Linda Tak Yin Wong

It is with great sadness that the family of Linda (Tak Yin) Wong announces her passing. The oldest of five children, Linda was born on the 4th day of the first moon, during the last year of the Sino-Japanese war, in Guiyang, China, back then a small provincial town in the southwestern part of China, about 1000 km away from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong. At the end of WWII, her parents were reunited and brought her back to Hong Kong, where she grew up with her four younger siblings and helped her parents with their small home-based factory making Christmas lights. After her marriage to Ken Wong(predeceased) in 1969 she moved to Vancouver with her new husband and eventually settled in Kamloops where they raised three children. As young entrepreneurs, Linda oversaw the floor operations of the Caribou Restaurant alongside our father who ran the kitchen.

After retiring our mother was able to travel back to Hong Kong to see her friends and cousins that she dearly missed. She also went back to school and took classes at University College of the Cariboo (now known as Thompson Rivers University). Linda was always honest and told things like it was, not out of spite, but out of concern for the well-being of people she cared about. Our mother was never one to give up and as such she took computer classes 3 times till she was able to achieve success with a hard-earned passing grade of 50%. Our mother loved being with people and socializing; for example, she went to 5 different churches before she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Our mother always had a laugh and fun disposition in conversation with her friends – old and new. The family would like to thank Dr. Ward and the Hillside Centre 2 West nurses, in particular Kelly and Deb who tirelessly tended to our mother’s needs in her last days. She is survived by her three children, Daisy (Howard Glase), Willy and Wesley, and siblings, Frank (& Selena) Lee, Patti (& Edgar) Eng, Peggy Lee, and Kerry (& Linda) Lee.

Funeral service will take place on Thursday December 9th at Schoening Funeral Service (513 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC) with a viewing at 11:00 am to be followed by the Service at 11:30 am.

The webcast of the service of Linda Wong will be Thursday December 9, 2021 from 11:20 am: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/41575. Password: 341801004741