I am deeply distressed and saddened by the news of Bob Hajinlian's passing away. Bob used to hang with Charlie Stuckey, etal, in high school as well as with others. He had a black '59 Chevrolet convertible, and used to kid me about my piggggy '58 Chevy. I still have pictures from a football game and one from an RD dance with Bob and I with our dates. No doubt Bob Schmidt took those pictures. Gordon, my brother ('59) and Harry ('59, Bob's brtother) used to play hockey on the Oradell Golf Club pond and attend NY Ranger games at the old Madison Square Garden. Bob's favorite expression in high school was, "Boy, are you in trouble!". Somehow, it got put into the "Golden Hours" under my name. Man, Bob was angry, but I didn't know they were going to do that when I filled out the questionnaire we all did way back early in the senior school year. Nothing I could do to change it, and Bob accepted my apology.
I also remember that Bob was good with electronics and gadgets, etc, I remember he found a way to have a phone in his room without it being detected by the phone company. Seems that when you have an additional bell hooked into the system, the drop in resistance on the line alerts the phone company that there is another phone. Bob simply unhooked the bell wiring, and he had a phone in his room to use. He was great with things like that. A small thing, but something I remember about the "Hadj".
When I get down to my son's, he can scan those pictures, and I'll forward them.
David Brooksie Brooks
HAJINLIAN Robert, age 63, of Wyckoff died Saturday, February 21, 2009. Born in New York, he grew up in Oradell and resided in Wyckoff for 21 years. Robert worked 38 years for Hekemian & Co. of Hackensack, where he was Vice President of the Property Management Division. He was a member of the NJ Apartment Association and served as President of the Fair Lawn Rent Leveling Board. Robert was an Army veteran who served during Vietnam, receiving a Bronze Medal. His great passions included bike riding, traveling, the Yankees and most of all enjoying life in the company of his family and dear friends. Surviving is his wife Noreen (nee Karanfilian) Hajinlian of Wyckoff, his daughter, Jennifer and husband Vache Bahadurian of Wyckoff and Kristin Hajinlian of New York, NY. Also surviving is a brother, Harry and his wife Beverly Hajinlian of Congers, NY, a sister, Norita and her husband David Rehrig of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and a brother and sister, Dr. Peter and Barbara Boorjian of North Caldwell, NJ. Nephews, Dr. Stephen Boorjian and his wife Denise and Mr. Jeffrey Boorjian, his niece, Aimee Wine and her husband Michael, and a grandniece and nephew, Natalie and William Boorjian. Visiting Monday, 7-9 PM and Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Olthuis Funeral Home, 159 Godwin Ave., Midland Park, NJ 07432. Funeral Service Wednesday, 10:30 AM at St. Leon Armenian Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07140. Interment George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ. Memorial contributions to St. Leon Armenian Church, stleon@stleon.org or Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecraus Ave., Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245, www.pancan.org would be appreciated. www olthuisfuneralhome.com
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Published in The Record and Herald News on 2/22/2009
