Yoshiko Wong

 YOSHIKO "YOSHI" (ONUMA) WONG, 88, A NATIVE OF IBARAKI, KEN, JAPAN AND RESIDENT OF GREENFIELD SINCE 1979, PASSED PEACEFULLY AT HOME ON TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2023 FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DELINING HEALTH. YOSHI WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 15, 1934 AND RECEIVED HER EDUCATION IN JAPAN, COMPLETING THE 12TH GRADE.

SHE MARRIED HER HUSBAND, THE LATE FRANK CHUNG WONG, ON AUGUST 16, 1957 IN JAPAN, WHILE FRANK WAS SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. AS AN ARMY WIFE, SHE IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1958, WHEN HER HUSBAND'S DUTY ASSIGNMENT BROUGHT THEM TO MASSACHUSETTS, FOLLOWED BY EUROPE (FRANCE & GERMANY) VIRGINIA, AN ADDITIONAL STINT IN JAPAN, RETURNING TO THE USA TO MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW JERSEY AND LASTLY TO GREENFIELD IN 1979 WHEN HER HUSBAND FRANK RETIRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE WITH A RANK OF LT. COLONEL. THEY WERE BLESSED WITH THEIR ONLY CHILD, THEIR SON FRANK CHARLES WONG WHO ATTENDED LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IS A GRADUATE OF GHS.

WHILE RESIDING IN VIRGINIA, YOSHI WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. FOLLOWING HER HUSBAND'S RETIREMENT, SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT AT THE FORMER FRANKLIN NURSING HOME. YOSHI WAS A AVID GOLFER AND MEMBER OF THE GREENFIELD COUNTRY CLUB. SHE WAS A BINGO ENTHUSIAST, AND WAS A FREQUENT VISITOR TO CASINOS IN CONNECTICUT, OWNED BY NATIVE INDIGENOUS AMERICANS, WHERE SHE ENJOYED PLAYING "THE SLOTS" AT FOX WOODS AND MOEHGAN SUN!

SHE IS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HER SON FRANK, HIS WIFE LINH, THEIR CHILDREN KRISTIN, FRANK AND ETHAN AND GREAT GRANDSON ROYAL WONG OF VIRGINIA. ADDITIONALLY, YOSHI LEAVES LOVING EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS WHO RESIDE IN JAPAN, MASSACHUSETTS, VIRGINIA AND NEW YORK.

EXPRESSIONS OF ONE'S AFFECTION OF YOSHI, ARE SUGGESTED TO THE GREENFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT, " CANINE UNIT" , 321 HIGH STREET, GREENFIELD, MA, 01301 OR TO THE GREENFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT "GIFT ACCOUNT", 53 HOPE STREET, GREENFIELD, MA 01301 OR THE FRANKIN COUNTY SHERRIFF 'S DEPARTMENT, "TRIAD UNIT"160 ELM STREET, GREENFIELD, MA 01301 IN HER MEMORY.

YOSHI WILL BE LAID TO REST WITH HER LATE HUSBAND LT. COLONEL FRANK C. WONG, IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VA IN PRIVATE RITE OF COMMITTAL SERVICE. THE MCCARTHY FUNERAL HOMES OF GREENFIELD AND TURNERS FALLS, MA, ENTRUSTED WITH YOSHI'S CARE AND ARRANGEMENTS. GUESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT HER TRIBUTE WALL, AT WWW.MCCARTHYFUNERALHOMES.COM

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