Victor Khong passed away surrounded by his loving family. Victor was the son, of Quoc Vinh and Chinh Tri Khong in Saigon, Vietnam. He was the second eldest of five children: sisters Jennifer Lam and Noelle Wijanta, brothers Calvin and Adam Khong. Mother-in-law Vivian Pan and Father-in-law Shawn Pan; Sister-in-laws Cherry-Lyn Khong, Julia Huang, Christine Ho and Jan Maaren, brother-in-laws Royce Lam, Doddy Wijanta, Jack Pan-Chan and Paul Pan.
Known to be the ‘rebellious’ one in the family, bursting with energy and always with a bit of mischief in his eyes.
Victor a.k.a. ‘Dennis the Menace’ spent his happiest time of his youth playing and hanging around with his friends in his Chinatown neighborhood in Saigon, Vietnam.
Immigrated to Toronto, Ontario with his family in August 1979 from humble beginnings to eventually opening a family-run restaurant business for many years. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in December 1990 in which Victor worked various jobs to put himself through school in order to achieve a higher education, graduating in KPU; and ultimately attaining his final designation with his FITT Certification in International Trade in 2004.
In 2003, he joined MDA as an AR Manager and as time progressed, he was advanced to a Cost Accountant position; in which he spent most of his working career life as a proud member of the MDA family for over 14 years.
In January 2001, he married his lovely wife Pey-Wen of 18 years and had two beautiful daughters: Vivian and Victoria, whom were his pride and joy.
Victor also leaves behind many other relatives, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins in Canada and around the world.
In September 2017, Victor successfully fulfilled his ambitious dream to build multi-unit town houses in Vancouver. He leaves behind a legacy for his children and future generations to come. One of Victor’s life passion is GOLF! He immensely enjoyed playing this sport with friends and family and made it his life mission to play in different golf courses in North America.
In October 2017, he was diagnosed with cancer and after exhausting all treatment options, he had fought bravely and prepared himself for the end. He was surrounded by loved ones and at peace when the final moment came.
Amitabha - Be at peace.
Victor set an exemplary example as a husband, father, brother, uncle and friend. He was steadfast, wise, ambitious, courageous, and had a clever sense of humor that made us all laugh. Above all, he loved and cherished his family.
We will miss him more than words can express. He lives in each of us and the
best gift we can give to Victor is to live our lives to the fullest and with authenticity and to allow him to share this with us in spirit every day. One of Victor’s favorite quotes is: ‘If you haven’t learned anything new today, you didn’t really lived.’ So go challenge yourself, learn something new and make each day count!
We will be holding a short memorial service for him at Ocean View Funeral Home on Friday, May 3, 2019 from 12:45pm sharp to 2:30pm, followed by a casual reception, doors open at 12pm for guest signing, located at 4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby, B.C.
In lieu of flowers or donations, Victor would like donations to be made to BC Cancer Agency to help with research and development.
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