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Note: James died of an apparent heart attack at his home the evening of 1-6-2000. He had chest pains and then keeled over dead in
his chair. I very much regret that James chose to have no
contact with me, his daughter, Samantha Rae Attarian DeSanto. I
saw him for the first time in 1994 at a funeral. We did not
speak but I thought that maybe him seeing me would spark
something in him to want to know me. Now that he is gone I feel
that maybe I should of tried harder. But in all honesty I know
that I wrote to him and informed him of my wedding, the births
of my children and when my husband and I moved to Florida in
1996. I have decided not to go to the funeral. I feel that
morally this might be a bad decision but in light of him not
wanting to know me I do not know how his wife or his 2 children
would react to me coming. I have decided to send 1 red rose
with a card that says with Sympathy and Regret, Samantha Rae
Attarian DeSanto. The funny thing is that I never wanted
anything from him but to know him. I never realized that to
some people that is asking to much. He did enrich my life in a
round about way. I knew his mother and she helped raise me (
Marion Cordeiro ) and I knew my Papa Ed, Marion's second
husband. And I also have a good relationship with James's 1/2
brother Edward Cordeiro and his wife Kim. All of these people
have made my life better for just knowing them, and for that I
am thankful to my real father James Robert Attarian.
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