Friederike and Joachim love to be with you. 

Motions of love
My whole life long the uncle I knew and cherished most was uncle Bác Thông trai. He and his wife my auntie Bác Thông gái were almost inseparable from my parents Chú Việt và Cô Liệu. If he and his family moved to a new place soon my family was following to a place nearby. In Saigon we lived on the same street, they at number 10, we at number 18, until I moved to Germany. As Saigon fell they escaped the Viet Cong and settled in the USA. 
Soon they were united again, living in the same area until now.  Me and my German family live in Berlin. 
When his life was settled he traveled to meet us in Berlin. In 1985 my first daughter, Friederike Lillien Lan, was almost two years old. The Berlin Wall was still there parting Berlin. He and his wife visiting us, in West Berlin inmidst of the communist part of Germany, showed their deepest love to us. Thank you Bác!
In 2018, Friederike introduced her husband Joachim to them.
We visited our family in the United States almost every year. Each time we saw uncle Bác Thông trai and my auntie Bác Thông gái again. We enjoyed excellent Vietnamese food in little Saigon. In conversations between him and my father he shared his experience in military leadership. We could not see him during the past three years due to the COVID-Pandemia.
We are very sad – Saying goodbye to Bác Thông –

Bác Thông 
Please greet my parents Việt Liệu and my brother Hiệu. May you have a lot of fun winning Mahjong games in their company.

Love:
Hảo and Ralf, Friederike and Joachim, Henriette and Jacob, Clara and Margareta.
The families Abitz-Pham, Brausch and Lefton


There are really no words sufficient to capture the loss of my grandfather, Ong Pham Tat Thong. As his first-born grandchild, I have had the blessing of benefitting from his steadfast love, guidance, and support for nearly five decades. He has always been there for me at major life events from birthdays to graduations, my wedding day and all of the special occasions in between. Some of my fondest childhood memories came from spending a lot of time with my grandparents at their home in the 1980s. Before his graveyard shift at Rockwell International Aerospace, my grandfather would enjoy a late lunch with my grandmother while watching General Hospital and I was always spoiled with an endless supply of Sarah Lee poundcake and Häagen-Dazs coffee and French vanilla ice cream. Life was sweet!

What I will treasure the most is my grandfather’s dedication to our family as the patriarch. Through quiet compassion, he was a shining role model to all of us on how to live a life of dignity, honor, commitment, love and sacrifice. He instilled within us a strong sense of integrity and honesty. My grandfather was so proud that I was the first member of the family to be born a U.S. citizen and often joked that I had the ability to one day be the President of the United States. My path never led me to pursue a career in politics, but I hope I made him proud as a career public servant—one dedicated to serving my country as he did for so many years as a military officer in Vietnam. 

Thank you, Ong, for the gift of your love. I am especially grateful that you were able to have a close relationship with my husband and two sons— your first great-grandchildren. You will be remembered in our hearts forever and never be forgotten. Your legacy will continue to live on in future generations that you directly helped shape. 

With eternal admiration and love,

An Mai Nguyen 


May 3rd, 1975 was the day I first saw Dad and his family getting off a bus at the San Onofre refugee camp. It was late in the day; the sun was low in the sky. I saw them at a distance and noticed a girl with a blue coat.     

The next day, back at work, I was helping people use the pay phones. I turned around and Dad was there with one of his daughters—the one in the blue coat, her name was Vân. We know how that turned out.

During his stay at the camp, Dad was friendly, calm, and concerned about leaving San Onofre with his family intact. Eventually, he was able to get everyone out. He asked me to visit sometimes. I promised I would. Ultimately, I became part of the family.
Over the years, I was able to speak with Dad about things concerning Vietnam, his early life, his father, his life as a young boy and as an officer in the Army. I’d ask what he thought of American presence in Vietnam, of Ho Chi Minh, of communism. He told me things that opened my eyes concerning his country, the French, the Japanese, the Chinese, and the Americans. History between the lines, things you do not read about in books. There were many interesting stories about Dad’s experiences. 

My father in-law was a man I came to deeply admire for his military service, for the family he raised and the strength he had to do it—his was a journey of nearly 100 years. He lived a life that took him from the villages of North Vietnam to his responsibilities in South Vietnam, and finally to California where he enjoyed a comfortable life among his friends and loved ones. I admire my father in-law and the family he raised. He will always live in my heart, and in all our hearts, as we remember his success, his advice, his wonderful speeches at the dinner table, his humor and as the patriarch of a huge and growing family that continues to make its mark on the American dream. Our father has achieved a wonderful accomplishment and is a monument to a long and successful life. 

Since Summer 2008, re-met my Cousin who's Big Brother of Pham.
A Thong's been invited me to Mr Ly Ba Pham & Mr Bui Dinh Dam and supported me to work at the Nha Trang City on  Nov, 1974- Mar 1975. I's a Chemist Teacher at Lycee Han Thuyen Nha Trang. The Memorable Time of my Life.
Pham Tien Dung & Pham Minh Anh ( Pham van Dien 's Family  Big Son and his Daughter.)

A memorable visit to "Anh Thong" in 2006.

Chau Mai Chi con cua cu ba Lam Thi Tich
Thanh kinh Phan ưu đen bac gái cung toàn thể gia đình  trước sự ra đi của bác trai.
Cậu xin hướng linh của bác trai sớm tiêu diêu về miền cực lạc.

My grandfather, Ong Pham Tat Thong, was a bastion of strength and morality.   He treated everyone with decency and fairness, and in return he received a great deal of respect and honor from all whom were fortunate to know him.  He was a fortress: steadfast, impermeable and dignified, a larger than life figure who was a model to his children and grandchildren for living life in an admirable, noble manner.  From the adventures during his youth, his storied accomplishments in his military career to his stalwart position as our patriarch, his life was full of independence and resilience, generosity and courage, and stability and pride.  We are so lucky to have had as much time  as we did to learn from him, to be inspired by him, to be loved by him and to love him.  I will treasure my many specific memories of him: the guayaberas, the velvet seats of his spotless car, the Friday trips to Little Saigon, entrecote au poivre, etc, but I will remember the devotion and love he had for his family the most.  His spirit will be forever celebrated, we will miss you, Ong. 
--Amy M. Nguyen  

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Ong PHAM Tat THONG Phap Danh QUANG DAI

24 décembre 1926 – 4 août 2022

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