Roselle Bezazian Kemalyan

Roselle Kemalyan lived a life full of grace and style, adventures and compassion. Her faith, her family and her music were centers of her days. She was born and educated in Illinois, graduated from Oberlin College and Music Conservatory in Ohio, and became a music professor. She was a master teacher with a gift and flair for imparting knowledge. After her marriage to Levon Kemalyan (he died in 1976), she made her home in Fresno. After his death she became more thoroughly involved in her church life, in her music, and in visiting and helping out with children and grandchildren, moving in 1986, to Pasadena to be closer to family. She was a master story teller, able to weave her experiences into such vivid word pictures that her listeners felt they were experiencing life along side her. She was preceded in death by granddaughter, Jennifer K. Starbird, in 2004. Beloved mother of Constance K. Wright and her husband Gerald, and Katharine K. Starbird and her husband Thomas; beloved grandmother of John Wright and Gregory Starbird and his wife Heather; and beloved great-grandmother of Simone Dziadzan Starbird. A Memorial Service was held in Pasadena on Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Internment at Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California. Remembrances may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Fresno, California, or to the music program of La Canada Presbyterian Church, La Canada, California.