Vouch Eng Ung was born on April 10,1937 in Prey Veng, Cambodia to Heng Mouy Teng and Khim Ly. She always loved singing and dancing and won first place in the competition held in her hometown at the age of 15. At 17 years old, she helped run and manage her mother’s transportation business. She married Khun Veng Ung at the age of 18-years-old. Together, they built a prosperous life in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where they enjoyed some of the finer things in life. She always supported her husband with his business ventures including the White Horse Vodka Distillery which was the second largest in Cambodia. Unfortunately, there were challenging times in the future. The Khmer Rouge Regime took everything they owned including the life of her second son Nam Sreng.
Yeay Eng’s family perservered and made a daring escape to Thailand in 1979. She used her mastery of 7 different languages along the way to keep her family safe. The family came to America on January 26th, 1980 to Hagerstown, Maryland. Yeay would get up early in the morning to make dozens of pork steamed buns for Asian grocery stores in the city; her adult children would help deliver them and collect payments. Often, she would entertain family, cracking jokes, and they would taste her scrumptious buns before delivery. Yeay had a contagious laughter that would fill any room with joy.
Eventually, Yeay Eng and Kong Kheng brought their entire family to Seattle after searching the states for a new home. Yeay Eng was a tenacious and hard-working wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She lived a life full of love, caring and compassion, touching many lives along the way. Yeay Eng and her family used their new home base in Seattle to help extended families come to America and she loved to host weddings and parties. Whenever anyone showed up at yeay’s home, yeay would provide food and non-stop laughter. She loved fashion, travel, singing, dancing, and the excitement and energy involved with games of chance aka Casino! Because of Yeay Eng generosity, support and unconditional love, she will be dearly miss by her family and friends around the world.
She is survived by her sister Vouch Im Teng, three children Chheang Sreng, Pak Sreng, Siphia (Pha) and her adopted son Steven (Sroun).
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