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February 10, 2020
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 10-11 am on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Saturday, February 15 at the conclusion of the visiting hours.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, 234 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ.
Jean O. Kim Kang, MD, age 91, of Wayne passed away peacefully on Monday, February 10, 2020, while receiving the loving care of her family.
Jean was born in 1928 and raised in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated high school in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. After high school, at the urging of her father, she entered Ewha Women's Medical School during the Japanese colonial days. She was a member of the first class to graduate from the prestigious Ewha Women's Medical School.
During the Korean War, Jean had a chance of working with American M.A.S.H. units and medical staff. After the war, she was given an opportunity to further her medical education in the United States.
Jean immigrated to the United States in 1960 and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. She worked at a hospital in Washington, D.C. as an anesthesiologist for a number of years while raising her three children. In 1978, Jean was offered a position with the Hampton VA Medical Center in Hampton, VA. Jean held this position until her retirement in 2000. After her retirement, Jean moved to Wayne to be closer to her children and grandchildren (not to mention the Korean restaurants). Jean enjoyed traveling with her husband Steve and accomplished their determined goal of traveling to all seven continents. She was a wonderful cook and cherished annual visit to Atlantic City with her family over the years. Jean was loving and energetic, she was a dedicated physician. However, aside from all of Jean’s hobbies and talents, her greatest passion was for her family. Nothing in the world meant more to Jean than spending time with, and providing for her husband, children, and grandchildren. Jean cherished more than thirty years of loving and loyal marriage to her husband Steve. Being a devoted physician, she cared for and touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Jean is survived by her Husband Steve Kang of Wayne, one daughter Sunny Choi and her husband Douglas Semonche of Mahwah, two sons Tom Choi and his wife Karen of Lynnfield, MA, and Allen Kim and his wife Dina of Charlotte, NC, five grandchildren; Alexa Semonche, Kendrick Semonche, Colby Choi, Kiley Choi, and Alexander Kim.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jean’s name may be made to the Valley Hospital Foundation, 223 North Van Dien Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. https://www.valleyhospitalfoundation.org/
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Friends may visit with the family from 10-11 am on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Saturday, February 15 at the conclusion of the visiting hours.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, 234 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ.
February 10, 2020
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 10-11 am on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Saturday, February 15 at the conclusion of the visiting hours.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, 234 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ.
Jean O. Kim Kang, MD, age 91, of Wayne passed away peacefully on Monday, February 10, 2020, while receiving the loving care of her family.
Jean was born in 1928 and raised in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated high school in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. After high school, at the urging of her father, she entered Ewha Women's Medical School during the Japanese colonial days. She was a member of the first class to graduate from the prestigious Ewha Women's Medical School.
During the Korean War, Jean had a chance of working with American M.A.S.H. units and medical staff. After the war, she was given an opportunity to further her medical education in the United States.
Jean immigrated to the United States in 1960 and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. She worked at a hospital in Washington, D.C. as an anesthesiologist for a number of years while raising her three children. In 1978, Jean was offered a position with the Hampton VA Medical Center in Hampton, VA. Jean held this position until her retirement in 2000. After her retirement, Jean moved to Wayne to be closer to her children and grandchildren (not to mention the Korean restaurants). Jean enjoyed traveling with her husband Steve and accomplished their determined goal of traveling to all seven continents. She was a wonderful cook and cherished annual visit to Atlantic City with her family over the years. Jean was loving and energetic, she was a dedicated physician. However, aside from all of Jean’s hobbies and talents, her greatest passion was for her family. Nothing in the world meant more to Jean than spending time with, and providing for her husband, children, and grandchildren. Jean cherished more than thirty years of loving and loyal marriage to her husband Steve. Being a devoted physician, she cared for and touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Jean is survived by her Husband Steve Kang of Wayne, one daughter Sunny Choi and her husband Douglas Semonche of Mahwah, two sons Tom Choi and his wife Karen of Lynnfield, MA, and Allen Kim and his wife Dina of Charlotte, NC, five grandchildren; Alexa Semonche, Kendrick Semonche, Colby Choi, Kiley Choi, and Alexander Kim.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jean’s name may be made to the Valley Hospital Foundation, 223 North Van Dien Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. https://www.valleyhospitalfoundation.org/
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