters, Marion P. Knecht, Irene M.

Berman, and Lynne F. Knecht; two grandchildren; and two sisters. Friends may call from 6:30 p.m. today in Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Fourth and Linden Streets, Riverton, where Funeral Mass will be said at 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Villanova University, Lancaster Pike, Villanova, Pa.

mert a letter from Mayor Rendell and City Council President John F. Street stating they would work with government agencies and community organizations to get their consent for Temple to use the block for the Tyler school. Liacouras estimated that $25 million in capital investments would have to be made no matter where Tyler is located to provide quality art-related facilities. Many Tyler students have been vocal in opposing a move to the main campus, saying the quiet, leafy suburban setting provides an atmosphere more conducive to art. phia Orchestra's legendary leader were married May 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, and honeymooned in Switzerland.

Eugene Ormandy died in 1985. Described by many as warm, gracious and quite beautiful, Mrs. Ormandy was widely admired as a smart dresser. A 1955 In quirer article on Philadelphia's best-dressed women said she "typifies the unpretentious style of Phila- delphians." Mrs. Ormandy was the conductor's second wife.

His first marriage, to Viennese harpist Stephanie Goldner in 1922, ended in divorce in 1947. They had met in 1921 while she was first harpist with the New York Philharmonic, under Toscanini, and he was concertmas-ter at a Broadway motion picture and vaudeville theater. They had two children, born 12 years apart, both of whom died in infancy from a blood disease. Ormandy and his second wife had no children. In 1994, Mrs.

Ormandy was awarded, along with retired con-certmaster Norman Carol, the first Philadelphia Orchestra Award. She was frail and in a wheelchair, but came out on the Academy of Music stage to accept the award from pianist Eugene Istomin, who called her the "Queen Mother" of the Philadelphia Orchestra. While backstage and waiting to receive her award, Mrs. Ormandy accepted congratulations from musicians. Recalled Schoenbach: "She asked everyone to forgive her for not getting up.

She was still the conductor's wife trying to put on a show." The funeral will be private. Contributions may be made to the Eugene Ormandy Archives at the Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania, 3420 Walnut Philadelphia 19104. "He was widely admired as a teacher, because he was amazingly clear and lectured with elegance," Tigay said. And he taught with a wit that made his classes a joy, Tigay said. "After his classes and at the end of the semester students would often applaud," he said.

One of the reasons for his influence was that Professor Goldin, who also studied and enjoyed Western literature throughout his life, looked at the rabbinic writings as literature, not only as legal and interpretative text, Tigay said. "He viewed the texts not only within the context of Judaism, and not only against the cultural background of the Mediterranean world, but also within the intellectual context of the universal human issues they address," he said. "No scholar has done more than he to clarify what is happening in the nonlegal parts of Rabbinic literature or to place that literature squarely within the realm of humanistic studies." As one of the first three scholars appointed to teach Jewish studies at an American university in the 1940s, Professor Goldin was influential in shaping the field, Tigay said. Although he was a rabbi and his scholarship was in a field that was mainly of interest to religious scholars, Professor Goldin accepted an appointment to Yale University in the matter June 25. Liacouras said Tyler should move to a green "mini-campus" on currently vacant land not yet owned by the university, bounded by Montgomery 11th Street, Berks Street and.

Warnock Street. He said that tie mini-campus would protect Tyler's distinct identity, and that adding Tyler to the main campus would help advance his gcyil of revitalizing the main By Andy Wallace INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Judah Goldin, 83, formerly of a Jewish scholar and 'former professor at the University Pennsylvania, died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Professor Gol-idin died of respiratory failure after vbejng in a coma for five days. longtime resident of Swarth-more, he moved to the Quadrangle, facility in Haver-p'fprd, three years ago. 'Professor Goldin, who was also a "'rabbi, was the world's leading authority on the Ethics of the Fathers, the best-known ethical treatise in Jewish literature, said Jeffrey Ti-gay, a friend and professor of studies at Penn.

