Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Tarpinian – Keshishian, Arouciak of Waltham, September 16, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Kevork Keshishian. Devoted mother of Sousi, Hratch, Krikor and his wife Mayda, Ani Manjerian and her late husband Harout, Varouj and his wife Silvana and the late Harout Keshishian. Loving grandmother of Mirey, Garo, Aline, Christine, Kevork and Serge. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday, September 21 at 11: 00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the above named church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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LeBlanc, Julia (Amiralian ), formerly of Pepperell, MA., December 26, 2011. Beloved wife of Luke LeBlanc. Devoted mother of Destiny, Zachariah and Dylan. Loving daughter of Daniel Amiralian. Cherished granddaughter of Pauline Amiralian, Cliff and Sheila Granger. Sister of Deborah and Nathaniel. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Friday, December 30 from 4 – 8 p.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, funeral service and interment are private.

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LaFlamme, Pearl S. of Waltham, January 30, 2012. She was born in Concord, N.H. on February 24, 1922 and she graduated from Concord High School, Class of 1938. She worked as the executive secretary to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshall for many years. After moving to MA in 1965, she worked at Braun North America – The Gillette Company. Pearl was kind and sweet to all that knew her with her wonderful sense of humor and a sharp wit. She will be dearly missed. Beloved wife of the late Savior Joseph LaFlamme. She is survived by her devoted daughter Cheryl Shushan and her fiancé Paul Crimlisk and Brian K. LaFlamme and his partner Ann M. Taylor. Loving grandmother of Andrea Poulin and her husband Dr. Stephen Poulin, David Shushan and his wife Jamie, Dr. Alex Shushan and his wife Tracey and Remy Thompson – LaFlamme. Cherished great grandmother of Joshua, Jennifer, Scott, Kate and Kevin. Also survived by many loving grand nieces and grand nephews. Loving sister of the late Lillian Sanasarian, Anita Arslanian, Souren Sanders, Andrew Sanders and Samuel Sanders. Beloved aunt of Pauline Sanasarian, Helen Sookikian and her husband Vahram, Richard Sanasarian and his wife Ann, Ronald Arslanian and his wife Leslie and the late James Arslanian. She is also survived by many other loving cousins and friends. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown on Friday February 3 at 11:00 a.m. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Thursday from 4 – 7:30 p.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Memorial gifts may be made to Saint Stephen’s Armenian Church or MSPCA, 350 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Panian, Araxi (Avedissian) of Watertown, February 8, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Karnig. Devoted mother of Houry Boyamian and her husband Avedis and Cheri (Shaghig) Apelian and her husband Vahe. Loving grandmother of Annie Kassardjian and her husband Raffy, Taline Kebajian and her husband Christian, Stephan Boyamian and his wife Elizabeth and Haig and Alik Apelian. Cherished great grandmother of Alexander, Amelia, Julia and Kyle. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral service at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue Watertown on Monday, February 13 at 11:00 a.m. . Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Sunday from 3 – 6 p.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Saint Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown or Saint Stephen’s Armenian Church. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown.

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Papikian, Michael of Waltham, February 15, 2012. Beloved son of Varsham and Emilya (Diloyan) Papikian. Loving brother of Lucia. Cherished grandson of Norair and Susanna Diloyan and Olga Darbinyan. Also survived by many loving cousins and friends. Funeral service at Saint James Armenian Church, 465 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Saturday February 18 at 11:00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street Watertown on Friday from 6 – 9 p.m. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Dilekoglu, Nazli of Waltham, February 14, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Arsen. Devoted mother of Jaklin Ozcan and her husband Garo. Funeral service at Saint James Armenian Church, 465 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Friday, February 17 at 11:00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. At the request of the family, there are no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Saint James Armenian Church. Interment at Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

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Hird, Roger of Watertown, after a long illness, February 15, 2012. Beloved husband of Sosy (Tololyan) Hird. Brother in-law of Professor Khachig Tololyan and his wife Ellen Rooney. Funeral services will be held at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Monday, February 20 at 11:00 a.m. Avisitation period will be held Monday morning from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. immediately prior to the funeral services. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Avenue, 5th floor, Norwalk, CT 06851 or Saint Stephen’s Armenian Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown,MA. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown.

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Julie M. (Oullette Sarkisian) Ford, age 98, a longtime resident of Natick, died on Saturday afternoon, February 18, 2012, at LifeCare Nursing Center in Acton.

Born in Fall River, Julia resided in Somerville prior to settling in Natick with her husband Paul in 1972. She had been employed with John Hancock Life Insurance Company, working for many years as a billing specialist in the Accounting Department until her 1978 retirement. Julia later held a part-time desk clerk position at the Framingham Howard Johnson Hotel until 1995.

Julia enjoyed travel, working local craft shows selling item she had designed and created, and baking pies for loved ones. She also enjoyed working outdoors tending her lawn and garden.

Predeceased by two husbands, Paul J. Ford and Martin E. Sarkisian, she is survived by her devoted daughter, Carol A. (Sarkisian Tevekelian) Burnham and her husband Brian of Ashland; four loving grandchildren, Kevork H Tevekelian and wife Jennifer of Shrewsbury, Joshua A. Tevekelian of Watertown, Janeen M. (Tevekelian) Bazarian of Ashland, and Alana R. (Tevekelian) Counts of Moorehead City, NC; and seven beautiful great-grandchildren, Andrew, Derek, Kyle, Avo, Armen, Devin, and Izabella.

Her funeral service will be at the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street (at Natick Common) Natick, on Wednesday, February 22nd at 11:00a.m. Burial will follow at Saint Patrick Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family charity, Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute, “The Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma,” P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168.

