Mary Ouzghoushian Vartanian, one of the last Armenian Genocide survivors, dies at 111

Born to Hagop and Maritsa Ouzghoushian, Mary Ouzghoushian Vartanian was the eldest of four children. She had two sisters, Alice and Ani, and their brother Kevork. At age 8, she and her family were forced to flee their homeland overnight during the severe mass exodus of all remaining Armenians of Ainteb and to seek refuge in Aleppo, Syria.  She attended Armenian school until grade 6 at the Grtasirats Armenian School in Aintab. During her youth, she would spend her time crocheting and doing needl