From THE REGISTER-GUARD, Eugene, Oregon, 8 April 2003, obituaries:

EVELYN MALKASIAN
  A memorial service will be held April 9 for Roberta Evelyn "Evie"
Malkasian of Eugene, who died April 3 of complications from asthma.
She was 81.
  Malkasian was born April 19, 1921, in Eugene to Emery and Georgie
Warner Lake.  She married Sred Malkasian in Eugene on July 28, 1941.
He died May 5, 1995.
  She was a lifetime resident of Eugene and graduated from Eugene High
School in 1938.  She attended the University of Oregon for two years.
She worked for many years as bookkeeper at her husband's tailor shop
located above Seymour's Cafe in downtown Eugene.
  Her family will remember her as a "quiet angel," who extended friendship
and help throughout her life to many in the community.  She served in the
altar guild at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Eugene for 50 years and as
a vestry member.  She was a longtime member of the board of directors of
the Pioneer Cemetery and served as docent at the University of Oregon
Art Museum.  In the 1950s, she produced "Focus," a television series
about local cultural activities; for what later became the Junior League.
  She also worked as a "grey lady" at Sacred Heart Hospital in the 1950s,
and she and her husband participated in the Assembly Club, a big band
dance group.  She was physically active and she enjoyed skiing at Hoodoo
and Mount Bachelor.  She was one of track coach Bill Bowerman's first
jogging students.
  Her interests included studying Armenian customs and cooking Armenian
foods, computers and reading the local newspaper cover to cover.
She also enjoyed studying her family's genealogy, and she belonged to
the Oregon Genealogical Society.  She especially enjoyed her secluded
yard with its wildlife and her Bichon Frise dog C.C.
  Survivors include two sons, Doug of Portland and Greg of Salem; two
brothers, Charles Lake of Eugene and Ralph Lake of Tennessee; a sister,
Ruth Holmes of Eugene; and three grandchildren.
  Wednesday's service will be at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Eugene.  Musgrove Family Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
  Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Episcopal Church
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From THE REGISTER-GUARD, Eugene, Oregon 10 April 2003, page D5:

