Henry ''Hank'' Mahakian, husband of Eileen Stannard, died May 10, 2001 at their home in England. He was the eldest son of Gorish and Guldane Mahakien of East Haven, CT and a 1967 graduate of Hopkins Grammar School. After two years at Bates College he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, held the rank of Sargeant E-5, served on the U.S.S. Coral Sea and in 1973 received his honorable discharge. He chose to continue his education at Syracuse University. In 1976 he graduated with a BFA degree and he and Karen Bruce, also a Syracuse graduate, were married. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1994 and in 2000 he remarried and moved to England. Surviving him are his parents, brothers Peter and Paul and his former wife and their three children, Evan, Mary and Daniel, two uncles, an aunt and many cousins. On May 16 a funeral service and cremation took place in England and a funeral mass is to be held in Croton, New York. Memorial contributions to support Cancer Research may be sent to Yale Cancer Center, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520 or toward hospice care, Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405