son-in-law Herbert Small, husband of Eileen Fisher
born in Yampoli, Russia now is Western Ukraine
Philadelphia ship list
Name: Gitte Menacher
Gender: female
Race: Hebrew
Nationality: Hebrew
Arrival Age: 9
Birth Place: Jampol, Russia
Last Residence: Russia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 10 Apr 1911
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ship: Merion
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yampol/history.html
900s Name: Yampol
1900s District: Yampol
1900s Province: Podolia
1900s Country: Russian Empire
1930s: Yampol', Vinnitsa, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1950s: Yampol', Soviet Union
Modern: Yampol, Ukraine Coordinates: 48°15'N 28°17'E
Some background information on the town Yampol Yampolsky and county.
About the County
Jampol is located on the left bank at the confluence of a river Rusavy. Ya is located in the 1612 miles from St. Petersburg, 1325 miles from Moscow, 417 miles from Kiev and 186 miles from Kamenetz-Podolsk. Nearest railway station: Mogilev-Podolsky, 48 miles, 50 miles Popelyuhi.
Yampolsky county occupies space in the 3179.1 square meters. miles. Residents in the county, according to 1910, 330,546 people, of whom: 163,429 men, 167,177 women. The area of the city is 458 dec. Residents Yampol 7467, of the low 3655 men, 3812 women. By Religion: Orthodox man 4783, 343 Catholics, Jews, 2331 people and a small number of Muslims and Protestants.
Yampolsky is located in the southern county. of Podolia Province., on the coast of p. Dniester.
Gitte (later Katherine "Katie";
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
14 Oct 1973, Sun
Page 36
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) — Friday, June 14, 1991
Kate Fisher Stupp, 90, the mother of singing star and Philadelphia native Eddie Fisher, died Wednesday at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals/Cherry Hill Division.
Born in Russia at the turn of the century, the former Kate Minnicker lived most of her life in Philadelphia after her parents immigrated to the United States when she was 18 months old. The family settled in South Philadelphia, where she grew up and attended school until the eighth grade, family member said.
A dark-haired woman with a stern face and piercing eyes, she was married at 16 to her childhood love, Joseph Fisher, who was 17 at the time, and began a family that was to include seven children.
"She raised seven children; she had to be a strong woman," said her youngest daughter, Eileen Small.
The family made its home in the Northeast section of the city, where Mrs. Stupp lived until about two years ago, when poor health forced her into a nursing home where she could get the constant care she required.
The fourth of the seven children, Eddie, Mrs. Stupp called "Sonny." He would grow up to become a star whose celebrity was at its highest from the late 1940s through the 1960s.
Fisher still performs around the country, including Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Fisher's fame and popularity brought much pride to his family, and his mother enjoyed it as much as he did.
Small said that at one of Eddie's shows some years ago, his mother uttered a phrase that would become something of a family catchword.
After several encores, a proud Eddie turned to his even prouder mother, and asked how she felt about all the applause being showered on her son. The overwhelmed Mrs. Stupp responded: "Words can't express . . . "
Family members always returned to the phrase, for humor and for pride.
"She loved it," Small said yesterday. "We had a wonderful life because of him."
Small said that just two months ago Fisher, with two nurses from the nursing home, took his mother to one of his shows in Atlantic City, where she got to bask in the fame of her middle child. She sang along with him, Small said.
"My brother was wonderful to her his entire life." Small said. " . . . Somebody once asked her what it was like to be the mother of a star and she said: 'I have seven stars.' "
Mrs. Stupp had to handle not only Eddie's stardom, but also that of his wives, renowned actresses Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens.
Later, a second generation of stardom would grace the family when Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Eddie and Debbie Reynolds, began gathering her own celebrity.
Small said her mother handled the family celebrity well. "She was a plain, ordinary mother and grandmother, and she didn't want to be anything else," Small said.
Mrs. Stupp was never overly worried about Eddie's marital misadventures. She wanted him to be happy, Small said, and she was not concerned about what the the stargazers and gossip columnists reported about her son and his wives.
"She knew not to be bothered by all of it," Small said.
Small said her mother got along well with all of her famed daughters-in- law.
"She liked them all. They all liked her," Small said, "but I think Liz was her favorite of them all."
