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Adam Shahbazi Obituary
Adam F. Shahbazi
July 1, 1932 - Aug. 16, 2021
MARQUETTE, MI - Adam Farsheed Shahbazi, age 89, former resident of Sister Bay, WI, died Monday, August 16, 2021, at Mill Creek Senior Living Community.
Born July 1, 1932, in Ardabil, Iran, Adam was one of three children born to Morteza and Leila (Soltani) Shahbazi. Adam met his wife, Ellen, when she was his English teacher in Iran. Adam immigrated to the US in 1957, and he and Ellen were married in 1959. Adam earned his engineering degree at Indiana Institute of Technology. He was employed at Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) in Hammond for 27 years and Sargent and Lundy in Chicago until his retirement in 1995. Adam and Ellen retired to Sister Bay, WI and relocated to Marquette, MI in 2020.
Adam is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ellen; his sons: David (Suzanne) Shahbazi of Marquette, MI and Daniel (Kathy) Shahbazi of Fishers, IN; his grandchildren: Jacob, Alexander, Sophie and Nicholas; his brother Abdollah (Roshan) of Tehran, Iran and many nieces and nephews. Adam was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Shafi.
The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice, Mill Creek Senior Living Community, and Dr. Richard Hogan in Sturgeon Bay, WI for their compassionate and professional care and the many kindnesses extended to them.
A private family celebration of Adam's life will be held at a later date in Chicago and Door County, WI.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, 3224 US Highway 41 West, #180, Marquette, MI 49855.
FASSBENDER SWANSON HANSEN FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES is serving the family, where condolences may be expressed online at fassbenderswansonhansen.com
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Robert R Featheringham
June 21, 2025
Ellen, you and I met only once that I recall; it was in your apartment near Broadway and the GE plant in Ft. Wayne. Frasheed (as I knew him) and I were roommates from November 1957 in Martha Hall at Indiana Tech. Although he was generally fluent in English, I remember working hard to teach him idiomatic, conversational English. In December, I took him to the Paramount Theater in Ft. Wayne to watch the Sinatra movie "The Joker is Wild," and he comprehended it well. As he grew confidant in his English, he stretched his horizon and took a personal interest in helping other Persian students cope in this strange world of America. I remember one of his charges was so enamored with Rice Krispies that he had penned a letter to Kellog company offering to be the company's representative in Iran. Frasheed disabused him of that notion, but we did get a good laugh at the young fellow's naivete. As you well know, later he left the dorm life and moved off campus, but we saw each other on campus and stayed close friends. Several years later as we neared graduation, he wanted to take an elective course in technical writing but didn't want to purchase the textbook. He asked to borrow mine and returned it at the completion of the class. Only problem was that he filled each page with his notes (in Farsi, no less). I no longer have the book, unfortunately. It was lost in one of my many moves.
He was my dear friend, and I cherish his memory. I'm sorry I'm only now learning of his death, but Iran is sort of in the news now, and it piqued my interest to see if I could find him via the internet. And I did. Farewell dear friend.
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