Mr. Bow Chan Wong

Mr. Bow Chan Wong was born on January 2, 1930 in Doo Tow Village, Zhongshan in the People’s Republic of China to his parents, Wong Yue Chun and Lee Kwan Sheung. Bow was the eldest son of four children born to his parents.

Bow grew up in a rural setting and helped his family from an early age. He was a good athlete and an avid soccer player. By 1948, he met Jane Wun Mei Lum and they were married. During the course of their marriage, Bow and Jane had five children comprised of two sons and three daughters.

In 1952, Bow travelled alone to Canada to assist his father and lived in Burnaby, British Columbia. A few years later, Bow and Jane were reunited in Canada together with their first child. The family then moved to Ocean Falls, British Columbia where Bow became a mill worker at the pulp and paper owned at that time by Crown Zellerbach. During their stay in Ocean Falls, Bow and Jane had four more children and the family continued to live there until 1972.

In the summer of 1972, Bow and his family moved to Vancouver and Bow worked at a mill located in Coquitlam until his retirement. Bow and Jane were very proud of their children as each of them attended a post-secondary institution.

After the death of Jane on August 17, 2014, Bow remarried and was wed to Ruifen Xiao.

On July 30, 2024, Bow passed away peacefully and was surrounded by his large family and extended relatives who will miss him dearly. Bow was survived by his five children, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

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