However, in a 1986 book Mrs. Stupp showed a little disfavor for her famous former daughter-in-law Elizabeth Taylor. In the book The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, by Fred Bernstein, she said Taylor was to blame for Eddie's suffering. "Whatever happened to him, she (Taylor) did it to him . . . She made him suffer so much . . . When Elizabeth meets a man, she takes him and squeezes the life out of him. He loved her. But I don't think Elizabeth Taylor knows what love is. How many has she had now? Eight. I can't stand her."
After 33 years, her own marriage to Joseph Fisher ended in divorce, and Kate later married Max Stupp. That marriage that would last 16 years until his death in 1968.
Mrs. Stupp also was preceded in death by three of her children: Nettie Fisher, Miriam Paul and Al Fisher.
Eddie Fisher, who lives in California, could not be reached yesterday. His sister said he was on his way to Philadelphia.
In addition to Eddie Fisher and Eileen Small, she is survived by son Sidney and daughter Shane Wernovsky; a brother; 17 grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Stillman's Memorial Chapel, 7112 N. Broad St. Burial will follow at Montefiore Cemetery, Fox Chase.
1920 Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Zelig Minopur Head M 46 Russia immigrated 1911
Ida Winopur Wife F 40 Russia immigrated 1911
Sarah Vinokur Daughter F 21 Russia
Jake Vinokur Son M 20 Russia
Joseph Fisher Son-in-law M 20 Russia
Kate Fisher Daughter F 17 Russia
Solomon Fisher Grandson M 5/12 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1930 Philadelphia (Districts 0501-0750), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Tish Head M 29 Russia immigrated 1915 sewer leather bags
Katie Tish Wife F 28 Russia immigrated 1912
Sydney I Tish Son M 10 Pennsylvania
Nettie R Tish Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Marion H Tish Daughter F 6 Pennsylvania
Edwin J Tish Son M 1 Pennsylvania
1940 Ward 39, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Fisher Head M 39 Russia
Kate Fisher Wife F 37 Russia
Sidney Fisher Son M 21 Pennsylvania
Nattie Fisher Daughter F 17 Pennsylvania
Miriam Fisher Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania
Edwin Fisher Son M 11 Pennsylvania
Janet Fisher Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
Alvin Fisher Son M 5 Pennsylvania
Eileen Fisher Daughter F 0 Pennsylvania
born in Yampoli, Russia now is Western Ukraine
Philadelphia ship list
Name: Gitte Menacher
Gender: female
Race: Hebrew
Nationality: Hebrew
Arrival Age: 9
Birth Place: Jampol, Russia
Last Residence: Russia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 10 Apr 1911
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ship: Merion
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yampol/history.html
900s Name: Yampol
1900s District: Yampol
1900s Province: Podolia
1900s Country: Russian Empire
1930s: Yampol', Vinnitsa, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1950s: Yampol', Soviet Union
Modern: Yampol, Ukraine Coordinates: 48°15'N 28°17'E
Some background information on the town Yampol Yampolsky and county.
About the County
Jampol is located on the left bank at the confluence of a river Rusavy. Ya is located in the 1612 miles from St. Petersburg, 1325 miles from Moscow, 417 miles from Kiev and 186 miles from Kamenetz-Podolsk. Nearest railway station: Mogilev-Podolsky, 48 miles, 50 miles Popelyuhi.
Yampolsky county occupies space in the 3179.1 square meters. miles. Residents in the county, according to 1910, 330,546 people, of whom: 163,429 men, 167,177 women. The area of the city is 458 dec. Residents Yampol 7467, of the low 3655 men, 3812 women. By Religion: Orthodox man 4783, 343 Catholics, Jews, 2331 people and a small number of Muslims and Protestants.
Yampolsky is located in the southern county. of Podolia Province., on the coast of p. Dniester.
Gitte (later Katherine "Katie";
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
14 Oct 1973, Sun
Page 36
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) — Friday, June 14, 1991
Kate Fisher Stupp, 90, the mother of singing star and Philadelphia native Eddie Fisher, died Wednesday at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals/Cherry Hill Division.
Born in Russia at the turn of the century, the former Kate Minnicker lived most of her life in Philadelphia after her parents immigrated to the United States when she was 18 months old. The family settled in South Philadelphia, where she grew up and attended school until the eighth grade, family member said.
A dark-haired woman with a stern face and piercing eyes, she was married at 16 to her childhood love, Joseph Fisher, who was 17 at the time, and began a family that was to include seven children.
