Gladys Victoria Conlon
Sep 27, 2026
With serenity & grace, Gladys V. Conlon (Boghosian), a lifelong Belmont resident passed to eternity on Sunday night, September 27, 2026 at the age of 94 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Home in Danvers.
Gladys was the daughter of deceased genocide survivor, Victoria Vaznaian Boghosian (1909-2011) and her father, notable businessman, Paul T. Boghosian (1903-1979) and is survived by her sister...
Rosine Patterson
Sep 16, 2026
Rosine Patterson (nee Zanazanian) passed away peacefully after a sudden illness, surrounded by her family and friends on September 16 at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA.
Rose was born in 1936 in Aleppo Syria to genocide survivors Antranig and Eliza Zanazanian (nee Vartanian). Her life was devoted to the service of others, to her family, and to the Armenian community. She...
Elizabeth Kassabian
Aug 22, 2026
Elizabeth Kassabian, a devoted mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away surrounded by the love of her family.
Elizabeth was predeceased by her beloved husband, Kerkor "KoKo" Kassabian, who passed away in 1989. She is survived by her sons, Greg Kassabian and his wife, Heather, and Paul Kassabian and his wife, Chelle. She was a loving and proud grandmother...
Sona Garrity
Aug 19, 2026
Sona Garrity passed peacefully from this world on August 19. Daughter of genocide survivors from Tadem, Armenia, Mariam (Oulohojian) and David Najarian. Sona spent her vivacious life in Watertown. In recent years, she was a resident of Wingate at Silver Lake in Kingston, MA. She had many creative interests and spread joy sharing her creations of food and flowers and...
Yorgos Papayannopoulos
Jul 30, 2026
Yorgos Papayannopoulos of Watertown, MA, passed away on July 30, 2026. He was born in Cambridge, MA, and moved to Greece with his family when he was two years old. Yorgos, known to his nieces as “Theo,” was an adoring uncle as well as a loving brother and son. He was beloved by all of his relatives and friends both...
Shirley Onanian
Jul 29, 2026
Shirley Onanian, a longtime resident of Watertown, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2026, at the age of 96. Shirley was born in Cambridge on May 9, 1930, to the late Arakel & Sarah (Najarian) Onanian.
Shirley was a devoted lifelong parishioner at St. James Armenian Church in Watertown, where she faithfully served her church community for most of her life....
Barbara Joyce Merguerian
Jul 7, 2026
Barbara Merguerian was a scholar, journalist, and activist. The daughter of immigrants from Kharpert province in Central Anatolia, she and her late brother Zaven were born and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. Her close-knit extended family survived the hardships of the Great Depression, the Hurricane of 1938, and the mobilization of the country during the Second World War. She...
Mary Vartanian
Jun 28, 2026
Mary Ouzghoushian Vartanian
Born on August 17, 1914, in Aintab, Turkey (in historic Cilicia)
Born to Hagop and Maritsa Ouzghoushian, she was the eldest of four children. She had two sisters, Alice and Ani, and their brother Kevork. At the tender age of eight, she and her family were forced to flee their homeland overnight during the severe mass exodus of all...
Raffi P. Yeghiayan
Jun 28, 2026
Raffi P. Yeghiayan - born 1938 Beirut Lebanon. Beloved husband of deceased Carol Ann (Hadidian) Yeghiayan. Adored and devoted father of Arra Yeghiayan, Sona Yeghiayan and her husband Christian Staebe, and Sylva Yeghiayan and her husband Scott Zaleski. Loving Medzbaba of Lincoln, Kendall, and Cole Zaleski and Sevag, Daron, and Arek Bardt. Dedicated son of Puzant and Lucy Yeghiayan. Dear...
Ann Koumjian
Jun 18, 2026
Ann (Garabedian) Koumjian, a longtime resident of Watertown, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2026, just weeks before her 100th birthday. Ann was born in Boston on August 8, 1926 to the late Avak & Alice (Hagopian) Garabedian.
Ann grew up with her family in the South End of Boston and graduated from the Girls High School in 1943. After high...