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by Jahanshah Javid08-Mar-2010
I visited my Ammeh Parvin yesterday. She lost Latif Ramazan-Nia, her husband of 63 years, less than a month ago. I had tremendous respect for him. He had a dignified, no-nonsense manner with a generous heart. When I was growing up in Abadan, to me he symbolized professional success. He had the air of a leader and WAS a leader. In the late 1960s he was the head of the largest refinery in the world in Abadan -- and the first Iranian in that position.
My cousin Nersi drove us to the Valley Memorial cemetery in Novato, less than an hour north of San Francisco, to visit Uncle Latif's grave in a green plot surrounded by hundreds of other Iranians. "There would have been a lot fewer of these graves if the revolution had not happened," I heard someone say. So true. At least they would have died in their own country.
My cousin Nersi drove us to the Valley Memorial cemetery in Novato, less than an hour north of San Francisco, to visit Uncle Latif's grave in a green plot surrounded by hundreds of other Iranians. "There would have been a lot fewer of these graves if the revolution had not happened," I heard someone say. So true. At least they would have died in their own country.
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AmirTWed Mar 10, 2010 04:30 AM PST
Thanks a lot for the virtual tour. Walking among the graves of the deceased has been a favorite pastime of mine. Not because I am melancholic in nature (that I am), but maybe because it is something of a cathartic experience. It somehow adjusts your perspective.
Anyway, my favorite was number 11. I guess I'd choose something from Khayyam for my own tombstone. Hmmm. That's a thought. :-)
P.S. How writes "doctor" on their grave? I guess I'll have them write my name on my tombstone, followed by ", Ph.D.". Haha.
And here are some more...
by Reza86 on Tue Mar 09, 2010 08:12 PM PSTwww.Jaavdaanegaan.com
may god bless him
by shushtari on Tue Mar 09, 2010 08:02 PM PSTand the rest of the brave iranians....
my parents were at his funeral.....we also lived in khuzestan before the fiasco of 79
خدا رفتگان همه رو بیامرزه.
AnonymouseTue Mar 09, 2010 08:20 AM PST
Everything is sacred.
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by Raoul1955 on Tue Mar 09, 2010 08:01 AM PSTPerhaps you mean tombstones of 'Iranians' in... The way you have written the heading means that the tombstones were manufactured in Iran and shipped here. :-)