Robert K. Wong

Robert K. Wong was born February 5, 1919, in Hoiping, Guandong province, China, to Mr. & Mrs. Shing Wong. His middle name “Kuey” means end of stream. At age 2 Robert immigrated to Ottawa, Canada, where his family joined another family from the same village that had earlier settled in

Ottawa. At an early age, Robert attended a Sunday School where he learned English. He also learned about God’s plan of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, whom Robert accepted as his personal savior. This same Sunday School teacher gave Robert a book that would change his life, Dale

Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends and Influence People”. While in high school, Robert was resourceful enough to rent a vacant store space and started Wong’s Produce Market to help support the family. Daily he had to take a bike or public transportation early in the morning to buy from the

wholesale market fruits and vegetables for the market. He still found time to join the gymnastics team and later started a gymnastic scholarship at his high school. Robert was accepted to Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, but someone had to watch the market. Younger brother Gordon offered to leave school so Robert could go to Queens, where he received a B.A. in Commerce, the Canadian equivalent to Business. Then in 1947 Robert met May S. Lee while she was traveling with her family to Montreal, Canada. Robert hosted May and her father, brother, and sister to a delicious Chinese dinner and then setup a triple date for May’s brother and sister, choosing to pair May for himself. Robert made a good impression by speaking Chinese to May’s father. Soon thereafter on August 21, 1948, Robert married May in Ottawa, Canada. Wanting to have her first child be an American citizen, May returned to Los Angeles to have the first child Stephen Brian Wong. Soon a second child Debra May Wong followed. In 1955 the company where Robert was an industrial engineer, Kwikset Locks moved to Anaheim, so the family moved there. Robert started investing in real estate and was able to retire early in 1962 so he could attend to his investments full time.

Robert is survived by his wife May, sister Isobel Lew, son Stephen, married to Nancy Young, with daughters Erinn, April & Courtney, and great grandson Ari Homan, daughter Debra married to Dr. Francis Wong, who have daughters Candice, Brittany, Juliet, son Brendan, great grandsons Oliver Torres, Jacob Morey, Jeremiah Morey, and great granddaughter Vivian Torres.

The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to all who have supported us during this time of loss.

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Pacific View Mortuary Chapel with a Graveside Service immediately following.

The florist for Pacific View is Grand Floral Events (949) 439-0038.

www.grandfloralfuneral.com or www.grandfloralevents.com

Or in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:

Alzheimer's Disease Research at www.brightfocus.org or Alzheimer's Association at Alz.org