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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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