Violet Rose Sirabian

Violet was born on October 6, 1929, in New York City, to Sahag and Elizabeth Kacherian. She was predeceased by a brother James and sister Lucy. She married the love of her life, Puzant (Buzz) Sirabian in 1950, who passed away in 2008. She is survived by her son Stephen Sirabian and his daughters Stephanie and Christina, her daughter Karen Mardikian, her husband Vahan, their son Nick and his wife Emily, and her great-granddaughter, Chloe, and her son Russell and his daughters Ariana and Karina, as well as her niece Kathryn Manuelian and nephew Mark Muradian and wife Carol.

Throughout her career she worked at the Boy Scouts of America and, later, the Yonkers Board of Education and Roosevelt High School until she retired. Violet and Buzz enjoyed traveling together, including trips to Europe, North Africa, and Armenia. When home, she volunteered as a certified docent at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye and was an active member of the St. Gregory Armenian Church community in White Plains volunteering for the Women’s Guild and performing as a member of the Hye Steppers, the parish’s amateur dance ensemble.

Violet was known for her love of family, passion for life, travel, and good times with good friends. Between her vibrant outgoing personality and sense of humor she was never alone in a crowd. She loved to play games and created family traditions especially around the holidays, a spirit that continues with the next generations. She will be remembered with love and deeply missed.

The wake will be at the Bennett Funeral Home in Scarsdale, NY, on Thursday, December 18th from 4-7 pm.

The funeral service will be at St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church in White Plains on Friday, December 19th at 10:30 am, followed by internment at Greenwood Union Cemetery in Rye.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Violet's name may be made to Calvary Hospital, St. Judes, or St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church.