The viewing and wake services will be held at St. David Armenian Church in Boca Raton on Sunday August 6th from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The funeral services will be held at St. David Armenian Church on Monday August 7th at 10:00 am and will be followed by burial services at Forest Lawn North in Pompano Beach.
Dikran was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Hagop Dadrian and Nouritza Vartanian both orphans of the Armenian Genocide on October 18, 1928. When he was 2, his parents and brother moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina to start a new life where his sisters were born. He lived in Argentina for 26 years where he helped to support his family as a shoemaker while finishing high school at night. When he was 28, they had a dream to go to the motherland and to move to Armenia. Dikran the chameleon decided to change professions and was afforded the opportunity to own his own photo studio which was unheard of at that time. During the 8 years in Armenia, he met his future spouse Marusia Baloshian at a dinner party. While in Armenia, he learned to play the accordion and guitar and taught himself 2 additional languages totaling 7 languages in his lifetime. After 8 years, they decided to go back to Argentina. From there, Dikran and his wife spent 2 years trying to get a visa to immigrate to the land of freedom and possibilities and arrived in Florida in 1968. Within a year of being in the states, he learned a new profession and became a tailor. Both Dikran and Marusia owned a clothing and tailoring shop for 40 years in Palm Beach, Florida. Dikran is nicknamed the Armenian Columbus because of all the help he provided family and friends to also follow in his dreams of a better life. He sponsored many families and most came through his home as the first place to live and in some cases worked in his store as a first job if outside work could not be found. Dikran was one of the founding members of the St. David Armenian Church. He worked hard to be there for everyone who he came in contact with and will be missed.
Dikran Dadrian is preceded in death by his father Hagop Dadrian, his mother Nouritza Vartanian, and his brother Carlos Dadrian.
Dikran Dadrian is survived by his wife Marusia Dadrian, his son Hagop Dadrian and wife Arpine Dadrian, his daughter Lucine Dadrian, his sisters Rosita Boiatchian and Elisa Dadrian, his granddaughters Suzanna and Anais Dadrian, and his niece Norika Boiatchian.
Arrangements under the direction of Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Pompano Beach, FL.
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