Alice Atikian

Alice peacefully passed into rest on September 9, 2010, with her daughter holding her hand. She was 96. Alice was born in Newark, NJ, on April 18, 1914, to Mina and Dikran Chooljian. She was the eldest of their five children who all predeceased her. After completing her business college degree, she became secretary to the president of a large department store on Fifth Avenue in New York. In 1937, Alice met and married Hrandt Atikian (deceased) and they immediately set forth on the big adventure of driving across the country and establishing a photo engraving business in San Francisco. She was a homemaker for many years but could not stay away from the business world. She worked for Bank of America for 18 years and retired at the age of 70 from a supervisory position. Alice and Hrandt had two children Richard (deceased) and Valerie. Alice is also survived by many loved nieces and nephews and wonderful friends. In particular, Donna Blades, who always found time to call Aunty and say Hi. In her younger years, Alice was very involved in her church, St. Gregorys, serving as a Sunday school teacher. She was an original member and treasurer of the Antelias Seminary Association. Alices daughter would like to thank her mothers caregiver, Martha Pingol, for making her mothers days so happy these last few years. She would also like to thank her physician, Leslie Squires MD, who was the advocate Valerie was looking for. Valerie would finally like to thank Kevin Bush and Gerry Tanti for being with her at the hospital and supporting her during this difficult time. Alice was a good, kind Christian woman who did her best for her family and friends. She will be missed. Services will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Donations may be made to St. Gregorys Armenian Apostolic Church, 51 Commonwealth Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118 or Antelias Seminary Association, 216 20th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121.