OBITUARY
Chong Phuc Ho
11 March, 1935 – 14 November, 2020
Chong Phuc Ho passed away November 14th 2020 at 6:05 PM in the Comox Valley in the care of his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Chong was tremendously loved and cared for by all his family and friends. He was a strong father, grandfather and husband who took pride in his independence and incredible fortitude. Having survived and battled through countless adversities in Vietnam, he supported his wife and 6 children while holding high status, success and work ethic. Chong immigrated to Canada from Vietnam alongside his family in the 1970s taking on the enormous feat of building a new home and life from the ground up in Calgary, Alberta. We are forever grateful to Chong for providing his family and many generations to come, with the privilege and opportunities to live the best lives we are able to, here in North America.
He is survived by his wife, Mui, 6 children, 14 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild and a bevy of extended family and friends. He will be forever missed and remembered by all who loved him.
Memories
Chong Phuc Ho
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ADD A MEMORYYen Gian
November 22, 2020
To everyone in the family,
We was saddened to hear that your father/grandpa passed away of a sudden. Our thoughts are with you and your family.
What an amazing person as a father and grandpa. What a remarkable life he had. I feel so lucky that I got to know him.
Wish we could be there to honor your dad along with all of you. He was a great person.
Whenever there is any occasion he love to have family gathering and we are happy be join in as his family. We love those moments and will cherished & forever grateful to be part of his family.
He will be missed and always hold a special place in our hearts.
We love you Dad.
Dan Lui
November 22, 2020
My condolences to you and your family. Continue to take care of your mom and stay healthy.
Mai Nguon
November 22, 2020
Hi Sinh and Tanya,
Sorry to hear about yours lost. Take care of your Mom in this difficult time and remember all the good time you guy have share with him all this way.
Take care.
Mai
Annie Tran
November 22, 2020
I will miss seeing him watch english TV shows or movies with zero volume (since he didn't understand English and was hard of hearing so he didn't need sound anyways). I will miss seeing the new projects he would build around the house. Most were a safety hazard or not up to code like his garage/shed or basement renovation leaving a large 8 x 12 window as the only escape route in case of an emergency. I will miss most of all his facetime calls to check up on wonton (yes he actually learned how to use wechat on his phone) even when sometimes he would hardly say a word or just stare at the phone with no emotions. I will definitely miss our adventures which usually started with him calling me and saying he needed something done but wouldn't tell me what that was no matter how many times I asked until I got there. One time I went to his house and he just said let's go for a car ride and we drove to this industrial area and parked somewhere in an alley. I honestly thought we were going to be doing something illegal like selling stolen puppies or buying contraband. Turns out he wanted me to sell his scrap metal but didn't want to do it himself because he knew the people working there. He stayed in the alley while I drove to the scrap metal yard across the street. I was totally out of place and the people there gave me funny looks and asked where I got all this scrap metal from but they still took the goods and gave me the money. I never got a cut of that profit.
Everybody had a different kind of relationship with grandpa. He wasn't the most easiest person to be around or talk to sometimes and he may not have shown it through actions or words but in his heart he definitely loved each and every one of us in his own unique way. He wouldn't want us to be sad or hold onto any regrets, if we are happy then he is happy too.
Annie Tran
November 22, 2020
Grandpa always came up with creative solutions to any problems like his tip for being the last one standing at a party. He told me that he was just able to handle his liquor but grandma said it's because he's tricky and gets others drunk first. I will always wonder how he managed to move the fridge down to his basement, the 70 inch tv to different walls in his living room or how he removed his very heavy sliding porch door all by himself. He never took no for an answer which most recently was his desire to get an electric bike. Due to safety concerns, we tried to convince him to get the old people scooters or a tricycle instead but he said that they were not fast enough. I think it's because he didn't want something made for old people, he had a reputation to uphold. Even the person selling the electric bike was concerned about selling it to an 85 year old grandpa. He was adamant on grandpa physically testing it out in front of him to see if he was capable of handling it and making us promise to not let grandpa make any kind of modifications for safety reasons. Grandpa is like the asian Tim Taylor from the Home Improvement show. He needs to take apart and modify everything.
I believe that he had a great life and lived it to his fullest. Whatever he wanted, he went out and got it. Whatever he wanted to do he did it. If you told him he couldn't get something or do something, I could pretty much guarantee that the next time you saw him it would already be done or he would have whatever it is you said he couldn't have.
