McIver dies at 95

Sierra Sun, CA
July 15 2004

McIver dies at 95

Azad “Victoria” McIver, possibly one of Truckee’s most local locals,
passed away Tuesday, July 13 at the age of 95.

Born Azad Josepian in Harpoot, Armenia, in 1908, McIver survived the
Armenian genocide and left her homeland at age 6. In 1922 she came to
Truckee at age 14 with her older sister, Roxie, to meet up with their
brother, Richard, who came to town in 1916.

McIver attended grammar school at the old school house on Church
Street. She worked as a waitress at the Pastime in downtown Truckee
for nine years. McIver’s brother owned the Pastime, Manstyle Barbers
and the Donner Hotel, in addition to many acres of land in Truckee at
the time.

While working at the Pastime, McIver met her late husband, Jim
McIver, a local blacksmith who delivered mail to Tahoe City. They
were married Aug. 10, 1944 in Reno.

In 1949, McIver’s brother donated land and resources to help build
Tahoe Forest Hospital. As the beneficiary of her since-deceased
brother’s estate, McIver donated land for the hospital’s expansion in
1997.

McIver was preceded in death by her sister, Roxie, brother, Richard,
husband, Jim, and many other Truckee locals whom she called friends
and family. McIver is survived by many friends and family in Truckee
and surrounding areas.

Services for McIver were held Thursday, July 15. See Sierra Sun’s
July 21 midweek edition for more on the life of Azad “Victoria”
McIver.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS