Yevnige Salibian

Yevnige Aposhian was born on 14 January 1914 in Aintab, Ottoman Empire, to Esther and Aposh Aposhian, a middle-class Ottoman Armenian family with 7 children. Her father was a copper merchant and a devout Christian. Aposhian's mother died of malaria when she was 13. Aposhian completed a high school diploma from the Armenian Evangelical School for Girls in Beirut. == Career ==

In 1935, Salibian and her husband ministered to refugees, orphans, people with disabilities, and students with the Armenian Evangelical Church (AEC). They established an AEC congregation in Dora, Lebanon. After their emigration to the United States in 1976, the pair continued their ministry efforts. Salibian spoke at community events about the Armenian Genocide, especially for centennial commemorations. == Personal life ==

In 1935, Aposhian married Evangelical preacher, Vahran (Vahram) Salibian. They moved to Ghazir where her husband worked at a Swiss institution for the blind. They had 6 children. In 1960, her eldest son, Norair, died in a road accident in Anjar that killed 21 of his high school classmates. In 1976, Salibian and her family emigrated to the United States due to the Lebanese Civil War. They resided in San Jose, California. Her husband died in 1995. In her last years, Salibian resided in an Armenian assisted living facility, Ararat Home, in Mission Hills, California. She died on August 29, 2015. At the time of her death, she was survived by 43 descendants. == References ==