"She raised seven children; she had to be a strong woman," said her youngest daughter, Eileen Small.
The family made its home in the Northeast section of the city, where Mrs. Stupp lived until about two years ago, when poor health forced her into a nursing home where she could get the constant care she required.
The fourth of the seven children, Eddie, Mrs. Stupp called "Sonny." He would grow up to become a star whose celebrity was at its highest from the late 1940s through the 1960s.
Fisher still performs around the country, including Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Fisher's fame and popularity brought much pride to his family, and his mother enjoyed it as much as he did.
Small said that at one of Eddie's shows some years ago, his mother uttered a phrase that would become something of a family catchword.
After several encores, a proud Eddie turned to his even prouder mother, and asked how she felt about all the applause being showered on her son. The overwhelmed Mrs. Stupp responded: "Words can't express . . . "
Family members always returned to the phrase, for humor and for pride.
"She loved it," Small said yesterday. "We had a wonderful life because of him."
Small said that just two months ago Fisher, with two nurses from the nursing home, took his mother to one of his shows in Atlantic City, where she got to bask in the fame of her middle child. She sang along with him, Small said.
"My brother was wonderful to her his entire life." Small said. " . . . Somebody once asked her what it was like to be the mother of a star and she said: 'I have seven stars.' "
Mrs. Stupp had to handle not only Eddie's stardom, but also that of his wives, renowned actresses Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens.
Later, a second generation of stardom would grace the family when Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Eddie and Debbie Reynolds, began gathering her own celebrity.
Small said her mother handled the family celebrity well. "She was a plain, ordinary mother and grandmother, and she didn't want to be anything else," Small said.
Mrs. Stupp was never overly worried about Eddie's marital misadventures. She wanted him to be happy, Small said, and she was not concerned about what the the stargazers and gossip columnists reported about her son and his wives.
"She knew not to be bothered by all of it," Small said.
Small said her mother got along well with all of her famed daughters-in- law.
"She liked them all. They all liked her," Small said, "but I think Liz was her favorite of them all."
However, in a 1986 book Mrs. Stupp showed a little disfavor for her famous former daughter-in-law Elizabeth Taylor. In the book The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, by Fred Bernstein, she said Taylor was to blame for Eddie's suffering. "Whatever happened to him, she (Taylor) did it to him . . . She made him suffer so much . . . When Elizabeth meets a man, she takes him and squeezes the life out of him. He loved her. But I don't think Elizabeth Taylor knows what love is. How many has she had now? Eight. I can't stand her."
After 33 years, her own marriage to Joseph Fisher ended in divorce, and Kate later married Max Stupp. That marriage that would last 16 years until his death in 1968.
Mrs. Stupp also was preceded in death by three of her children: Nettie Fisher, Miriam Paul and Al Fisher.
Eddie Fisher, who lives in California, could not be reached yesterday. His sister said he was on his way to Philadelphia.
In addition to Eddie Fisher and Eileen Small, she is survived by son Sidney and daughter Shane Wernovsky; a brother; 17 grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Stillman's Memorial Chapel, 7112 N. Broad St. Burial will follow at Montefiore Cemetery, Fox Chase.
1920 Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Zelig Minopur Head M 46 Russia immigrated 1911
Ida Winopur Wife F 40 Russia immigrated 1911
Sarah Vinokur Daughter F 21 Russia
Jake Vinokur Son M 20 Russia
Joseph Fisher Son-in-law M 20 Russia
Kate Fisher Daughter F 17 Russia
Solomon Fisher Grandson M 5/12 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1930 Philadelphia (Districts 0501-0750), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Tish Head M 29 Russia immigrated 1915 sewer leather bags
Katie Tish Wife F 28 Russia immigrated 1912
Sydney I Tish Son M 10 Pennsylvania
Nettie R Tish Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Marion H Tish Daughter F 6 Pennsylvania
Edwin J Tish Son M 1 Pennsylvania
1940 Ward 39, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Fisher Head M 39 Russia
Kate Fisher Wife F 37 Russia
Sidney Fisher Son M 21 Pennsylvania
Nattie Fisher Daughter F 17 Pennsylvania
Miriam Fisher Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania
Edwin Fisher Son M 11 Pennsylvania
Janet Fisher Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
Alvin Fisher Son M 5 Pennsylvania
Eileen Fisher Daughter F 0 Pennsylvania
son-in-law Herbert Small, husband of Eileen Fisher
born in Yampoli, Russia now is Western Ukraine
Philadelphia ship list
Name: Gitte Menacher
Gender: female
Race: Hebrew
Nationality: Hebrew
Arrival Age: 9
Birth Place: Jampol, Russia
Last Residence: Russia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 10 Apr 1911
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ship: Merion
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yampol/history.html
900s Name: Yampol
1900s District: Yampol
1900s Province: Podolia
1900s Country: Russian Empire
1930s: Yampol', Vinnitsa, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1950s: Yampol', Soviet Union
Modern: Yampol, Ukraine Coordinates: 48°15'N 28°17'E
Some background information on the town Yampol Yampolsky and county.