One of my fondess memory of grandpa was when he was living with my family when I was younger. He would often sneak me full sized Mr. Big chocolate bars and not tell my parents. As I got older, he upgraded his gifts to expired 711 bucks or Canadian Tire money.
Leanne Tran
November 21, 2020
Lucky
I am the lucky one to know Dad and to receive his care and love like one of his own. I was so touched that he hold another dinner for Mom’s birthday because we can’t make it the day before because we have company Christmas party. At that point I know he took me in as his daughter not Sinh “god sister “
He will be missed and always hold a special place in our hearts.
Stubborn
Here is the story for you guys...
It was last summer, Kenny and I bumped to him at Home Depot. He was there to pickup a couple of 2x4 wood so we asked him how he planned to bring them home in his CRV ? Guess what ? He took out and hand saw and cut them out right at the parking lot and fitted in his CRV !
Praise
He was so proud of himself when we asked him how he did he put up a 75 inches TV on to the stand by himself.
To this day my honey is still can not figure it out!
Family
I agreed with Annie that Dad love to have family gathering and packed his house like a can of sardines but we love those moments and will cherished & forever grateful to be part of his family.
We love you Dad.
Annie Tran
November 21, 2020
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November 21, 2020
Trying to get him to smile!
Annie Tran
November 21, 2020
They said give grandma a kiss for her birthday and he kisses the beer can ... he could be very funny if he wanted to be
Annie Tran
November 21, 2020
Annie Tran
November 21, 2020
He's probably happily sitting nearby a beach in Hawaii (because he always wanted to go there), sipping a glass of wine, looking at the waves and speaking perfect English to anyone who will listen to his life storey.
We all miss you very much grandpa and wish we had more time with you. Wherever you are right now, they must have needed you urgently because you left us so suddenly. I hope you are happy and watching over all of us. We love you very much.
Annie Tran
November 21, 2020
I'm sure everyone would agree that he was probably the most stubborn strong minded person we knew. He believed that everytime he went to get blood tests they would take extra vials from him to sell on the black market, directions for taking medicine were only a loose recommendation, and the temperature of cold drinks coagulated his blood like the time he was in the hospital for kidney stones.
Our family survived the hardships of living through and running away from the war in Vietnam and starting a new life in Canada but grandpa looked at it as just another hurdle in life that he and many others had to get through. He didn't like it when people fussed over him or praised him for things which he considered his obligations as a husband, father or grandfather.
I found that he liked it when you praised him for beating the system. LIke convincing the store to sell him the not for sale, floor model, fully assembled bbq stove so he wouldn't have to figure out how to put it together by himself at home. I still remember how surprised I was at seeing him go off by himself and returning with a beer in his hand at a casino in Vegas. He hardly let not knowing English stop him from doing things but I guess it's because he told me he knew how to speak French, which I've never seen him do, or maybe it's because I saw him use Vietnamese as a universal language with someone at the hardware store who clearly was not Vietnamese. He told me many times that if he knew English there would be nothing to stop him from doing anything and everything. I specifically remember he said he would totally trick the gwai lo's.
Annie Tran
November 21, 2020
Grandpa was a man of very few words and to some people he might have seemed like the typical grumpy stubborn very traditional old man. But if you were lucky enough to be around when he decided to speak, you would know that he liked to joke around and could talk for hours if he was in the mood. I loved taking pictures of him because it was a challenge to get him to crack a smile. You could tell he wanted to give you a great big grin but he often held back by pinching his lips together so that his smile wouldn't escape. It was pretty special to capture any other expression than his blank poker face.
He loved good coffee, going out to eat pho or dim sum, snacks like corn pops, sponge cake, ketchup chips and vietnamese subs. He loved learning new things, watching soccer and buying the latest gadgets. He had a smart watch and always had the newest phone even though his way of using technology was to push all random buttons until something he wanted happened. He would often call me and say something broke but I knew what he meant was that he needed me to go over there and reset or unpress the buttons on his machines. If he didn't know how to use something his conclusion was that its broken or cheap like my moms brand new TV or his high tech coffee machine.
He loved having all of the family over at his house for dinner even though we would have to pack in his basement like a can of sardines and even if he went to bed before dinner was barely over. My best memory was when all the grandkids decided to have dinner at his house with grandma and grandpa before their trip to England. We told him that we would be bringing the food but he still went out to get more because he didn't want us to not have enough. His motto for dinner was to always have more food that could feed us for days rather than to not have enough.
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When grandma and grandpa first found out they became great grandparents.