Steve Mugar. Founded Star Market with his father Sarkis Mugar.

Steve Mugar. Founded Star Market with his father Sarkis Mugar.

Portraits.; Mugar, Stephen Pabken -- 1901-1982.; Star Market.;

Founded Star Market in Watertown with his father Sarkis Mugar. Born March 5, 1901, in Kharpert (Harput) in the former Ottoman Empire now Turkey, came to Americ in 1906.In 1916, Sarkis Mugar paid $800.00 for the Star Market, a small grocery store, at 28 Mt. Auburn Street in Watertown and Stephen eventually went to work for his father in the store. In 1922, Stephen's father was killed at age 49 from complications from an automobile accident, leaving Stephen to take over the Star Market to support his mother, himself and his sisters. The second Star Market was opened in Newtonville in 1932 and the third one was opened in Wellesley in 1937. Mugar's first supermarket and it was the proptype of the other modern supermarkets. Stephen P. Mugar became a generous contributor to educational institutions and Armenian causes locally and abroad.

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