It is with great sadness that the family of Behzad Rozei announces his passing, after valiantly fighting a battle against metastatic lung cancer, on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at the age of 55. A native of Kermanshah, Iran, he also lived in England, Turkey, and France before coming to the United States in 1990. He enjoyed cooking, gardening, reading, travelling, running, and taking care of Anya, the family cat.
Behzad will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 30 years, Katherine, and his children Gabriella and Hannah. Behzad is survived by his parents Heshmatolah Rozei and Gohar Ahmadi, his mothers-in-law, Judith (John) Ellerman and Sandra Friedman, his sisters Azam (Vali) Rozei and Akram Rozei, his brothers Ali, Majid and Kumars (Nasrin) Rozei, his sister-in-law, Gillian (Michael) O’Nan, his brothers-in-law, Jonathan (Kelly) Friedman, Mark (Heather) Friedman, and Michael (Cheryl) Friedman. Behzad will be forever remembered by his numerous nieces and nephews, extended family and dear friends. Behzad was preceded in death by his brother Roozbeh Rozei, his sister-in-law, Christina Rozei-Black, and his father-in-law, Robert Friedman.
A Celebration of Behzad’s life will be held at 1:00 on Saturday, August 4th at the Roswell Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to one of the following charities in Behzad's memory: