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Remembering Miss Ruth Wong (Mrs. Ko) by Peter Poon

 

 Dear All,

 

I received the following message from Nancy Tang to encourage EVERYONE to provide memories and tributes of our beloved teacher Miss Ruth Wong (Mrs. Ko) by signing the guest book using the link below:

 

From Nancy Tang to Peter Poon:

 

Please encourage everyone to sign this guest book from this link:

https: www.arbormemorial.ca/highland-scarborough/obituaries/ruth-ko/10392/Events

 

 

Remembering Miss Ruth Wong (Mrs. Ko)

 

I always remember how kind, loving, and caring Miss Ruth Wong (Mrs. Ko) was to me and to all those who knew her.  Fifty years ago, Miss Ruth Wong invited me to live with her and her amiable parents at their lovely home for several months as I needed a place to live temporarily before leaving Hing Kong for the United States.  

 

She impacted my life so much by her daily living - she was a loving daughter to her parents, she had genuine care for QES and all her students, and she had a deep faith in God. She prayed for missionaries and provided resources to them regularly. She told me lovingly about her siblings who had all gone abroad, especially her youngest, friendly brother Freddie whom I knew very well at QES.. 

 

She and I kept in touch all these years.  She was joyful after I sent her articles from reporters who interviewed me about the NASA JPL Mars missions and the Cassini Mission to Saturn.  In these articles I expressed appreciation to Miss Ruth Wong, Mr. Arthur Hinton, and others.

 

In May 2015, Mable and I visited her and Mr. Paul Ko in Toronto. We marveled at the love between them, their faithfulness to God, and their acts of kindness towards those in need - they had been volunteering in Meals on Wheels with dedication for decades. We were thrilled when they showed us the pictures of their children and grandchildren.

 

Recently I had nice, long chats with her on the phone twice..  She was very appreciative of the love of her family, the outpouring of support from her former QES students, and the prayers of Christian sisters and brothers. I encouraged her by noting that she had battled cancer successfully many years ago and had become cancer-free for a long time.  She told me that this time she had a different type of cancer, pancreatic cancer, and she expressed thanks for the daily prayers of Mable and me for her. 

 

Mrs. Ruth Wong Ko is now resting in the love and peace of Christ. I shall always treasure the memories of her smiles, her faithfulness to God, her intelligence,  her excellence in teaching, her empathy, her dedication to her students and Queen Elizabeth School, her love towards family and friends, and her numerous acts of kindness which reflected the love of God.

 

Peter Tin-Yau Poon

 

PS: I have attached a photo of Miss Ruth Wong and students from my QES album. I think the year was 1960 when the picture was taken.

 

Editor note:

* In the photo, Miss Ruth Wong (Mrs. Ko) was the 2nd from Left on row 2; next to our Vice Principal Miss Knowles (sp?) at the time. 

* Miss Ruth Wong was a teacher of Biology from 1959 to 1969

* For additional information, pease see QES AA Ontario: www.qesosaont.com

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