Ding Wing, 79, one of the oldest Chinese residents of Portland, died Sunday at Good Samaritan hospital.
He was born in China in January 1854, and came to the United States in 1873 at the age of 19. After spending four years in studying the English language in San Francisco, he came to Portland in 1877 and had lived here ever since. He started a Chinese merchandising store on Second street between Washington and Alder, where old Chinatown was located. He was also a railroad labor contractor and at one time engaged more than 1000 Chinese in building the Oregon Short lines between Umatilla and Huntington.
He married Lee Goy Foo in 1883. He retired from active business soon after the death of his wife in 1907.
He is survived by four sons, Harry, Edward, Frank and Albert, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence Lee Hong, all of Portland. He is also survived by five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, May 8, at noon at the Holman & Lutz parlors, Third and Salmon streets. Interment will be at the Riverview cemetery.
[The Oregonian, 3 May 1933, p11; w/photo]
He was born in China in January 1854, and came to the United States in 1873 at the age of 19. After spending four years in studying the English language in San Francisco, he came to Portland in 1877 and had lived here ever since. He started a Chinese merchandising store on Second street between Washington and Alder, where old Chinatown was located. He was also a railroad labor contractor and at one time engaged more than 1000 Chinese in building the Oregon Short lines between Umatilla and Huntington.
He married Lee Goy Foo in 1883. He retired from active business soon after the death of his wife in 1907.
He is survived by four sons, Harry, Edward, Frank and Albert, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence Lee Hong, all of Portland. He is also survived by five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, May 8, at noon at the Holman & Lutz parlors, Third and Salmon streets. Interment will be at the Riverview cemetery.
[The Oregonian, 3 May 1933, p11; w/photo]
Ding Wing, 79, one of the oldest Chinese residents of Portland, died Sunday at Good Samaritan hospital.
He was born in China in January 1854, and came to the United States in 1873 at the age of 19. After spending four years in studying the English language in San Francisco, he came to Portland in 1877 and had lived here ever since. He started a Chinese merchandising store on Second street between Washington and Alder, where old Chinatown was located. He was also a railroad labor contractor and at one time engaged more than 1000 Chinese in building the Oregon Short lines between Umatilla and Huntington.
He married Lee Goy Foo in 1883. He retired from active business soon after the death of his wife in 1907.
He is survived by four sons, Harry, Edward, Frank and Albert, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence Lee Hong, all of Portland. He is also survived by five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, May 8, at noon at the Holman & Lutz parlors, Third and Salmon streets. Interment will be at the Riverview cemetery.
[The Oregonian, 3 May 1933, p11; w/photo]
He was born in China in January 1854, and came to the United States in 1873 at the age of 19. After spending four years in studying the English language in San Francisco, he came to Portland in 1877 and had lived here ever since. He started a Chinese merchandising store on Second street between Washington and Alder, where old Chinatown was located. He was also a railroad labor contractor and at one time engaged more than 1000 Chinese in building the Oregon Short lines between Umatilla and Huntington.
He married Lee Goy Foo in 1883. He retired from active business soon after the death of his wife in 1907.
He is survived by four sons, Harry, Edward, Frank and Albert, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence Lee Hong, all of Portland. He is also survived by five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, May 8, at noon at the Holman & Lutz parlors, Third and Salmon streets. Interment will be at the Riverview cemetery.
[The Oregonian, 3 May 1933, p11; w/photo]
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