In Memoriam: Kristapor (Seno) Pakradouni

Kristapor (Seno) Pakradouni

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US Central Committee on July 9 announced the passing of one of the organization’s veteran members, community leaders and a long-time editor of Asbarez and a devoted ARF member, Unger Kristapor Pakradouni, who passed away on Friday, July 8.

During Pakradouni’s funeral service on July 16 at the SkyRose Chapel at Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary, his granddaughters Jennifer and Katherine Pakradouni, and Diana Saba presented the late editor’s biography and remembered him not only as a community leader but a beloved grandfather.

Below is the presentation.

Read by Katherine Pakradouni

Kristapor Pakradouni was the son of Manaseh and Manoushag Pakradouni.  His mother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. After being separated from her mother during the Genocide, Manoushag lived in a Kurdish village for four years. She was then relocated to an American-run, Protestant orphanage in Aleppo, Syria. It was there that Manoushag met and married Manaseh, whose family was already established in Aleppo. They were blessed with the birth of their son, Kristapor, on June 22, 1929. With the birth of daughters Roubina in 1935 and Salpi in 1942, their family was complete.

When Kristapor was 8 years old, his family moved from Syria to Lebanon, where he began attending the Hamazkayin “Djemaran”