About the County
Jampol is located on the left bank at the confluence of a river Rusavy. Ya is located in the 1612 miles from St. Petersburg, 1325 miles from Moscow, 417 miles from Kiev and 186 miles from Kamenetz-Podolsk. Nearest railway station: Mogilev-Podolsky, 48 miles, 50 miles Popelyuhi.
Yampolsky county occupies space in the 3179.1 square meters. miles. Residents in the county, according to 1910, 330,546 people, of whom: 163,429 men, 167,177 women. The area of the city is 458 dec. Residents Yampol 7467, of the low 3655 men, 3812 women. By Religion: Orthodox man 4783, 343 Catholics, Jews, 2331 people and a small number of Muslims and Protestants.
Yampolsky is located in the southern county. of Podolia Province., on the coast of p. Dniester.
Gitte (later Katherine "Katie";
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
14 Oct 1973, Sun
Page 36
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) — Friday, June 14, 1991
Kate Fisher Stupp, 90, the mother of singing star and Philadelphia native Eddie Fisher, died Wednesday at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals/Cherry Hill Division.
Born in Russia at the turn of the century, the former Kate Minnicker lived most of her life in Philadelphia after her parents immigrated to the United States when she was 18 months old. The family settled in South Philadelphia, where she grew up and attended school until the eighth grade, family member said.
A dark-haired woman with a stern face and piercing eyes, she was married at 16 to her childhood love, Joseph Fisher, who was 17 at the time, and began a family that was to include seven children.
"She raised seven children; she had to be a strong woman," said her youngest daughter, Eileen Small.
The family made its home in the Northeast section of the city, where Mrs. Stupp lived until about two years ago, when poor health forced her into a nursing home where she could get the constant care she required.
The fourth of the seven children, Eddie, Mrs. Stupp called "Sonny." He would grow up to become a star whose celebrity was at its highest from the late 1940s through the 1960s.
Fisher still performs around the country, including Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Fisher's fame and popularity brought much pride to his family, and his mother enjoyed it as much as he did.
Small said that at one of Eddie's shows some years ago, his mother uttered a phrase that would become something of a family catchword.
After several encores, a proud Eddie turned to his even prouder mother, and asked how she felt about all the applause being showered on her son. The overwhelmed Mrs. Stupp responded: "Words can't express . . . "
Family members always returned to the phrase, for humor and for pride.
"She loved it," Small said yesterday. "We had a wonderful life because of him."
Small said that just two months ago Fisher, with two nurses from the nursing home, took his mother to one of his shows in Atlantic City, where she got to bask in the fame of her middle child. She sang along with him, Small said.
"My brother was wonderful to her his entire life." Small said. " . . . Somebody once asked her what it was like to be the mother of a star and she said: 'I have seven stars.' "
Mrs. Stupp had to handle not only Eddie's stardom, but also that of his wives, renowned actresses Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens.
Later, a second generation of stardom would grace the family when Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Eddie and Debbie Reynolds, began gathering her own celebrity.
Small said her mother handled the family celebrity well. "She was a plain, ordinary mother and grandmother, and she didn't want to be anything else," Small said.
Mrs. Stupp was never overly worried about Eddie's marital misadventures. She wanted him to be happy, Small said, and she was not concerned about what the the stargazers and gossip columnists reported about her son and his wives.
"She knew not to be bothered by all of it," Small said.
Small said her mother got along well with all of her famed daughters-in- law.
"She liked them all. They all liked her," Small said, "but I think Liz was her favorite of them all."