EVELYN MALKASIAN-A QUIET ANGEL
  EVELYN MALKASIAN, deeply loved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and
friend and "mother to "C.C.", her beloved Bichon Frise doggie, passed
away peacefully at her home on April 3, 2003.
  A lifelong, adored member of the Eugene community, she was a "quiet
angel" said her son, Doug, as he recalled the number of people she
influenced and how much good she accomplished throughout her life.
"Evie," as she was known to many would have been 82 years old on April 19.
  "Our family was the center of her universe and she was the center of
ours," said her son Greg, who also noted that her love went far beyond
the family.
  Once you became a Malkasian friend, you were a friend for life, Greg
and Doug agreed, and many in Eugene and beyond are testimony to that.
To everyone she met, whether they were community leaders or just plain
folks, she accorded them the utmost respect and always expressed interest
in what they were doing.  How were their children? Their grandchildren?
How was their health? What were their latest interests, hobbies, their
issues, their concerns?  To everyone, she listened with an intent ear
and everyone in turn, held her in high esteem. She played an important
role in the lives of so many - her doctors, CC's veterinarian and staff
members, her hairdresser, manicurist, housekeeper, university students
and professors, grocery store employees and virtually everyone else with
whom she came in contact.
  Late in the day on April 3, family members began to gather at the
Malkasian home in Eugene - the home that Evelyn and her husband Sred,
a popular Eugene Taylor, built together in the 1940s - and reminisced
about this gentle lady.  Throughout it all, the theme that emerged was
one of love.
  Family members said she gave and she was accepting.  She never gave
up on others.  And, she loved and taught others to love.
  They recalled that Evelyn had those special qualities that made her a
mentor and role model. By her sincerity, she touched people, and those
who met her never forgot her.  When Greg and Doug were growing up,
their friends were her friends.  She and Sred encouraged the boys to
bring friends to their home, and they did.
  And, once the boys and their friends grew up, the relationships
continued.  Evie maintained an extensive list of birthdays.  At the first
of each month, she bought birthday cards, addressed them, and noted on
each when it should be sent.  Many friends - and their children - were on
that list and each could set a clock by the time the card would arrive.
The signature always would be along the line, "Love you always, Evie and
(in these past few years) C.C."  C.C. and Evie were virtually inseparable,
especially after Sred's death in May, 1995.
  A special time in Evie's life came recently when her granddaughter,
Sophia, lived with her during a one-year transition to graduate school.
Sophie had a special love for and a knowledge of Asian cultures, and
Evelyn was a ready "student", always delighting in Sophie's teachings
about the exotic experiences she had had in Asia, especially in Indonesia.
And Evie told friends she "ate more rice while Sophie was here than
she'd eaten in her entire life," as her granddaughter shared her love
of Asian food.
  The two also enjoyed - and Evelyn truly benefited from - a couples
only massage class in which they enrolled at Lane Community College.
Her granddaughter practiced the techniques of massage on her grandmother,
to Evie's great joy and comfort.  Their year together was special for
both, as they spend beautiful time sharing, and Evelyn had the experience
of seeing Sophie as an adult.
  Evelyn's impact on Eugene from young womanhood onward was significant.
She was born in Eugene as Roberta Evelyn Lake in 1921 and graduated from
the old Eugene High School in 1938.  She married Sred Malkasian on July
28, 1941, and, in the late 40's, they began to build their home - the
home in which Evelyn lived until her death.  They chose a homesite at
the end of a street, surrounded by acres of untouched forest.  Here they
lived for a half century in tune with the birds, squirrels and raccoons
that surrounded them.  Living by the philosophy that the animals were
here first, Evelyn and Sred did nothing to discourage their wildlife
neighbors; indeed, they welcomed them by providing food for all.
  To Evelyn's everlasting delight, Sred built a squrrel-feeding station
outside their kitchen window.  Here Evelyn spread food for these creatures
- rodents that many others consider pests - and delighted in watching
them leap and maneuver from nearby trees, along the Malkasian fence line
and onto the platform where they feasted on all manner of delights.
From her big kitchen window, she also treasured the birds who came to
the feeders she and Sred provided.
  Along with devoting herself to her family, friends and God's little
animal creatures, Evelyn also gave back to her church and community.
She served on the altar guild of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Eugene
for 50 years and was a vestry member twice.  Additionally, she was
a long-time member of the board of directors at Pioneer Cemetery,
as well as a docent at the University of Oregon Orental Art Museum.
A lifetime Juniour Service League member, she produced "Focus," a locally
conceived television series about cultural activities aired in the 1950s.
Evelyn also served as a Grey Lady at Sacred Heart Hospital in the 1950s.
In the 1950s and 1960s she and Sred belonged to the Assembly Club,
big band dance group.  She also had great times riding the "hookey bus"
to ski at Hoodoo and Mt. Bachelor.  Always a woman ahead of her time,
she was among the first jogging students of Bill Bowerman.  She assisted
her husband, Sred, in his tailoring shop by keeping the books for his
business, which for many years was located above Seymour's Cafe in
downtown Eugene.
  And, staying ahead of her time, once the "Computer Age" became reality,
Evelyn became an avid user, learning the Mac - not a PC. (In fact, she
was known to gently chide her PC-user friends abut switching to a Mac).
The computer became a great helpmate to her, as she logged reams of
information about family genealogy.  This, say her children, is a gift
she gave that will forever connect past and future generations of Lakes
and Malkasians.
  Husband Sred was of Armenian descent, and Evelyn embraced his
nationality and culture as if it were her own, learning to cook Armenian
foods and studying Armenian customs.  "She knew more about his heritage
than many full blooded Armenians," said her children.  One of her recent
joys was attending a huge Armenian family reunion in California, along
with sons Doug and Gred and other family members.
  Evie, whose soul was pure love, did, however, have strong opinions about
matters of interest to her.  These included everything from politics to
church activities and functions as well as community issues.  She also
had a genuine sense of fairness toward everyone.  She would strongly
defend those whom she loved, said her sons Doug and Greg.
  Evelyn was so much more than words can express.  She loved her home
and her yard work; indeed during the days before her death, she was
busy sprucing up the yard for spring.  She kept it immaculate.  She was
a crosswords aficionado, completing Eugene Register-Guard puzzles in
one sitting.  She couldn't bear to throw away a copy of the "R-G" until
she'd read it from one end to the other.  In a behavior learned during
World War II she learned to use everything - for example, every part of
vegetable for a fresh salad.  She often boasted that, as young married,
she and Sred would plan to go to the movies but instead would sit outside
and talk rather than spending money on a show.
  A beautiful human being, Evelyn was cherished by many.  Among her
greatest fans was her grandson Ian, assignment editor for the photography
staff at the Portland Oregonian newspaper.  Of his grandmother, Ian says,
"I just enjoyed hanging out with "Granna" on my own.  We would read,
work on the computer, sit and talk."
  Her grandson, Jeff, vice president of sales for Bodym, a maker of
kitchenware, summed up his good times with his "Granna" (and Grandpa,
too, of course) when, for Mother's Day, 1994, he wrote these reminisces
of his grandmother; I remember drilling holes Climbing on the jungle jim
Watching out for the greenhouse monster Sitting by the creek Joy (dog)
biting my friends CC joining the family Eggs on toast Breakfast in bed
Building the houseboat Driving the Rover All of your love and care.
I love you so much Jeff, 1994.

(Services for Evelyn Malkasian were held Wednesday, April 9, at St.
Mary's Episcopal Church in Eugene.  Contributions in Evelyn's memory
can be sent to the church at P.O. Box 50428 Eugene, OR 97405)