Morton Krase, 76; Municipal Court judge, Phillies fan

Morton Krase was a Philadelphia Municipal Court judge and ardent Phillies fan.

So after his funeral Sunday, Nov. 14, his family expects to sit shiva, not at home, as do many Jewish families.

The Krase family was planning to be at the Hall of Fame Club at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, sitting shiva from 2 to 6 p.m.

"He loved baseball," his daughter-in-law Christie Krase said. A season-ticket holder, he went to the ballpark for about 30 games each year.

Judge Krase, 76, of Center City, died Thursday, Nov. 11, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital of complications from multiple myeloma.

His daughter-in-law said he was born in Philadelphia, graduated from Lincoln High School in 1952, earned his bachelor's degree at Temple University in 1956, and graduated from Temple's Law School in 1962.

He was in private practice from 1962 until 1984, when he became a Municipal Court judge. He later served temporarily as a Common Pleas Court judge.

He was also a special assistant attorney general for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection.

For the Philadelphia Bar Association, he was a vice chairman of its consumer-protection committee and of its committee for compensating criminal victims.

Judge Krase is survived by his wife, Zenia; son Scott; daughter Sharon; two brothers; a sister; and six grandchildren.

The funeral was set for 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks Funeral Home, 6410 N. Broad St., with burial in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose.