Dolores

Apkarian

Dolores L. Apkarian (nee Hollenstein) was born on July 3, 1931 and passed away in her home on November 2, 2022 at the age of 91.  She was predeceased by her husband, Charles K. Apkarian and her parents, Alfred W. Hollenstein and Marie K. Hollenstein (nee Kaiser).  She is survived by her daughter Gail Meyer and husband Mitchel Meyer; her son Zack Apkarian and wife Linda Apkarian; and her son Gregory Apkarian, as well as grandchildren Eric Meyer; Kristen Meyer; Brian Apkarian; and Lauren Apkarian Abdallah and her husband Theo Abdallah.

Dolores was born and raised in West New York, NJ where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Charlie.  After high school Dolores attended and was graduated from the Katherine Gibbs School and worked as an executive secretary at the Dow Chemical Company until she and Charlie began to raise a family.

They built a home in Cliffside Park, where Dolores still lived after 56 years.  Dolores was active in the Cliffside Park community and served on the Board of Education during the 1970s.  After having raised her family, Dolores enjoyed a career with Marketing Information Systems, a marketing research company in Englewood Cliffs, from which she retired in 1999.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation in Dolores's memory.