Vera Salomon Solodky, 93, dies in PA.

VERA SALOMON SOLODKY,  a former resident of New Orleans who lived most of her life an adult in Lancaster, PA., died yesterday, December 5, after a long illness at Masonic Health Care Center in nearby Elizabethtown. She was 93.

Vera Salomon Solodky

She spent her formative years in New Orleans where she graduated from Sophie B. Wright High School in 1939, then graduated New Orleans Business School (Secretarial). Her claim to fame was singing on the radio, WWL, as a regularly featured artist in the late 1930s and early 1940s. She moved to Philadelphia in 1944 after marrying Leonard Solodky, and the couple eventually settled and raised a family in Lancaster.

A lifetime member of Hadassah, Bnai Brith International, Lancaster Jewish Community Center, Solodky was a co-chair of the March of Dimes campaign. She was a longtime member of Temple Beth El and the Sisterhood’s Womens Club.

Solodky was predeceased by her son, Stanley Joel Solodky in 2004 and her former husband Leonard Solodky in 2010.. She is survived by her daughter Marilyn S. Goldman Reichenthal (Jay) of Livitz, PA; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Vera is remembered for her sheer strength, as a dedicated mother, especially after her son was stricken with polio at age 7, in 1953. She had an uncommon warmth, an expansive laugh and enjoyed telling old family stories. Gentle, kind and generous, she was loved by all: family, friends, neighbors, and the angels at Masonic Village who cared for her along with her daughter and son-in-law since January 2015.

Graveside services were held, Sunday, December 6, at Beth El Cemetery in Lititz, PA. Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky and Daniela Szuster officiated.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her memory may be made to Temple Beth El 1836 Rohrerstown Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601.