New York Times

Ester Keshishyan, Raffi Hodikian

Published: September 26, 2009

Ester Keshishyan, the daughter of Aykanush and Gevork Keshishyan of
Glendale, Calif., was married there Saturday to Dr. Raffi Hodikian,
the son of Aida and Merujan Hodikian, also of Glendale. The
Rev. Vazken Atmajian performed the ceremony at St. Mary’s Armenian
Apostolic Church.

Mrs. Hodikian, 26, an interior designer, worked until July as a
consultant for store design in New York. She graduated from the
University of Southern California and received a master’s degree in
interior architectural design from Pratt Institute.

Her father is a sculptor whose work was shown in April 2008 at the
Royal Gallery in Glendale. Her mother works in the Glendale office of
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, where she
screens applicants for eligibility.

Dr. Hodikian, 30, is an internist with the Southern California
Hospitalist Network; he see patients at hospitals in Glendora, Calif.,
and the surrounding area. He graduated from the University of
California, Los Angeles, and received a medical degree from Rosalind
Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Ill.

His mother is a day care provider at Cloud Preschool in La Crescenta,
Calif. His father is a medical technologist at Medex Laboratory
Services in Glendale.