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Obituaries : * Beth Kelisky Olch; Fund-Raiser for LACMA, L.A. Philharmonic

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Beth Kelisky Olch, 93, a public health nurse who was a major fund-raiser for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Born in Bendery, Moldavia, Mrs. Olch moved to Norfolk, Va., as a child and earned her nursing and public health degrees from George Washington and Johns Hopkins universities and the University of Oregon. A resident and volunteer in Los Angeles for four decades, Mrs. Olch was married to the late Dr. Isaac Y. Olch, chief of surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. On Jan. 27 in Bethesda, Md., of Alzheimer’s disease.

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