Arthur Abrahams, 77, ticket-sales supervisor

Arthur Abrahams, 77, of Wayne, who handled ticket sales for the Valley Forge Music Fair for 40 years, died of Parkinson's disease April 9 at home.

In 1954, Mr. Abrahams was hired to sell tickets for the new summer tent theater. He had gained box-office experience working with his father at a theater in Philadelphia. He kept his winter job with his father until Valley Forge Music Fair constructed a year-round building in 1973. The music fair, owned by partners Frank Ford, Shelly Gross, and Lee Guber, presented Broadway musicals in its theater-in-the-round as well as shows by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and George Carlin.

Mr. Abrahams, who became a company vice president, supervised ticket sales at Valley Forge and the partners' music fair in Westbury, N.Y. He retired when Valley Forge Music Fair closed in 1996.

"Arthur was a charming guy. He was full of energy and had a sense of humor," said Stephen H. Arnold, who managed the Valley Forge Music Fair in the early 1970s. The people who worked with Mr. Abrahams loved him, Arnold said, and he trained many young people who went on to successful careers with Disney and other entertainment companies.

Mr. Abrahams graduated from Overbrook High School, where he quarterbacked the football team. During the Korean War, he served in the Army in Baltimore.

He and his wife, June Margulas Abrahams, first met at a neighbor's party in Valley Forge in the 1980s. He was an avid sports fan, she said, and had Eagles season tickets for 50 years.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Abrahams is survived by stepchildren Claudine Bloomfield, Claude Whiting, and Brett Kirby and a sister. His son, Neil Abrahams, died in 1975.

The funeral was held April 13 at Temple Brith Achim in King of Prussia. Burial was in Haym Salomon Memorial Park, Frazer.