However, in a 1986 book Mrs. Stupp showed a little disfavor for her famous former daughter-in-law Elizabeth Taylor. In the book The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, by Fred Bernstein, she said Taylor was to blame for Eddie's suffering. "Whatever happened to him, she (Taylor) did it to him . . . She made him suffer so much . . . When Elizabeth meets a man, she takes him and squeezes the life out of him. He loved her. But I don't think Elizabeth Taylor knows what love is. How many has she had now? Eight. I can't stand her."
After 33 years, her own marriage to Joseph Fisher ended in divorce, and Kate later married Max Stupp. That marriage that would last 16 years until his death in 1968.
Mrs. Stupp also was preceded in death by three of her children: Nettie Fisher, Miriam Paul and Al Fisher.
Eddie Fisher, who lives in California, could not be reached yesterday. His sister said he was on his way to Philadelphia.
In addition to Eddie Fisher and Eileen Small, she is survived by son Sidney and daughter Shane Wernovsky; a brother; 17 grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Stillman's Memorial Chapel, 7112 N. Broad St. Burial will follow at Montefiore Cemetery, Fox Chase.
1920 Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Zelig Minopur Head M 46 Russia immigrated 1911
Ida Winopur Wife F 40 Russia immigrated 1911
Sarah Vinokur Daughter F 21 Russia
Jake Vinokur Son M 20 Russia
Joseph Fisher Son-in-law M 20 Russia
Kate Fisher Daughter F 17 Russia
Solomon Fisher Grandson M 5/12 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1930 Philadelphia (Districts 0501-0750), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Tish Head M 29 Russia immigrated 1915 sewer leather bags
Katie Tish Wife F 28 Russia immigrated 1912
Sydney I Tish Son M 10 Pennsylvania
Nettie R Tish Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Marion H Tish Daughter F 6 Pennsylvania
Edwin J Tish Son M 1 Pennsylvania
1940 Ward 39, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Fisher Head M 39 Russia
Kate Fisher Wife F 37 Russia
Sidney Fisher Son M 21 Pennsylvania
Nattie Fisher Daughter F 17 Pennsylvania
Miriam Fisher Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania
Edwin Fisher Son M 11 Pennsylvania
Janet Fisher Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
Alvin Fisher Son M 5 Pennsylvania
Eileen Fisher Daughter F 0 Pennsylvania
born in Yampoli, Russia now is Western Ukraine
Philadelphia ship list
Name: Gitte Menacher
Gender: female
Race: Hebrew
Nationality: Hebrew
Arrival Age: 9
Birth Place: Jampol, Russia
Last Residence: Russia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 10 Apr 1911
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ship: Merion
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yampol/history.html
900s Name: Yampol
1900s District: Yampol
1900s Province: Podolia
1900s Country: Russian Empire
1930s: Yampol', Vinnitsa, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1950s: Yampol', Soviet Union
Modern: Yampol, Ukraine Coordinates: 48°15'N 28°17'E
Some background information on the town Yampol Yampolsky and county.
About the County
Jampol is located on the left bank at the confluence of a river Rusavy. Ya is located in the 1612 miles from St. Petersburg, 1325 miles from Moscow, 417 miles from Kiev and 186 miles from Kamenetz-Podolsk. Nearest railway station: Mogilev-Podolsky, 48 miles, 50 miles Popelyuhi.
Yampolsky county occupies space in the 3179.1 square meters. miles. Residents in the county, according to 1910, 330,546 people, of whom: 163,429 men, 167,177 women. The area of the city is 458 dec. Residents Yampol 7467, of the low 3655 men, 3812 women. By Religion: Orthodox man 4783, 343 Catholics, Jews, 2331 people and a small number of Muslims and Protestants.
Yampolsky is located in the southern county. of Podolia Province., on the coast of p. Dniester.
Gitte (later Katherine "Katie";
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
14 Oct 1973, Sun
Page 36
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) — Friday, June 14, 1991
Kate Fisher Stupp, 90, the mother of singing star and Philadelphia native Eddie Fisher, died Wednesday at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals/Cherry Hill Division.
Born in Russia at the turn of the century, the former Kate Minnicker lived most of her life in Philadelphia after her parents immigrated to the United States when she was 18 months old. The family settled in South Philadelphia, where she grew up and attended school until the eighth grade, family member said.
A dark-haired woman with a stern face and piercing eyes, she was married at 16 to her childhood love, Joseph Fisher, who was 17 at the time, and began a family that was to include seven children.
