Topic: Obituary

The Tufenkian Foundation team this week announced the death of a colleague, Edgar Danielyan. Edgar  has been a part of the Tufenkian Foundation team for 18 years, serving in various[...]

LOS ANGELES — Yervant Kotchounian was born on May 20, 1950, in Damascus, Syria. He was the youngest son of Garabed and Tshkhoun (Vanes Kehian) Kotchounian. He came to join[...]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Janet Acopian Yegumians, passed away peacefully at the age of 83, with her daughters by her side, at her home on October 8, 2023. Her spirit was[...]

BETHESDA, Md. — Edward Alexander of Bethesda, MD, passed away on October 5 at the age of 103. He was a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service during the[...]

BOSTON — Aram V. Chobanian, M.D., President Emeritus of Boston University, and previous Dean of Boston University School of Medicine died peacefully at home on August 31, 2023. Born in[...]

WINCHESTER, Mass. — Adrienne Tashjian, 98, of Winchester passed away on September 4. She was employed as an executive secretary for the town of Arlington for many years. She enjoyed[...]

DETROIT — Film director and editor Hrayr Toukhanian died on August 15, 2023. He was 91. He was born in 1933 in Beirut, to the late Bedros and Eugenie Toukhanian[...]

By Bryan Marquard BOSTON (Boston Globe) — To create Facing History and Ourselves, a curriculum that has helped millions of students around the world confront moral dilemmas while learning to reject[...]

Dr. Dennis Richard Papazian passed away on Thursday, March 16, after a brief illness. He was 91. Born the youngest of four children in Augusta, Ga. to Armenian parents from[...]

SOUTHFIELD, M.I. — Paul Peter Korian, or as some know him, Bedros Boghos, sadly left us on March 15, 2023, at the age of 78. As a dedicated and passionate husband,[...]