Abe S. Ohanian

OHANIAN, Abe S. Abe S. Ohanian of Duarte, California, died October 10 surrounded by family. He was six weeks shy of his 79th birthday, and had suffered a pair of strokes in the week before his death. A native of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved in 1945 to the Southland, where he graduated from Wilson High (Los Angeles) and Cal State LA. He lived in El Sereno, South Pasadena, San Gabriel and Alhambra before settling in Duarte in 1965. He spent 51 years as a stockbroker and investment advisor for Sutro & Company, now RBC Dain Rauscher, in Los Angeles and Pasadena; at his death, he was senior vice-president for investments. A 47-year member of Throop Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena, he was extremely active in civic affairs and charity work throughout his life - especially through the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, for which he held various national leadership positions. He was preceded in death by his first two wives, Bernadine and Laurel, and by his stepson Darian. He is survived by his wife of ten years, Gloria Hooper Ohanian: his children Bernard (Kate Kelly) and Patricia (Annette Coffey) Ohanian; his stepdaughter Gretchen (Peter) Stein; his grandchildren Lila, Alex, Aaron, Raffi, and Sofia; his sister Najelle Rabbitt; his wife Gloria's children Becky (Terry) McKnight, Kim Hooper, Kit (Teresa) Hooper, Sue (Bob) Walker, and Lisa (Jim) Rowland; Gloria's 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; his mother-in-law Docia Buckrucker; and cousins, nieces, nephews, in-laws, and friends around the country. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct 19, at Throop Unitarian Universalist Church, 300 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to funds established in his name at either the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 689 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 or the City of Hope Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010.