10/12/2012 14:51
Monte’s mother passed away
92 years old Zabel Melkonyan, who was mother of Monte Melkonyan passed away today, the Hetq.am reports.
Reporter of Hetq.am had met Mrs Zabel in May 2012.
The reporter has first left for Fresno with Monte’s brother after which has left for Monte’s birthplace – Valencia.
The house where Monte has inhabited is preserved. His mother was living their till now.
Monte’s mother has told the reported that they have been the first family that have inhabited in California since 1880s.
It was hard for Mrs Zabel to reach Monte’s house during their visit, the reporter said, however she could recall everything. Mrs Zabel has ordered Margar to show the guest Monte’s belongings.
Monte’s brother remembered how once Monte had entered a shop, opened dozens of bottles of Coca-Cola, took the covers of the bottles and returned home.
“Coca-Cola was having an action and those who would collect the covers of the bottles and will send them would get a bicycle.
Monte sent them 20 covers for several times and got nothing and became furious of that,” Margar remembered.
Margar also showed the mountains, forests where Monte’s youth had passed.
“We came to the part of the river where Monte had jumped into the water and had broken his tooth and nose. I passed the night next Monte’s bed in his room. We had had a long talk with Margar before that, he was telling about different times of Monte’s life; Monte in Beirut, in prison, in the camp of Palestinians, Karabagh… stories which Margar has not included in the book about Monte…” Edik Baghdasaryan writes in his memories.