Aged 54y 2m 12d
Homeland Calls to Ailing Chinese - Jack Lum, Restauranteur, Going to Land of Birth. In keeping with an oriental tradition, Jack Lum, Springfield Chinese-American restaurant manager, will return to his native land to spend the declining period of his life. Lum, who received nation-wide attention last summer when he submitted to a frozen sleep experiment to halt the ravages of an inward cancer, will leave Springfield next week. He will be accompanied by his brother, Wei, and his son, Mon, both of whom are connected with the Oriental café, East Monroe street, of which Lum is former manager. The trio will sail form San Francisco March 11.
Lum's strength has slowly ebbed, and relatives said last night that he now is unable to walk and spends his waking hours in a wheel chair. For five days last summer, Lum lay unconscious in a specially constructed porcelain tub, packed in a bed of ice, outwardly showing no traces of life. The treatment was concluded Aug. 23, and hope for Lum's recovery was doubled. He recently was given a blood transfusion at St. John's hospital, where the experiment was conducted, and for a few days was stronger. He again began to weaken, however, and it was then he made his decision to return to China, where he was born.
The patient's wife is now in China with relatives. After accompanying Lum to China, his son and brother will return to this county.
Jack Lum came to the United States when a young man. He first worked in his father's restaurant in Decatur. When the father returned to China in 1922, Lum accompanied him. The patient returned to this country in 1927, and took up residence in Springfield.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-23-1940
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Survived by wife, Lee, in China; father, Ti Yi Lum, Canton, China; four sons, Frank, Springfield; Hong and Lok, in China, and Wah Lum, in U. S.; five brothers, Wai Lum, Springfield; Jun and Yan Lum, San Francisco; Paul, New York City, and Peter, in China. Remains will be placed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge. Later they will be sent to China for burial in Tong Wah cemetery at Hong Kong.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-27-1940
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Note: Mr. Lum's listing on the cemetery records confirms he was placed in the Receiving vault. A notation was made "removed 1/27/42" and a plot of Block 21, Sec 8, is entered. Family has stated that because of WWII, Mr. Lum was not able to be shipped back to China and was therefore buried in Oak Ridge.
Homeland Calls to Ailing Chinese - Jack Lum, Restauranteur, Going to Land of Birth. In keeping with an oriental tradition, Jack Lum, Springfield Chinese-American restaurant manager, will return to his native land to spend the declining period of his life. Lum, who received nation-wide attention last summer when he submitted to a frozen sleep experiment to halt the ravages of an inward cancer, will leave Springfield next week. He will be accompanied by his brother, Wei, and his son, Mon, both of whom are connected with the Oriental café, East Monroe street, of which Lum is former manager. The trio will sail form San Francisco March 11.
Lum's strength has slowly ebbed, and relatives said last night that he now is unable to walk and spends his waking hours in a wheel chair. For five days last summer, Lum lay unconscious in a specially constructed porcelain tub, packed in a bed of ice, outwardly showing no traces of life. The treatment was concluded Aug. 23, and hope for Lum's recovery was doubled. He recently was given a blood transfusion at St. John's hospital, where the experiment was conducted, and for a few days was stronger. He again began to weaken, however, and it was then he made his decision to return to China, where he was born.
The patient's wife is now in China with relatives. After accompanying Lum to China, his son and brother will return to this county.
Jack Lum came to the United States when a young man. He first worked in his father's restaurant in Decatur. When the father returned to China in 1922, Lum accompanied him. The patient returned to this country in 1927, and took up residence in Springfield.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-23-1940
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Survived by wife, Lee, in China; father, Ti Yi Lum, Canton, China; four sons, Frank, Springfield; Hong and Lok, in China, and Wah Lum, in U. S.; five brothers, Wai Lum, Springfield; Jun and Yan Lum, San Francisco; Paul, New York City, and Peter, in China. Remains will be placed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge. Later they will be sent to China for burial in Tong Wah cemetery at Hong Kong.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-27-1940
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Note: Mr. Lum's listing on the cemetery records confirms he was placed in the Receiving vault. A notation was made "removed 1/27/42" and a plot of Block 21, Sec 8, is entered. Family has stated that because of WWII, Mr. Lum was not able to be shipped back to China and was therefore buried in Oak Ridge.
