ZAKESSIAN

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Independent Journal
Monday, January 29, 1979

MARTHA ZAKESSIAN

Funeral services were held today for Martha Zakessian, mother of Sausalito property owner Sam Zakessian and a cook at his Zack’s Restaurant.

Mrs. Zakessian, 83, died Friday.

She was a native of Harput, Armenia. The Zakessian family was living on a farm in the Central Valley when her husband, Karkian, died. Twelve-year-old Sam and his mother moved back to San Francisco where she took a job in a laundry. She and her son lived together on Monte Mar in Sausalito for 11 years. Although she was nearly blind, she worked with him in his waterfront restaurant.

Burial will be in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno.