GLORYA WACHS, ASH
Remembering A Bijou Villa
Editors’ Note: Our thanks go to ASHes Evelyn Herzog, Bob Katz, Andy Peck, and Ben and Sue Vizoskie who contributed to this remembrance of Glorya.
Glorya Wachs, ASH, A Bijou Villa, passed away on February 15, 2015. She joined ASH in 2005. She was also a member of the Epilogues of Sherlock Holmes and the Three Garridebs. She frequently gave toasts and papers at the Garridebs’ gatherings and, in 2010, she received the Amick Award for the best paper presented that year at a Garridebs’ meeting. Her investiture in that group was “A Twinkle of Amusement.” Sue and Ben said this was particularly apt as she always had a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye.
Sue remembers her as being both sympathetic and empathetic, always interested in others, and friendly, warm, and funny. At a Garrideb costume meeting, she donned a black plastic garbage bag from the neck down and had large lavender petals around her face—she was “a lovely violet growing upon one of those black slag-heaps.” (VALL)
Glorya had been an Epilogue for approximately 25 years. Bob Katz remembers her as an enthusiastic and erudite member who will be greatly missed.
A lifelong educator, Glorya taught in schools in Chicago, San Lorenzo CA, and South Orange-Maplewood NJ. A member of Temple B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, Glorya was a teacher in their religious school for 45 years and in their Early Childhood Center for the past six years. She was a life member of Hadassah National Women’s Organization and the Brandeis University National Women’s Committee. An avid traveler, she was very proud of having visited every continent except Antarctica.
