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Roberta Macko Najarian, Binghamton, died Monday evening, April 16, 2001, at her

home. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Michael Najarian, Binghamton;

a son, Michael A. Najarian, Binghamton; a daughter and son-in-law, Bobbie and

Bill Burns, Johnson City; three grandchildren, Michael P. Najarian, Cynthia

Najarian, Marisa Burns; one great-grandson, Joshua Najarian; several nieces and

nephews; brother-in-law, Robert Najarian, Pendleton, Oreg. She was a member of

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Binghamton, past President of the Auxiliary of

the American Legion Post 1254, and was very active in the First Ward Senior

Citizen Center for many years. She was a retired 24 year employee of Columbian

Mutual Life Insurance Co. A gentle, generous soul, giving of herself as well as

earthly possessions. Her love of life was influenced by family and interests

life offered. Gardening, opera and the arts were her primary passions. We will

miss her but she is not gone. Her gentle spirit lives in eternity. Funeral

services will be held at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main St.

Binghamton, Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and at 11 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Kostka

Church, where a Funeral Mass will be offered by the Rev. John E. Mikalajunas.

Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery at the convenience of the family. The

family will receive friends at the McCormack Funeral Home Thursday, from 9

until 10:30 a.m. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Roberta may be made to

the Hospice Program c/o Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, 169 Riverside Drive,

Binghamton, N.Y. 13905.