Tashjian, Aetna - Retired Raytheon Executive of Weston, MA, age 77 passed away on May 8, 2010 after a courageous battle with lung and bone cancer for the last ten months. Beloved husband for 55 years to Araksie Kalajian Tashjian. Devoted father of Stephen Paul Tashjian and his wife Melvina M. Tashjian, Gary Tashjian and his wife Lisa M. Tashjian and his loving daughter Roxanne Marie Tashjian. Loving grandfather of Whitney Nicole Tashjian and Alexandra Lucia Tashjian. Brother of Jacob Tashjian, John Tashjian and the late Charles Tashjian and Nellie Dorrill.
Funeral services at Holy Trinity Armenian Church ,145 Brattle Street, Cambridge on Wednesday May 12 at 11:00 a.m. Visiting hours at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home , 558 Mount Auburn Street Watertown on Tuesday from 4 - 8 p.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Memorial gifts may be made to the Araksie and Aetna Tashjian Trust Fund at Holy Trinity Armenian Church ,145 Brattle Street ,Cambridge, MA 02138. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Massachusetts General Hospital Lung Cancer Center. Interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.