JASMINE CHOBANIAN, OF NATICK, MA, ON FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE WAS THE BELOVED WIFE OF 59 YEARS OF ARAM V. CHOBANIAN,MD, AND THE CHERISHED MOTHER OF KARIN CHOBANIAN TORRICE OF NATICK, LISA CHOBANIAN, RAMBOECK OF BRONVILLE, NY, AND ARAM CHOBANIAN JR., OF BROOKLINE, MA. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER BELOVED GRANDCHILDEN, MARC AND VANESSA TORRICE. JASMINE WAS BORN IN PAWTUCKET, RI, THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES AND ZABEL (RUSSIAN) GOORIGIAN. SHE LEAVES HER LOVING SISTERS NECTAR LENNOX OF CUMBERLAND, RI, AND MARIE VARTANIAN OF AGAWAM, MA, HER SISTER-IN-LAW, RUTH CHOBANIAN OF CAMBRIDGE, MA, AS WELL AS A LARGE NUMBER OF NIECES,NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS. JASMINE GRADUATED FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY (PEMBROKE COLLEGE) AND WAS A RESEARCH HEMATOLOGY TECHNICIAN AT HARVARD'S THORNDIKE MEMORIAL LABORATORIES. SHE WAS A TALENTED PORTRAIT PAINTER WHO ATTENDED THE BOSTON MUSEUM SCHOOL AND STUDIED UNDER THE LATE ARTIST, CONGER METCALFE. A PATRON OF THE ARTS, SHE HAD SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON BALLET COMPANY. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER UNIQUE EXUBERANCE, GAIETY, INFECTIOUS SPIRIT AND LOVING NATURE. JASMINE WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY AS THE "FIRST LADY" OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND ITS MEDICAL CAMPUS DURING HER HUSBAND'S PERIOD OF LEADERSHIP THERE. BOSTON UNIVERSITY HONORED HER IN 2006 FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS WITH A GALA DINNER AND ARTS PROGRAM. SHE HAD MANY HOBBIES AND INTERESTS AND WAS AN AVID READER, STORY TELLER, NATURE LOVER, BIRD WATCHER AND SPORTS FAN. SHE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY INTERNATIONALLY AND WAS FASCINATED BY THE PEOPLE SHE MET AND THEIR DIFFERENT ARTS AND CULTURES. SHE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ARMENIA. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE THROUGH THE BEDROSIAN FUNERAL HOME, 558 MT. AUBURN ST., WATERTOWN, MA. A WAKE WILL BE HELD AT ST. STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN CHURCH, 38 ELTON AVE., WATERTOWN, MA ON TUESDAY, JULY 29 FROM 4-8PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL OCCUR AT THE ST. STEPHENS CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 11AM. BURIAL SERVICES WILL BE PRIVATE. CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TO THE CHOBANIAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, C/O DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, 72 E.CONCORD STREET, L-219, BOSTON, MA 02118; THE ST. STEPHEN'S ARMENIAN CHURCH; OR THE FUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF,630 SECOND AVE., NEW YORK, NY. A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE WILL BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER ON A DATE AND PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED. ONLINE DONATIONS TO WWW.BU.EDU/SUPPORTINGBUSM.