Mamas Michael Kehyaian Passes Away (January 6, 1931- September 8, 2017)
Mamas Michael was the son of Armenian immigrants who survived the 1915 Armenian genocide. The family, Serop Kehyaian and Esther Shahinian, Serop’s mother Serpouhe, and Esther’s mother Mariam, came to...
View ArticleObituary: Edwina Walsh
WATERTOWN — Edwina Walsh (née Jamgochian) of Watertown, formerly of Woburn, suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm and passed away peacefully on October 27. She was the daughter of the late Megerdich and...
View ArticleObituary: Rose (Varjian) Muggeridge, Former Volunteer at Armenian...
WATERTOWN — Rose (Varjian) Muggeridge, 91, originally from Franklin, then Watertown, passed away on November 19 at Carlton Willard Village in Bedford. She was born and raised in Franklin,...
View ArticleObituary: Ardashes Hagop Shelemian
WATERTOWN — Ardashes Hagop Shelemian, 94, passed away on December 13, 2017. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, he was the son of the late Victoria and Hagop Shelemian and brother of the late Kegham Shelemian....
View ArticleObituary: Robert Sanasarian, Keeper of Watertown Memories
WATERTOWN — Robert Sanasarian of Watertown died on January 12. He was the uncle of Roxanne Baker of Brookline, Kevin Baker of Randolph, Joy Morgan and her husband George of RI and the late Mark...
View ArticleJanet Jeghelian, Noted Radio Personality, Community Activist, Dies
WESTWOOD, Mass. — Janet (Tevekelian) Jeghelian of Walpole, formerly of Westwood, died on February 3, 2018. She was the wife of the late Haig Jeghelian; mother of Armen and Tina Jeghelian and the late...
View ArticleObituary: Charles Sarkis, 78, Built Restaurant Empire
By Bryan Marquard BOSTON (Boston Globe) — During the 50 years he ran an expansive restaurant empire unlike any other in Boston, Charlie Sarkis strode through life as if it were one of his dozens of...
View ArticleClare Russell Gregorian; Advocate for Literacy, Education
NEW YORK — Clare Russell Gregorian, a lifelong advocate and leader in education, literacy, and women’s issues, and the wife of Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian died on April 28, at home...
View ArticleMardik Martin, Scorsese Collaborator, Is Dead at 84; Born in Iran to Armenian...
By Daniel E. Slotnik LOS ANGELES (New York Times) — Mardik Martin, a screenwriter who collaborated with Martin Scorsese on films like “Raging Bull,” “New York, New York” and particularly Mr. Scorsese’s...
View ArticleDr. George G. Markarian Obituary
LISLE, ILL. – George G. Markarian, MD, age 88, a longtime resident of Lisle, passed away on November 22. He was born on May 15, 1932 in Tabriz, Iran. Dr. Markarian is survived by his wife of 58 years,...
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