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    MOURAD SEBOUH NERSESIAN, 93, CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK'S WELTER WEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION

    Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
    Jan 13 2014

    January 13, 2014 By Amanda Thames

    WYDaily.com is your source for free news and information in
    Williamsburg, James City & York Counties.

    Mourad Sebouh Nersesian, a resident of Williamsburg since 1999, died
    Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Windsor Meade of Williamsburg. He was 93.

    He was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Armenia, the fourth child of a famous
    Armenian freedom-fighter, Arshag Nersesian, known among Armenians as
    General Sebouh (meaning knight, or noble one). After immigrating in
    1922, the family eventually settled in New York City, where he met
    and married Anahid Shishmanian, his wife of 65 years.

    Mr. Nersesian attended City College of New York where he majored
    in chemistry and participated in five college sports: track, cross
    country, baseball, horseshoes and boxing. He became the school's
    welter weight boxing champion.

    During WWII he served in the Pacific and fought in the Battle of
    Leyte Gulf, rising to the rank of Captain. Following the war, he
    returned to New York and started Safeguard Chemical Corporation,
    a company that produced household cleaning products and insecticides.

    Mr. Nersesian was a devoted husband and father of four children and
    an active member of St. Sarkis Armenian Church.

    He was preceded in death by his wife, Anne, in 2009 and his son-in-law,
    Aram Paul, in 2002.

    Mr. Nersesian is survived by his sister, Anahid Nersesian; children,
    Bill Nersesian (Pam), of Edina, Minn., Aram Nersesian, of Lusby, Md.,
    Roxanne Paul, of Vienna and Pamela Dumont (Charles), of Williamsburg;
    eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

    A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014,
    at Newtown United Methodist Church.

    Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the Armenia Fund U.S.A.,
    Inc., 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 2205, New York, NY 10038 or to Newtown
    United Methodist Church, 5209 Monticello Avenue, Williamsburg,
    VA 23188.

    Please leave online condolences for the family at Bucktrout of
    Williamsburg Funeral Home.

    http://wydaily.com/2014/01/13/mourad-sebouh-nersesian-93-city-college-of-new-yorks-welter-weight-boxing-champion/

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