(Age 101)
Aroosiag (Dorothy) Chakarian Hartmann passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at her home in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the age of 101. Dorothy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 17, 1916 to the late Nighohos Kashmanian and Vartoohi Yesaian. She was a long time resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, as well as Amityville, New York and Dunedin, Florida. For the past ten years, she lived in her apartment in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Dorothy was the beloved wife of Albert Kevork Chakarian (deceased) and Karl Gunter Hartmann (deceased). She was the loving, devoted and cherished mother of Dale Chakarian Turza (Peter Henry); sister of Virginia Keljikian (Paul, deceased); grandmother of Kristin Turza Campbell, M.D. (Chris), Lauren Turza Greer, M.D. and Allison Turza Bajger PhD (Dan); great grandmother of Chase, Haley and Baby Parker Turza Campbell, Lester Kyle and Olivia Dale Greer, and Henry Albert Bajger. She is also survived by Thomas Hartmann and his son, Michael. She was preceded in death by her two sisters and their husbands, Margaret Mazmanian (Joseph) and Zarie Keosian (George). She is survived by many loving relatives and friends everywhere.
Born and raised in Providence, Dorothy met the “love of her life," Albert Chakarian, a successful lawyer in Cambridge, and moved, after marrying him, to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1939. During World War II, she worked at the Watertown Arsenal and Raytheon Corporation. When her daughter, Dale, was born, Dorothy devoted her life to being a home maker, raising her daughter and volunteering at St James Armenian Church in Watertown, where she was very active in the Women’s Guild, and Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, where she helped out in the gift shop. After Albert died in 1963, Dorothy worked in the business office of Widener Library at Harvard University. She was blessed to meet and fall in love again with Karl Hartmann in 1971, and she then moved to Amityville, New York and Dunedin, Florida, ultimately relocating to Chevy Chase, Maryland in 2007 to be close to her daughter, grandchildren and cousins. By that time, her sisters, Virginia and Zarie, had also moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland. After Karl died in 2009, she joined a small knitting group at St. Alban’s Church in Washington, D.C., as Dorothy was an inveterate knitter all of her life. She was a great Armenian cook and baker, and her favorite color was purple! She made friends everywhere. Dorothy was endlessly thoughtful and loving and she adored her family and friends. She will be very missed by everyone!
Relatives and friends are invited to call at JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS, INC., 5130 Wisconsin Ave., Nw (at Harrison St., NW), Washington, DC, Thursday, August 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. Private interment at a later date in Cambridge, MA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Mary's Armenian Chuch, 4124 Fessenden St., NW, Washington, DC 20016.
Arrangements under the direction of Joseph Gawler's Sons LLC, Washington, DC.
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