XHe was a leading scholar in the works of the midrash, interpretations of the Bible written by rabbis the second to the fifth centu-'Jrtes, Tigay said. He also was known as one of the first professors to bring more esoteric Jewish studies to liberal arts students. .11. i Professor Goldin taught Hebrew literature at Penn from 1973 until he retired in 1985. Earlier, he taught at Yale University, the University of Iowa, Duke University, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was undergraduate dean of Seminary Temp.

Hum. Temp. Hum. 1 a.m 7973 1 p.m 7345 2 am 6983 2 p.m 7431 3 a.m 6790 3 p.m 7531 4 a.m 6790 4 p.m 7529 5 a.m 6889 5 p.m 7529 6 a.m 6790 6 p.m 7528 7am 6887 7 p.m 7328 8 a.m 6983 8 p.m 7231 9 a.m 7075 9 p.m 7132 10a.m 7162 10 p.m 6551 11 a.m 7252 Noon 7444 1958 because it offered the opportunity to teach Jewish studies to liberal arts students. Those early rabbinic writings about the Bible influenced not only religious scholars, but politicians, reformers, artists and writers ever since, and he welcomed the chance "to bring about a consciousness of Judaica in the American University system," he said in an interview while at Penn.

Professor Goldin was a Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright research fellow, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Annenberg Fellow. Born in New York City, Professor Golden earned two bachelor's degrees, one in social science at City College of New York, and another in Hebrew Literature from Seminary College. He earned a master of arts degree at Columbia, and a master's degree and doctorate in Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was a member of Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in Wynnewood. His wife Grace, a poet and photographer, died in July 1995.

He is survived by a son, David, and three grandchildren. Services will be held today at noon at Congregation Beth Hillel-Beth El, Lancaster Avenue and Remington Road, Wynnewood. Burial will be in Har Jehuda Cemetery, Upper Darby. campus and increasing the number of students living there. He suggested that the mini-campus could be anchored by constructing a new building on the vacant site and by using the newly acquired Bell Building at 12th Street and Montgomery Avenue.

The Tyler mini-campus location would expand Temple's campus beyond what was negotiated with community leaders in a 1970 agreement that came about after years of Temple expansion. The agreement stipulates that the block in- question be set aside for community use. Liacouras included with his state- Temple president backs plan to move Tyler Liacouras agreed with a suggestion to move fthe art school to N. Phila. Students had objected.

Air Quality Ozone, produced mainly by sunlight reacting with vehicle emissions and other sources, is usually the region's worst pollutant in summer. It is forecast to remain below unhealthy levels today. The first column in the table shows yesterday's code and Pollution Standard Index, the second column shows yesterday's highest pollutant. Good (G) 0-50 Carbon monoxide. CO Moderate (M) 51-100 Nitrogen dioxide NO Unhealthful (U).

101-200 Suspended particles SP Very Unhealthlul (V) 201-300 Sullur dioxide SO Hazardous (H) 301-400 Ozone OZ When the Pollution Standard Index exceeds 100, the general population begins to experience irritation and other unhealthful effects. Yesterdat High Pollution Pollutant Standard Index Yesterday Bristol 62 OZ Burlington 82 OZ Camden 89 OZ Chester 71 OZ Norristown 69 OZ Philadelphia 75 OZ Trenton 79 OZ Wilmington 91 OZ Source: Clean Air Council, 215-567-4004. Yesterday's pollen, count and discomfort levels: tree 450 very high grass 232 very high Mold spores 10836 very high Source: The Asthma Center, 1-80O-4-POLLEN. By James M. O'Neill INQUIRER STAFF WRITER -As expected, Temple University president Peter Liacouras has endorsed a report that recommends "tnoving the Tyler School of Art from suburban Elkins Park campus to Temple's main campus on Broad Street by the fall of 2000.

Final approval for the controversial move must come from Temple's of trustees, who are to discuss.