OBITUARY Raymond Fung October 30, 1923 – November 18, 2018 Mr. Raymond Fung, also known as YuMan, was born on December 7, 1923 in the South Bay area of Hong Kong Island. He came from a wealthy traditional Chinese family that originated from the Shende province of Canton. His grandfather and father owned a seafood wholesale business and managed a fleet of fishing boat at Aberdeen in the southwest part of Hong Kong.
During World War II, when Japan invaded China and Hong Kong, his family perished in a Japanese air raid and he was the sole survivor. By the mercy of God, he was not completely alone as his father’s old partner and relatives helped him through this tragedy. Being smart and hardworking, he studied at a wartime school managed by the Nationalist Government during his youth.
He was always top of his class and after graduation, he enlisted in the Nationalist Army. After exceptional performance in the army, he was able to enlist in the Chinese Air Force. During his service, he attended Wongpo military school and was sent to Washington University at St Louis, where he studied aeronautics and telecommunications.
After graduation, he went back to China and was stationed in Shanghai. While in Shanghai, one of his Air Force friends introduced him to his soul mate, Cheuk Yee Lee (Nancy), from Songde High School and it was love at first sight. In mid-1948, he asked for her hand in marriage with the approval of the elders.
In September of the same year, the conflict between the Communists and the Nationalists worsened and they were forced to evacuate to Guangzhou and then to Kunming. Soon after, the Nationalist army lost the war and the government evacuated the air force personnel and their families separately. He was sent to Hainan Island while his wife was sent to Hong Kong.
Thankfully, unlike other families, this separation only lasted 72 hours as his friend from the Air Force was able to quickly reunite both of them in Hong Kong. At the end of 1949, their daughter, Jenny, was born. Though, since they had to quickly evacuate to Hong Kong with little to nothing, they worried for the safety and well-being of Jenny and had no choice but to send their daughter to his wife’s family in Shanghai in 1950.
In 1951, with God’s helping hand, he was hired by Cable and Wireless to maintain and manage flight guidance and communication systems at the Hong Kong airport. Soon after, his wife was hired by Singer Sewing Machine as an accountant and gave birth to their son, Walter. In 1956, their lives finally became more financially stable and their incomplete family was made whole with their daughter rejoining them in Hong Kong.
Despite being more financially stable and having steady jobs in Hong Kong, in 1970, they gave up everything and decided to immigrate to Southern California and start over again because of their love for their children and concerns for their future. Life was not easy during that time due to a recession, but to improve the livelihood of his family, he took a risk and went out on his own to establish a business (Superior Manufacturing). He ran this business for 20 years with his son-in-law and son and it grew to a company of five hundred employees.
When running Superior, he always insisted on being involved in the daily operations and putting the employees first. During his life, he was always hardworking and compassionate towards everyone, even people he didn’t know. He was forever generous to everyone from the rich to poor, old to young.
He was always humble and practiced self-restraint. Though he was a man of few words, his actions always spoke volumes. On November 8, 2018, he was admitted to the hospital due to a bacterial infection.
After a week of mixed medications, the infection subsided but because of his old age, his body was unable to revert back to normal and he was sent home to be with friends and family on November 17, 2018. The next morning, on November 18, 2018, he passed peacefully at 12:27pm surrounded by his loved ones.
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