Armen Menakian
Aremn Menakian, age 52, of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Monday, March 19, 2018.
He was born to the late Mihran and Hermine Menakian in New York City. When he was just one yaer old the family moved from the Washington Heights of Manhattan to Paramus, New Jersey. Armen wa raised in Paramus having attended Paramus High School with the Class of 1983. He proudly enlisted in the Army Reserves and just after he finished basic training Armen suffered a non-military head injury that affected him for the rest of his life.
He was very proud of graduating from taxidermy school in the Finger Lakes region of New York State and for many years he volunteered at the Paramus Veterans Home and at the former Paramus Nature Museum as well. Many will recall him riding his bicycle just about everywhere around Paramus and more recently his local reach was widened with his mastery of Uber. While living in Paramus he made many friends at his favorite Gold's Gym which was a large part of his life. He was friendly, outgoing and a good-herated person who loved children and thy in turn loved him. He truly enjoyed traveling and was blessed to be abl to visit just about every country in the world with his parents. Armen had a huge heart and love of nature and animals. He was kind, considerate of others, loved to tell jokes, and had a very dry sense of humor. Armen also enjoyed fishing, wood carving, cooking, and talking politics. He was gifted with a great memory, loved shopping, and had an extensive collection of teas. He really enjoyed living in his condo at the Breckenridge where he made many friends and they became his second family. He enjoyed going to the board meetings and conversing with everyone.
He was the lving brother of Maral Nazy and her husband Musa of Paramus, and Hoorig Olivieri and her husband Frank of Wayne; cherihed uncle of Christine Balas and her husband James of Oakland, Nicole Nazy of Pompton Lakes, Jamil Nazy of Paramus, Kristen Olicieri of Wayne, Alyssa Olivieri of Wayne; He was the dearly loved gret-uncle of Taleen and Nora Balas.
In lieu of flowers memorial donatiobs to St. Leon's Armenian Church, 12-61 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 would be appreciated.