Our dearest mom, Carol Lin (林 秋菊 Chhiu-Chu, Kiku) Cho passed away before dawn on July 22, 2021. She was the daughter of her beloved parents, An-Sheng and Kui-Chunn. She was born in Hualien, Taiwan, in 1932, and was from a large extended family, which consisted of 25 first cousins from her maternal and paternal sides. In the Taiwanese culture, her first cousins were considered also her siblings. She held them and their families dear to her heart throughout her life. Her older brother, Tsung-Sin had died at a young age of 17 years old in Japan during the war. She had two wonderful older sisters that have deceased before her; Donna (Chhiu-Tang) and Eileen (Chhiu-Shuang). Her parents and older siblings were always close to her heart even though she had to leave her hometown for Taipei at 15 years old when she was accepted to a school for education.
Carol immigrated to America in 1960 and had arrived in Chicago on Christmas Eve. She married Fu Liang (William), her childhood friend from her hometown, on January 14, 1961. They had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year before Fu Liang, her lifelong partner died on May 12, 2021.They had two daughters, Elsa was born in 1961 and Esther was born in 1964.
Carol life's interests were in singing and music in the Christian ministry. She was a choir director for several churches in Chicago and California. She lived in Irvine, California for 23 years and had an intimate circle of friends that consisted of friends that she met from her gym, and her "Life Group". She was an active grandmother, loved staying in touch with her grandchildren through Zoom and traveling together. She was a part of all her grandchildren's major milestones, never missed their birthdays or college graduations which sometimes was across the country. Carol and William traveled extensively throughout the world and loved cruises.
Carol is survived by her daughters and their spouses, Elsa (Lester Fuwa) and Esther (Ken Okajima); six grandchildren, Andrea, Daniel, Carolyn, Deanna, Justine, and William; and her great-granddaughter, Madeline McIntire.
Here is a link to the slideshow "In Memory of Carol C. Cho": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7bS3RMZaE
Here is a link to the full service on 8/4/2021 "Celebration of Life": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY4mYinmlzU
Those wishing to make donations in Bill and Carol's memory are invited to contact the Taiwanese American Foundation: https://www.tafworld.org/donations/donate-to-taf/
To learn more about Taiwanese American Foundation, you can view this 40th anniversary video interview with Bill & Carol Cho: https://vimeo.com/tafworld
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