Eliza (Aghajanian) Krikorian, 86, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Lawrence General Hospital.
She was born on April 11, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts. Eliza spent her early years in Dorchester, MA, with her parents Markar Agajanian, born in Bulgaria, and Mariam Corisian, born in Turkey, as well as her late sisters Zabel Odabashian and Araxi Aghajanian. Eliza had graduated from the Mansfield Academy of Hairdressing in 1945, and had worked as a Hairdresser until 1949 when she got married. On May 8, 1949, she married the late Michael Krikorian and lived in Andover at the home that Michael built for his family on Gleason Street. Eliza went on to work for 21 years as an employee of the Internal Revenue Service in Andover. She was an active member of the Armenian Ladies Guild and the Ladies of Vartan, as well as a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church Choir. She was an outstanding cook and always had plenty of food for all who visited her warm home. Eliza loved to dance and she always found joy in sharing this passion with others at weddings and annual Armenian picnics. Most of all, she loved spending time with her grandchildren.
Eliza is survived by a daughter: Hope Fabiani, her husband Stephen, and their son Mathew, two sons: Mark Krikorian, Harry Krikorian, his wife Lisa and their children Jennifer and Michael, her nephews and nieces: The Very Reverend Simeon Odabashian, Marsha Odabashian, Barry Odabashian, Susan Krikorian, Robert Krikorian, Nicholas Krikorian, Mark Hagopian, and James Cutticchia.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11:00 A.M at St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church, 158 Main St., North Andover, MA. Burial will follow in the West Parish Garden Cemetery in Andover, MA. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to call on Sunday, December 22, 2013 from 4 to 7 P.M. at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 35 MERRIMACK ST., NORTH ANDOVER, MA. Memorial contributions may be made in Eliza's name to St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church, 158 Main St., North Andover, MA, 01845. To send an online condolence or for more information, please go to www.breenfuneralhome.com.