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3.20.2003
Ed Ervanian, 29; newly engaged, he 'truly loved everyone'
Twenty-nine-year-old Edward E. Ervanian found joy in every aspect of his
life.
He loved his family and fiancée, he loved his job as a department
manager at Stop & Shop, he loved working with youths at St. Joseph
Church in West Warwick, he loved all New England sports teams, and he
loved almost every kind of music -- from religious hymns to Eminem's rap.
All of this shone through in his 1,000-watt smile, and his family likes
to recall that one friend said that "once you meet Eddy and your
life was touched by him, you never forgot him."
He was a gentle bear of a young man who would scoop his mother up in
hugs and always looked forward to nights with his dad when they would
go out for dinner and a movie.
"Our son was a rare breed," said Edward C. Ervanian, as he
sat with his wife, Polly, in their Warwick living room. "He truly
loved everyone."
He also had a great sense of humor, whether it was his love for puns
(the cornier the better) or his ability to happily and loudly belt out
a hymn in church even though his family kept telling him he had the voice
of "a bullfrog."
He had so much he was looking forward to.
Just two months ago, he became engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Stephanie
Bowering of Warwick. Ed showed his mother the ring he had picked out to
get her opinion, and then, on Christmas Eve, took Stephanie for a ride
along the beach and proposed to her in the car. The couple were planning
to wed May 22, 2004.
"Eddy was already part of their family," his mother said of
the Bowerings.
He was very much his own person, his parents say. They always took him
to church when he was young, but he developed his own, stronger tie to
the church -- serving as Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph and also being
active in the Pawtuxet Valley CYO and Rejoice & Hope CYO in Cranston.
He was also a member of the LaSalette Youth Group.
Although he didn't play on any sports teams, his mother said he was a
walking statistician for every professional sport, particularly the Red
Sox, the New England Patriots and the Providence Bruins.
"My son lived by two books," his father said. "The Holy
Bible and the sports section of the newspaper."
Although his dad is a retired deputy fire chief from the Cranston Fire
Department, Ed chose to find his own career path -- working at several
Stop & Shop supermarkets before being appointed manager of the seafood
department at the chain's Richmond store.
At his funeral, his dad arranged for six Cranston firefighters to serve
as pallbears.
-- Barbara Polichetti
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