Getty Owner Remembered as Giving Man

Nisan Ambaroglu was famous for his backyard barbecues, according to his family. In fact, that is one of the things they will miss most about him after his death last June at the Getty Station he owned on Rt. 15.

for Ambaroglu’s death. Fedo dragged the station owner on the side of his car several yards down Route 15 and then ran Ambaroglu over with his left rear tire after Ambaroglu tried to stop Fedo, who had stolen lottery tickets and an energy drink from the Getty Mart.

At Fedo’s sentencing hearing Ambaroglu’s oldest son Murat read a statement, as did his cousin Talar Sarafian, on behalf of Ambaroglu’s wife Nadya.

Nisan Ambaroglu was remembered by both as a man who put everyone else’s needs ahead of his own.

“Whenever we had our backyard barbecues, my dad would always make sure his guests’ needs were taken care of, and would barely sit down and have a bit to eat himself,” Murat said.

“Everyone enjoyed coming to our barbecues,” Sarafian said on Nadya’s behalf. “In fact, I don’t even want to have them anymore, if Nisan can’t be by my side.”

His family also portrayed Nisan Ambaroglu as a man who wanted the best for his family.

“He put aside all his needs to take care of us,” Murat said. “He worked endless hours to put me through college. He wanted his family to live the American dream when we came here 15 years ago,” he continued. The Ambaroglu family is of Armenian descent and came to the United States from Turkey.

“His business was finally a success, and he was about to buy me our first home,” Nadya said. “He wanted me to enjoy my life.”

Ambarolgu’s family also said that his concern for others extended to strangers.

“My husband would give anyone the shirt off his back,” Nadya said.

“He took care of everyone, even strangers,” Murat said.

In fact, they both agreed that his caring nature is part of what makes this situation so difficult to accept.

“If only he would have asked, my father would have given him what he wanted,” Murat said. “But this senseless act took my father’s life.”

Now, most of all, his family said they will miss Nisan’s love, support and companionship.

“I will miss that I cannot hug him or kiss him or tell him I love him,” Nadya said. “He completed me.”

“There is no way to express how I feel,” Murat said. “I think of my father every morning when I wake up and every night before I close my eyes.”