Minza Lee Koh

Born in Manchuria, China, to Korean parents, she and her family moved first to North Korea and then to Pusan, South Korea during the Korean War. She graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1957, one of only five women in her medical school class. She began her medical career with a rotating internship and a surgical residency at Presbyterian Medical Center in Chunju, South Korea. There, she found that a surgical career would be difficult as a woman, and she pivoted to a pediatric residency at Hanil Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. She became a full-time attending physician at the National Medical Center, also in Seoul, where she became the Assistant Chief of the Department of Pediatrics.

In 1961, Minza married Eungbo Koh, who was a seminary student at the time. A devout Christian, she dedicated her life to being a helpmate to her husband, supporting his calling as a Presbyterian pastor while working as a pediatrician. In the late 1960s, the United States was seeking doctors and opened up immigration to physicians. Minza and Eungbo were determined to prevent their daughter, Grace, and son, David, from experiencing war as they had, and they took this opportunity to immigrate to Oak Park, Illinois, with their young family.

Although she was a board-certified pediatrician in South Korea, Minza retrained in the U.S., completing her internship at West Suburban Hospital and her residency at Loyola University Medical Center. She maintained her privileges at Loyola University Hospital while working for many years at the Martin Luther King Health Center in Chicago, where she cared for children of indigent families. In 1977, she joined Illinois Masonic Medical Center as a part-time associate attending in the pediatric department and then went into private practice until her retirement in September 1996.

Minza was the beloved mother to Grace (Peter) Angelos and David (Julie) Koh; loving grandmother to Meghan Angelos (Zach) Duey, Christian Angelos, Audrey Angelos, Benjamin Koh, and Claire Koh (James) McGavin; and adoring great-grandmother to Elliot Duey and Milo Duey.

Visitation will be held on July 6, 2026 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am, followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 10:00 at Oehler Funeral Home, 2099 Miner Street, Des Plaines, IL. Committal Service will take place at Irving Park Cemetery, 7777 Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL on July 6, beginning at 11:30 am.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Calvary Presbyterian Church, 704 McHenry Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090 or to a charity of your choice.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.OehlerFuneralHome.com for the KOH family.

하나님의 사랑하는 딸, 이민자 사모님 께서 2026년 6월 25일 (목요일) 향년 94세로 하나님의 부르심을 받으셨습니다.

개인 문상 Visitation

일시: 2026년 7월6일 (월요일) 오전 9시 - 10시

장소: Oehler Funeral Home, 2099 Miner St. Des Plaines IL 60016

천국 환송 예배 Celebration of Life Service

일시: 2026년 7월6일 (월요일) 오전 10시

장소: Oehler Funeral Home, 2099 Miner St. Des Plaines IL 60016

집례: Rev. Michael Chang장원일 목사님 (갈보리 교회 English Chapel)

하관예배 Committal Service

일시: 2026년 7월6일 (월요일) 오전 11:30

장소: Irving Park Cemetery, 7777 Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634

유가족

남편: (고) 고응보 목사 (갈보리 교회)

딸: Grace Angelos; 사위: Peter Angelos

아들: David Koh; 며느리: Julie Koh

손녀: Meghan Angelos (Zach Duey), Audrey Angelos, Claire Koh McGavin (James McGavin)

손자: Christian Angelos, Benjamin Koh

화환 대신 추모기부를 갈보리교회나 원하시는 자선단체에 보내 주시면 감사하겠습니다. (Calvary Presbyterian Church, 704 McHenry Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090)

(고) 이민자 사모님의 유가족분들께 전하는 따뜻한 위로와 애도의 마음을 www.OehlerFuneralHome.com 을 통해 전해 주시면 감사하겠습니다