On July 13, 2024, age 88. Devoted mother of Adel and Aslan, loving mother-in-law of Patricia and Trhea, adoring grandmother of Audrey, Amelia, Phoebe and Sinjin. She was preceded in death by Abbas (Abby), her loving husband of 44 years, her sisters (Ashraf, Akhtar, Aghdas, Afkham, Ebtehaj and Arfa) and her brothers (Mohammad and Hossein). Afsar grew up in Tehran, Iran where she and Abby were high school sweethearts. She studied business at the University of Tehran and was reunited with Abby at the 1967 Montrèal Expo where she was working at the Iranian Pavilion. The couple were inseparable thereafter, marrying on New Year’s Eve 1967. They briefly lived in New York City and Tehran before moving to the United States permanently in 1975, settling in Ormond Beach, Florida to raise their young family. Afsar and Abby subsequently retired to New York City in 2004. Services will be held on Thursday, July 18 at 11:30am, at The Woolworth Chapel at The Woodlawn Cemetery, Webster Avenue and East 233rd Street, Bronx, NY. Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York City (212-288-3500) is in charge of services.