Aged 54y 2m 12d
Homeland Calls to Ailing Chinese - Jack Lum, Restauranteur, Going to Land of Birth. In keeping with an oriental tradition, Jack Lum, Springfield Chinese-American restaurant manager, will return to his native land to spend the declining period of his life. Lum, who received nation-wide attention last summer when he submitted to a frozen sleep experiment to halt the ravages of an inward cancer, will leave Springfield next week. He will be accompanied by his brother, Wei, and his son, Mon, both of whom are connected with the Oriental café, East Monroe street, of which Lum is former manager. The trio will sail form San Francisco March 11.
Lum's strength has slowly ebbed, and relatives said last night that he now is unable to walk and spends his waking hours in a wheel chair. For five days last summer, Lum lay unconscious in a specially constructed porcelain tub, packed in a bed of ice, outwardly showing no traces of life. The treatment was concluded Aug. 23, and hope for Lum's recovery was doubled. He recently was given a blood transfusion at St. John's hospital, where the experiment was conducted, and for a few days was stronger. He again began to weaken, however, and it was then he made his decision to return to China, where he was born.
The patient's wife is now in China with relatives. After accompanying Lum to China, his son and brother will return to this county.
Jack Lum came to the United States when a young man. He first worked in his father's restaurant in Decatur. When the father returned to China in 1922, Lum accompanied him. The patient returned to this country in 1927, and took up residence in Springfield.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-23-1940
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Survived by wife, Lee, in China; father, Ti Yi Lum, Canton, China; four sons, Frank, Springfield; Hong and Lok, in China, and Wah Lum, in U. S.; five brothers, Wai Lum, Springfield; Jun and Yan Lum, San Francisco; Paul, New York City, and Peter, in China. Remains will be placed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge. Later they will be sent to China for burial in Tong Wah cemetery at Hong Kong.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-27-1940
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Note: Mr. Lum's listing on the cemetery records confirms he was placed in the Receiving vault. A notation was made "removed 1/27/42" and a plot of Block 21, Sec 8, is entered. Family has stated that because of WWII, Mr. Lum was not able to be shipped back to China and was therefore buried in Oak Ridge.
Homeland Calls to Ailing Chinese - Jack Lum, Restauranteur, Going to Land of Birth. In keeping with an oriental tradition, Jack Lum, Springfield Chinese-American restaurant manager, will return to his native land to spend the declining period of his life. Lum, who received nation-wide attention last summer when he submitted to a frozen sleep experiment to halt the ravages of an inward cancer, will leave Springfield next week. He will be accompanied by his brother, Wei, and his son, Mon, both of whom are connected with the Oriental café, East Monroe street, of which Lum is former manager. The trio will sail form San Francisco March 11.
Lum's strength has slowly ebbed, and relatives said last night that he now is unable to walk and spends his waking hours in a wheel chair. For five days last summer, Lum lay unconscious in a specially constructed porcelain tub, packed in a bed of ice, outwardly showing no traces of life. The treatment was concluded Aug. 23, and hope for Lum's recovery was doubled. He recently was given a blood transfusion at St. John's hospital, where the experiment was conducted, and for a few days was stronger. He again began to weaken, however, and it was then he made his decision to return to China, where he was born.
The patient's wife is now in China with relatives. After accompanying Lum to China, his son and brother will return to this county.
Jack Lum came to the United States when a young man. He first worked in his father's restaurant in Decatur. When the father returned to China in 1922, Lum accompanied him. The patient returned to this country in 1927, and took up residence in Springfield.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-23-1940
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Survived by wife, Lee, in China; father, Ti Yi Lum, Canton, China; four sons, Frank, Springfield; Hong and Lok, in China, and Wah Lum, in U. S.; five brothers, Wai Lum, Springfield; Jun and Yan Lum, San Francisco; Paul, New York City, and Peter, in China. Remains will be placed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge. Later they will be sent to China for burial in Tong Wah cemetery at Hong Kong.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-27-1940
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Note: Mr. Lum's listing on the cemetery records confirms he was placed in the Receiving vault. A notation was made "removed 1/27/42" and a plot of Block 21, Sec 8, is entered. Family has stated that because of WWII, Mr. Lum was not able to be shipped back to China and was therefore buried in Oak Ridge.
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