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Markosyan, Seda G.
Seda G. Markosyan, 1928-2012, was born in Sukhumi, Republic of Georgia, into an Armenian peasant family, with two sisters and a brother. She began working in tobacco fields at the age of 5. Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Dr. Ciprian Sas. Family will greet friends from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where a Trisagsion service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Burial: Linwood Cemetery.
Seda achieved a B.A. in education from the Educational Institute of Abkhasi, city of Sukhumi. She was a math teacher and educational consultant in and near Sukhumi.
In 1951, Seda married Hapet Rezikyan and had two children, Grigor (who married Ella) and Susanna (who married Robert); and two grandsons, Aram of Tempe, Ariz., and Karen of Minneapolis
She came to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in April 2008, to live with Susanna and son-in-law Robert Anthony. Seda enjoyed gardening and reading.
Memorials may be made in Seda's memory to Hospice of Mercy, 701 10th St. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402.
Please sign the online guest book for Seda at under obituaries.
Published Jan. 12, 2012, in The Gazette
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