Obituaries

Mrs. Sachaklian and her husband were members of Soorp Khatch (Holy Cross) Armenian Apostolic Church in Bethesda, where she participated in the Ladies Guild. The couple also were active in Armenian cultural activities and were benefactors of cultural programs to foster Armenian heritage and religion and to promote the visibility of the Armenian people.

In 2003, Mrs. Sachaklian established two funds in her and her husband's names: the Antelias (Lebanon) Seminary Fund, to foster religious education, and the Armenian Review Fund to sustain the publication of a scholarly literary journal. In 2004, the Armenian Prelacy, Eastern United States, named her its Woman of the Year.

Her husband, retired Air Force Col. Harry A. Sachaklian, died in 2002.

Survivors include a sister.

-- Joe Holley

Arleeta Carol ScillianSecretary, Church Member

Arleeta Carol Scillian, 91, a secretary, homemaker and church member, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 29 at Wilson Health Care Center in Gaithersburg.

Mrs. Scillian worked for Vitro Laboratories in Aspen Hill from 1960 through the mid-1980s. She was also a member of Woodside United Methodist Church in Silver Spring for 56 years and taught Sunday school there. For many years, she also ran the food pantry, which provided emergency relief for needy families.

She was born in Chandler, Okla., and attended Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma before moving to Washington during World War II.

Her husband, Glenn Scillian, died in 1988.

Survivors include three children, Linda Lowery of Alexandria, James Scillian of San Francisco and Gary Scillian of San Diego; two brothers; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.