Abe S. Ohanian

Abe is the best thing to ever happen to me. I met him at Throop church and he decided I needed him. He was right. The man had a way of seeing what the world needs and being there. He will be missed deeply by me but will affect my life forever. I am so lucky that he loved me.What will we do without Abe.

ABE, WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE CHURCH AND WILL BE MUCH MISSED. HE WOULD BRING FRUIT FROM HIS HOME AND SELL THEM AFTER SERVICE, I LOOKED FORWARD IN TALKING WITH HIM AND PURCHASING.

I will miss Abe. He has inspired and influence everyone, including me. I am honoured to have met Abe. He has watched me grow from a child to an adult at Throop Church. He has always given great advice and was a role model for children adults alike. Abe lived a full life and left an everlasting imprint and influence on those priviledge to have met him.

I am not sure when I first met Abe and Gloria, but I do remember that he was a big part of my joining Throop Church. We were at a district meeting in Pasadena at my own UU church. I spent a lot of time with Abe and Gloria. Abe gently asked why I was not visiting with people from my own church, and I realized that I simply belonged to the wrong church. That was 10 years ago. Thank you, Abe and Gloria.

Abe...friend and inspiration.

I got to know Abe through Throop Memorial Church. He was one of the most cheerful, generous, dynamic and life-affirming people I have ever known. I’ll remember Abe for those qualities, as well as for his humor, his life-celebrating family photos, his amazing collection of flags, faithfully displayed at annual Independence Day parties, his personal Armenian-American museum and his home orchard, whose fruit was regularly made available to church members and others. My heart goes out to his...

I worked at Sutro int the 1980s when I first began my career. Abe was a giving man and generous with his time and knowledge. I learned a great deal from him. Please accept my condolences for your loss of a great and honorable man.