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Dulgarian, Harry A. of Belmont, age 81, February 21, 2012. Beloved husband of Dr. Liza Yessayan Dulgarian. Devoted father of Laurel Sarian and her husband Gregory, Jeffrey Dulgarian and Gregory Dulgarian and his wife Rita. Loving grandfather of Elizabeth, Christian and Grace Sarian and Andrew Dulgarian. Brother of Azad Tanielian and her husband Harry and Virginia Harrington and her husband Peter. Uncle of MaryJane and Gregory Tanielian, Lisa Clark and Eric Harrington. A memorial service will be held at The First Armenian Church, 380 Concord Avenue, Belmont on Saturday, February 25 at 11:00 a.m. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Friday from 4– 8 p.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to The First Armenian Church or Armenian Missionary Association of America Inc, 31 West Century Road, Paramus, N.J. 07652. Veteran during Korean Conflict, U S Army. Interment services at Highland Meadow Cemetery, Belmont are private.

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Kasparian, Carol D. (Papazian) , formerly of Lincoln and Waltham, March 5, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Dr. Karl D. Kasparian. Devoted mother of Glenn Kasparian and his wife Janis and Alan Kasparian and his wife Ninfa. Sister of Astrid Bozkurtian, Betty Boole and her husband George and the late Mazie Diran. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Funeral service at The First Armenian Church, 380 Concord Avenue, Belmont on Monday, March 12 at 12:30 p.m. A visitation period will be held at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Monday morning from 10:00 – 11:00 A.M, immediately prior to the church service. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend .In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the First Armenian Church, Belmont, MA 02478. Interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.

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Muckjian, Agnes (Sarkisian) of Belmont, March 10, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Deran “Dick” Muckjian. Devoted mother of Dereena and Deran. Loving and cherished grandmother of Ahdom, Bohdon, Matthew and Lia. Sister of Vicki Hoplamazian, Gladys Matteosian and the late Kathryn Karapetyan. Memorial services will be held at Saint James Armenian Church,465 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Monday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Sunday from 4 – 7 p.m. . In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Saint James Armenian Church. Cemetery services are private.

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Anthony Thomas Salvetti, beloved son of the late Thomas and Anne (Patricelli) Salvetti, brother of the late Pauline Salvetti died on March 11th after a long illness. Anthony lived most his life in Brockton. He is a 1959 graduate of Brockton High School, and served in the United States Army in the 1960’s. He was a chaplain’s assistant and because of his love for music and proficiency at playing the organ, he served as the army base organist at weekly Mass. He played piano and organ in many restaurants and lounges in the late 60’s and early 70’s. He was a sales coordinator at the Canoe Club for many years. Anthony retired from AGM Manufacturing in Brockton in 2006. He was an avid reader and historian, and spent much of his retirement creating a family tree of French monarchies. He was also an avid veteran supporter. Forty first cousins on the Patricelli side, six on the Salvetti side, and many loving godchildren survive him. He will be greatly missed, along with his wonderful Brandy Alexander drink with which he pleased his family on Christmas Eve. Anthony will be laid to rest in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. Rest in peace, Anthony.

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Avedisian, Haig, 99, of Watertown, March 23, 2012. He was the devoted husband for 70 years to the late Siroon ‘’ Lovey ‘’ (Mooshekian) who passed away in 2006. Haig was born in Harpoot, Armenia on May 15, 1912 to the late Yegsa (Simonian) and Sarkis Avedisian. He was a survivor of the genocide of 1915, but lost his mother and two young brothers in the massacres. He leaves his children, Irene Gallagher and her husband Richard of Waltham, Joyce Jablonski and her husband Francis of Uxbridge and Linda Ovoian of Watertown; 12 grandchildren, Tony Ray Richardson Jr. and his wife Beth of Upton, David Richardson Sr. and his wife Tina of Kentucky, Richard Gallagher Jr. and his wife Adrianne of Townsend, Lynne Coolbrith and her husband Glenn of Uxbridge, Sean Gallagher of Waltham, Brian Gallagher and his wife Kristin of Chelmsford, Todd Richardson of Milford, Michael Gallagher of Waltham, Zachary Ovoian of Watertown, Rebecca Sarofian and her husband Justin of Watertown , Leah Leach and her husband Gary of Medford and Adam Ovoian of Watertown. Haig also leaves 13 great- grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Diran Haig Avedisian in 1940, his sister Maritza Kasabian and his son-in-law Koren Ovoian in 2008. Funeral service at Saint James Armenian Church, 465 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Wednesday, March 28 at 12 noon. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. Memorial gifts may be made to Saint James Armenian Church or The Armenian Children’s Milk Fund, P O Box 652, Belmont, MA. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown.

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KALAJIAN, Araxi (Pashiaian)
Of Watertown, April 1, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Paul Nubar Kalajian. Devoted mother of Karen Kalajian, Alice Hunter, Audrey Kalajian, and the late John Kalajian. Also survived by her daughter-in-law, Sarabeth Kalajian. Grandmother of Christopher Harris and his wife, Samantha; Michael Harris; Jill Leggett and her husband, Mark; Matthew Kalajian and his wife, Kelly; Lisa Hunter and her husband, Corey; Amy Hunter; Alexandra Eurdolian; Lara Eurdolian; and Ritah Nakandi (honorary). Great-grandmother of Drew and Paiton Harris, and Micah Kalajian. Late member of the Armenian Red Cross, and Komitas Choral Society. Funeral Services at Saint Stephen’s Armenian Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown, on Thursday, April 5, at 11am. A visitation period will be held at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown, and Thursday morning from 9:30-10:30am immediately prior to the church services. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Salvation Army, 187 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, or the Avedisian School, AMAA, 31 West Century Road, Paramus, NJ, 07652, or the Armenian Tree Project, 65 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472, or Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, Artsakh Street, Watertown, MA 02472.

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