"She raised seven children; she had to be a strong woman," said her youngest daughter, Eileen Small.
The family made its home in the Northeast section of the city, where Mrs. Stupp lived until about two years ago, when poor health forced her into a nursing home where she could get the constant care she required.
The fourth of the seven children, Eddie, Mrs. Stupp called "Sonny." He would grow up to become a star whose celebrity was at its highest from the late 1940s through the 1960s.
Fisher still performs around the country, including Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Fisher's fame and popularity brought much pride to his family, and his mother enjoyed it as much as he did.
Small said that at one of Eddie's shows some years ago, his mother uttered a phrase that would become something of a family catchword.
After several encores, a proud Eddie turned to his even prouder mother, and asked how she felt about all the applause being showered on her son. The overwhelmed Mrs. Stupp responded: "Words can't express . . . "
Family members always returned to the phrase, for humor and for pride.
"She loved it," Small said yesterday. "We had a wonderful life because of him."
Small said that just two months ago Fisher, with two nurses from the nursing home, took his mother to one of his shows in Atlantic City, where she got to bask in the fame of her middle child. She sang along with him, Small said.
"My brother was wonderful to her his entire life." Small said. " . . . Somebody once asked her what it was like to be the mother of a star and she said: 'I have seven stars.' "
Mrs. Stupp had to handle not only Eddie's stardom, but also that of his wives, renowned actresses Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens.
Later, a second generation of stardom would grace the family when Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Eddie and Debbie Reynolds, began gathering her own celebrity.
Small said her mother handled the family celebrity well. "She was a plain, ordinary mother and grandmother, and she didn't want to be anything else," Small said.
Mrs. Stupp was never overly worried about Eddie's marital misadventures. She wanted him to be happy, Small said, and she was not concerned about what the the stargazers and gossip columnists reported about her son and his wives.
"She knew not to be bothered by all of it," Small said.
Small said her mother got along well with all of her famed daughters-in- law.
"She liked them all. They all liked her," Small said, "but I think Liz was her favorite of them all."
However, in a 1986 book Mrs. Stupp showed a little disfavor for her famous former daughter-in-law Elizabeth Taylor. In the book The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, by Fred Bernstein, she said Taylor was to blame for Eddie's suffering. "Whatever happened to him, she (Taylor) did it to him . . . She made him suffer so much . . . When Elizabeth meets a man, she takes him and squeezes the life out of him. He loved her. But I don't think Elizabeth Taylor knows what love is. How many has she had now? Eight. I can't stand her."
After 33 years, her own marriage to Joseph Fisher ended in divorce, and Kate later married Max Stupp. That marriage that would last 16 years until his death in 1968.
Mrs. Stupp also was preceded in death by three of her children: Nettie Fisher, Miriam Paul and Al Fisher.
Eddie Fisher, who lives in California, could not be reached yesterday. His sister said he was on his way to Philadelphia.
In addition to Eddie Fisher and Eileen Small, she is survived by son Sidney and daughter Shane Wernovsky; a brother; 17 grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Stillman's Memorial Chapel, 7112 N. Broad St. Burial will follow at Montefiore Cemetery, Fox Chase.
1920 Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Zelig Minopur Head M 46 Russia immigrated 1911
Ida Winopur Wife F 40 Russia immigrated 1911
Sarah Vinokur Daughter F 21 Russia
Jake Vinokur Son M 20 Russia
Joseph Fisher Son-in-law M 20 Russia
Kate Fisher Daughter F 17 Russia
Solomon Fisher Grandson M 5/12 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1930 Philadelphia (Districts 0501-0750), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Tish Head M 29 Russia immigrated 1915 sewer leather bags
Katie Tish Wife F 28 Russia immigrated 1912
Sydney I Tish Son M 10 Pennsylvania
Nettie R Tish Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Marion H Tish Daughter F 6 Pennsylvania
Edwin J Tish Son M 1 Pennsylvania
1940 Ward 39, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Fisher Head M 39 Russia
Kate Fisher Wife F 37 Russia
Sidney Fisher Son M 21 Pennsylvania
Nattie Fisher Daughter F 17 Pennsylvania
Miriam Fisher Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania
Edwin Fisher Son M 11 Pennsylvania
Janet Fisher Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
Alvin Fisher Son M 5 Pennsylvania
Eileen Fisher Daughter F 0 Pennsylvania
