Hồ Văn Lành

1942-2018

Hồ văn Lành sinh ngày 05-20-1942 tại Mỹ Tho , Viet Nam.

1967 Tốt nghiệp Nha Khoa Sai Gòn . Được trưng tập vào quân đội Việt Nam Cộng Hoà với cấp bậc Trung Uý Nha Sĩ , phục vụ tại Bạc Liêu , sư đoàn 21 . Đồng thời ,phụ trách Trưởng phòng Nha Khoa tỉnh Bạc Liêu .

1973 lập gia đình với Ngô thiếu Hoa , có 3 người con .

1975 - 1978 , sau khi Việt Nam Cộng Hoà thất thủ , bị Việt Cộng bắt làm tù binh vì chức vụ Đại Uý Quân Y .

1978 Rời Việt Nam.

1979 Đến Houston ,TX USA

1985 Đậu bằng hành nghề Nha Sĩ tại California , USA.

1985-2010 Mở phòng mạch Nha Khoa tại San Jose, Ca.

1986-1990 . Hai nhiệm kỳ Hội trưởng hội Ái Hửu Bạc Liêu miền Bắc California.

2004,2005,2006 , đại diện thân hữu Bạc Liêu tại hải ngoại , trực tiếp về Việt Nam giúp đồng bào nghèo và khuyết tật tại

quê nhà Bạc Liêu .

Ông thích đọc sách , âm nhạc , họp bạn , movie , du lịch , quây quần với gia đình , giúp đỡ người già và rất yêu nghề .

2011 về hưu và thường xuyên du lịch.

2017 Tái định cư tại Houston , Texas.

11/14/2018 Mãn phần tại tư gia , Richmond ,TX .

Ho Van Lanh was born on May 20, 1942 in My Tho, Vietnam to Ho Van Truong and Ho Thi Day as the youngest of five. His mother passed away when he was five years old and his father later remarried, having three more children. In 1967, he graduated from Saigon College of Dentistry. Upon graduation, at age 25, he was immediately enlisted to serve as Captain of the army’s dental unit in Bac Lieu. After working full days at the army hospital, he continued his passion for dentistry by working in his private office in the evenings and weekends. There he met his future wife.

On November 15, 1973, he married Ngo Thieu Hoa. When Saigon fell to the Viet Cong in 1975, he was forced to work in the labor camps. Thankfully, three years later, his family was able to flee Vietnam by boat, landing on an island in Malaysia. Six months later, they were sponsored over to the US, arriving in Houston, TX in 1979.

For the next six years, he worked at a manufacturing plant, then at a dental school all while studying for his dental license to practice in the US. When he passed his board exams, the family moved in 1985 to San Jose, CA where he opened his dental office and practiced for 25 years.

Over the years, he and his wife had three children: Lynn (1975), James (1979), and Michelle (1990). He loved spending time with his family and friends, reading history books, singing aloud to music, playing card games, and exploring new places and cuisine. He participated in community organizations such as the California Association of Vietnamese Dentists and even served as the first president of the Bac Lieu Northern California Association from 1986-1990.

Among his greatest achievements were his visits to Vietnam in 2004, 2005, and 2006. With each visit, he and his wife fundraised to aid those less fortunate in Bac Lieu. This resulted in donations of food, mosquito nets, backpacks with school supplies, wheelchairs, and corrective eye surgeries for those in need in this small town significant to his life.

After retiring in 2010, he continued traveling the world and enjoying life with family and friends. He and his wife moved back to Texas in 2017 to live near their large extended family.

On November 14, 2018, he passed away in his home in Richmond, TX with his wife and three children by his side, and a peaceful smile on his face.