Ohanes B. Oskanian

Ohanes B. Oskanian, MD (“John”), 90, of Lansdale passed peacefully May 3, 2022 surrounded by his family. Dr. Oskanian was a prominent member of the Lansdale community for over 60 years where he worked as a urologist and was on staff at Abington Jefferson Lansdale Hospital (formerly North Penn Hospital), Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, and St. Luke’s Hospital in Quakertown. He retired from medicine in 2001, but continued to practice in a volunteer capacity, well into his 80s, at the St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Dr. Oskanian was born in 1931 in Aleppo Syria, the fifth of seven children. He earned his medical degree in 1957 from Sorbonne University in Montpellier, France. He completed a residency in General Surgery

at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, followed by a Urology residency at Albert Einstein School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Oskanian is survived by his wife, Irene, children Peter (Rose) of Collegeville, Frederick (Michele)

of Blue Bell and Azlen (Scott) of Jenkintown, and grandchildren: Bennett, Alex, John, Madeleine, Peter, Claire, Grayson, and Wilson. He is also survived by his brother, Vahe, of Antwerp Belgium and many cherished nieces and nephews.

Visitation to be held Friday, May 20, 6:00 – 8:00pm at Simcox-McIlvaine Funeral Home, 532 East Main Street, Lansdale, PA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 21, 10:30am, Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church, 101 Ashmead Road, Cheltenham, PA 19012. Burial to immediately follow

at St. John Neumann Cemetery, 3797 County Line Road, Chalfont, PA. All are invited to a remembrance luncheon at Talamore Country Club, 723 Talamore Drive Ambler, PA. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dr. Ohanes Oskanian’s memory can be made to Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church.