Gwee Byung Park

Gwee Byung Park, age 84, passed away on November 30, 2012 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was born in Seoul, Korea to Ki Hwan and Eum Jun (Shin) Park on September 22, 1928. Gwee enjoyed retirement activities: fishing, travel, newspaper reading, and his membership with Zion Presbyterian Church. Gwee is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jin Nyuh (Lee) Park; and children: Yong Don Park (Soo Park); Yong Bum Park (Jun Park); Jaeshin Woo (Joseph Woo); and siblings: Wan Byung Park; Young Ja Lee and four grandchildren: Eric Park; Michelle Willhite; Michael Woo and Angela Park.

Viewing days are Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Acacia Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at Acacia Funeral Home on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:00 am followed by burial at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery in Shoreline, Washington.

To laugh often and love much;

to win the respect of intelligent

persons and the affection of children;

to earn the approbation of honest critics

and to endure the betrayal of false friends;

to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others;

to give of one’s self;

to leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,

or a redeemed social condition;

to have played and laughed with enthusiasm

and sung with exultation;

to know that even one life has

breathed easier because you have lived,

this is to have succeeded

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson