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Dorothy <I>VanDeMar</I> Abashian

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Dorothy VanDeMar Abashian

Birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Death
28 Oct 2009 (aged 78)
Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Dorothy VanDeMar Abashian, 78, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born in Rochester, N.Y., on February 8, 1931, to the late Ralph J. and Mabel Hastings VanDeMar.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Kathryn Abashian.

She was educated at the University of Rochester and received her masters at Cornell University. She was a member of the Blacksburg United Methodist Church and she was also involved with the YMCA leading hikes and with the bird club.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 31, 2009, in the Blacksburg United Methodist Church with the Rev. Reggie Tuck officiating. Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg.

The family will receive friends at the church following the interment. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Montgomery County, P.O. Box 287, Blacksburg, Va. or to The Nature Conservancy, 490 Westfield Road, Charlottesville, Va. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va.

Published in Roanoke Times on October 30, 2009
Dorothy VanDeMar Abashian, 78, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born in Rochester, N.Y., on February 8, 1931, to the late Ralph J. and Mabel Hastings VanDeMar.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Kathryn Abashian.

She was educated at the University of Rochester and received her masters at Cornell University. She was a member of the Blacksburg United Methodist Church and she was also involved with the YMCA leading hikes and with the bird club.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 31, 2009, in the Blacksburg United Methodist Church with the Rev. Reggie Tuck officiating. Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg.

The family will receive friends at the church following the interment. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Montgomery County, P.O. Box 287, Blacksburg, Va. or to The Nature Conservancy, 490 Westfield Road, Charlottesville, Va. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va.

Published in Roanoke Times on October 30, 2009


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