He was the son of Zaharie and Ana Apahidean and was the 3rd child of 9 siblings. He attended both primary and secondary school in the town of Sighisoara. At the age of 17 he was baptized in the name of the LORD.
He worked on his parents' farm most of his childhood. After high school Ovidiu attended a technical school in Bucharest. Later, Ovidiu enlisted in the army for two years, where he was a tank operator.
In 1964, Ovidiu found the love of his life Olivia and they were married. He worked for 20 years at the textile factory în Sighișoara.
In 1968, he was blessed with his first child, Septimiu, and in 1974 a new blessing of their second son, Flavius. The family worked and lived in Sighisoara until 1983 at which time he emigrated to the United States.This endeavour was not easy, he had a great deal of obstacles created by the comunist government. The final effort that liberated his family from the communist government was a hunger strike for the sake of his family's future. Ovidiu arrived with his family in Anaheim, California and lived there for 38 years.
Ovidiu was a hard worker and easily found a satisfying job as a machinist. He worked for a great company in Huntington Beach for 20 years. He also found great joy in fishing and hunting with his sons.
In 2009 Ovidiu retired from working for a paycheck but he never actually stopped working. Ovidiu was the ultimate tinkerer, he worked for his family and helped his kids and grandkids until this unforgiving disease ended his life.
He was always available to help anyone that asked.
Also during his retirement he started to travel, which he enjoyed greatly, with his wife and spent time with his siblings, family, sons, and grandchildren. His strong and loving marriage lasted for 57 years, until Ovidiu was called to be home with GOD. Once Ovidiu was diagnosed with cancer, he departed from us in just three weeks to be with his LORD and SAVIOR on May 11, 2021.
Ovidiu was a great husband, father, grandfather, friend, and a child of GOD.
A visitation for Ovidiu will be held Wednesday, May 19, 2021 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm in the Westminster Memorial Park Lakeside Chapel. Services will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm in the Westminster Memorial Park Lakeside Chapel with an interment service to follow. Arrangements under the direction of Westminster Memorial Park, 14801 Beach Blvd. Westminster, CA 92683. (714) 893-2421
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