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Obituary: Areknaz Omartian (1926-2009)

May 7, 2009 Weekly Staff 0

Areknaz Omartian passed to Heaven on April 11 in the loving arms of her family at home. Born on Oct. 12, 1926 to the late Dertad and (Ouzounian) Omartian, she graduated with from Commerce High […]

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In Memoriam: A Tribute to Armen Haghnazarian

April 21, 2009 Ara Ghazarians 0

What began in 1961 as a modest student life in the historic city of Aachen, the resting place of Charlemagne and German kings, came full circle almost half a century later. Thousands of miles from […]

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Obituary: Isabelle ‘Zabel’ Shiranian Varadian, 83

April 20, 2009 Guest Contributor 0

Isabelle Shiranian was born on Nov. 14, 1925 in New York City, the daughter of Abraham and Vartig Shiranian. She excelled academically at Central High School and was a member of the National Honor Society. […]

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Taniel Varoujan’s Daughter, Veronica Safrasian, Passes Away

March 16, 2009 Guest Contributor 3

Veronica Safrasian (nee Varoujean Tchiboukerian), the daughter of Taniel Varoujan, a well known writer and poet, passed away on February 25 in Purdys, N.Y. at the age of 98. Veronica was born on June 6, […]

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Obituary: Rev. Fr. Vartan Kassabian, 51

March 15, 2009 Guest Contributor 4

On March 12, Rev. Vartan Kassabian died suddenly at his home in Methuen, Mass, at the age of 51. Der Vartan was the pastor of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of Merrimack Valley in North […]

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The End of an Era in Hartford: Sona Der Sarkissian Passes On

March 4, 2009 Guest Contributor 0

By Adrianne Der Sarkissian Brown Sept. 28, 2008 marked the end of an era in Hartford, Conn., with Sona Der Sarkissian peacefully closing her eyes to slip away. Arriving in Hartford in 1932, she had […]

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Alec Melkonian a Guiding Light and Moral Compass

February 13, 2009 Tom Vartabedian 3

WORCESTER, Mass.—Alex Melkonian was special in many ways. He was a consummate Armenian who wore a perpetual smile, embraced his family with boundless love, wrote poetry, played bocci, was a prized bowler, and won Olympic […]

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