Topic: Obituary

PHILADELPHIA — The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg and St. Mark Armenian Catholic Church of Wynnewood, Penn. announced that the Very Rev. Thomas Garabedian, pastor of St.[...]

BELMONT, Mass. — Haig K. Deranian, of Belmont, formerly of Worcester and Watertown, died on October 2. He was 75. Deranian served as commander of Ararat Lodge No. 1, Boston in[...]

GREENWICH, Conn. – Dr. Robert A. Aslanian, oral surgeon, mentor and artist, passed away on September 11, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 74 years old. A medical professional[...]

By David Stout GRANGER, Ind. (New York Times) — Ara Parseghian, a Presbyterian of Armenian descent who might have seemed an unlikely savior of Notre Dame football but became just that,[...]

By Steve Marble LOS ANGELES (LA Times) — Tenny Tatusian, a deputy editor who helped expand the Los Angeles Times’ digital footprint and underscored her zest for living by working,[...]

WASHINGTON — Rosalie V. Chorbajian, 89, of Bowie, MD, a dedicated advocate for the Armenian community, passed away on March 19, surrounded by family. Born in Worcester, to Sarkis and[...]

LOS ANGELES — Hagop Arshagouni, husband of the late Marilyn Altoon Arshagouni and father of Robert, Mary (Papazian), Michael, and Paul Arshagouni, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, June 5. He[...]

By Bryan Marquard BOSTON (Boston Globe) — Soft-spoken and discreet, impeccably dressed on the job and off, Norman Pashoian opened the door of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel to politicians and powerbrokers, actors and[...]

DETROIT (Combined Sources) — As music fans everywhere mourn the sudden loss of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, his family is raising questions about the circumstances behind his death. Cornell, 52, was[...]

By Carl Nolte SAN FRANCISCO (Chronicle) — It is not the big and famous things that give San Francisco its special flavor. It’s not the thousand-foot-tall buildings, or even the glorious[...]