Marian Wong

EULOGY for Marian L. Wong Marian was born in San Francisco on January 30th, 1930, the daughter of Kai Howe and Ng Shee Leong. She was the dearly beloved wife of George Wong for 59 years; a loving and caring mother to her 4 children, Doreen Hom, Clarine, Garrick and Rodrick Wong; an adoring grandmother to her 9 grandchildren Dayton, Damon, Darrick, and Darren Hom; Hoku and Moanalani Jeffrey; Ryan, Jonathan, and Brandon Wong; and conscientious mother-in-law to son-in-law David Hom, and daughter-in-law Pamela Wong. Marian is preceded by her loving parents Kai Howe and Ng Shee, her dear brother Andrew Leong, and sister-in-law Julie Leong. She is survived by her brothers Walter, Victor and Charles Leong, sister-in-laws Jane, Kit, and Elaine Leong; nieces and nephews Allan and Charlie Leong, Annie Wong, Janice Kunze, Dennis Leong, Karen Bloom, Jeffrey Leong, and Laurie Leong; niece-in-laws Yon and Joy Leong; nephew-in-laws Collin Wong, Henrik Kunze, and David Bloom; grand-nieces Hannah Wong, Samantha Wong, and Ella Bloom; and grand-nephew Kai Bloom. On her husband George's side, Marian is preceded by brother-in-laws Donald and Herbert Wong, sister-in-law Jean Wong of San Francisco, and nephew Michael Wong. She is survived by her adored brother-in-law James Wong; nephews Lawrence, David, Jeffrey, Jason, and Frank Wong; nephew-in-laws Dean, Lonnie, and Walter Graham; niece-in-laws Carolyn, Kit, and Glenda Wong, Brenda Force, and Margaret Wong; grand-nephews Richard, Alex, Timmy, Michael, and two Ryan Wongs; grand-nieces Sharyl, Lori, Michelle, Samara, Katrina, Angela, and Dr. Kati Lai; Katie's husband Dr. Richard Lai; and great-grand-nephews Brandon and Kyle Lai. After Marian received her AA degree in Business from City College of San Francisco in 1951, she was always actively involved in the raising and educating of children, whether it was staying home to raise & care for her own children, caring for neighborhood children after school, being a doting grandmother to her grandchildren, or teaching children in the San Francisco Unified School District for over 40 years, including volunteer work after her retirement at multiple school sites within San Francisco. Most recently, Marian was actively involved in her local Sunset district AARP group, overseeing the active members as the membership chairman and also providing the group with their monthly news letter as their newsletter editor. She was a very important part in keeping everyone together and informed. Similarly with her family members and old school friends, she was an integral part of keeping in contact with them and keeping communications going so that everyone was closer to one another, more so than they would have been without her efforts. She will always be remembered by all whose lives she had touched, and she'll be deeply missed by all her family members and friends. Marian is interred at the San Francisco Columbarium, 1 Loraine Court. Our family niche is in the Garden Court beside the water fountain.