ADELE GOLDMAN

Adele Leib Goldman of Lafayette Hill, PA, passed away on December 8, 2020. Adele had many educational and professional accomplishments. After falling in love with and marrying Alfred E. Goldman in The Bronx, NY, where she grew up, she attained bachelor's and master's degrees in Sociology at Temple University in Philadelphia. Adele subsequently worked for Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia, doing geriatric research.
Adele served as a district Democrat committee woman in Plymouth Meeting, and later served as Chair of the Whitemarsh League State Constitutional Revision Committee for the League of Woman Voters. In that capacity she published eleven articles presenting historical background and arguments for state constitutional revision and later was invited to address the League's Convention in the State Capitol.
Adele devoted significant time to volunteer work, especially to aid the elderly with disabilities. She was elected to the Board of Directors of Eldernet in Lower Merion and Narberth, and also served as their Treasurer. She created Eldernet's endowment fund and was its first Chairperson. Just as importantly, she served the blind elderly with personal services while also playing a leadership role in Eldernet's public events.
Adele was a very gifted cook, something her family can attest to. She was also a talented jewelry artisan, crafting silver jewelry and selling a large number of pieces at various Philadelphia venues, including the Gem Dell, and as a partner at Les Artisanes, a craft boutique, gallery and studio in Wallingford, Pa.
Adele also engaged in extensive study of the investment markets, and her expertise was reflected both in the results she achieved and in her service as an officer for a local chapter of the National Association of Individual Investors.
Throughout her adult life, Adele had a great passion for international travel, and she and Al traveled to every continent, and to both urban and remote, rural (and even primitive) parts of the world.
But most important of all, Adele was a loving wife for 68 years and a loving mother for 65 years. Adele and Alfred were deeply in love for their entire marriage and Adele's daughter, Julie, and her son, Marshall, could not have asked for nor imagined a more loving, nurturing, and generous mother. Adele's life will be honored as she is put to rest in a private ceremony in Huntingdon Valley, Pa on Sunday December 13th.