Kim-Dung Thi Le

Kim Dung Thi Le, 83, a resident of the Gaston community, died Tuesday afternoon, February 3, 2015 at Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro. ELIZABETH LE T. KIM-DUNG was born June 5, 1931 in Da Nang, Quang Nam, Vietnam, the daughter of the late Cam Van Le and Muc Thi Tran. She was raised and received her education in the Da Nang Girl's School. She was married to Peter Hoc Tran on June 5, 1950 in Bong Son, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam. They celebrated their 64th Wedding Anniversary this past June. In 1969, the family moved to the US with Peter's new assignment in the Republic of Vietnam Embassy, Washington, D.C. After 1975, the family lived in Falls Church, Virginia and she helped run the family grocery business for over twenty years. In Fall of 2013, Elizabeth and Peter moved to Oregon, settling in the Gaston to reside with their eldest daughter, Tweena Casey and family. She was an exceptional cook and loved to entertain. She was an active member in the main choir at the Vietnamese Martyr Church in Arlington, Virginia. Her signature songs were "Truc Dao", a Vietnamese love song and Besame Mucho in a French version. Elizabeth was a strong supporter of the Vietnamese priestly vocation with her financial contribution. She dedicated her life to her family and church. Survivors include her husband, Peter Hoc Tran, of the family home in Gaston, Oregon; her five children, Thuy-Nga Casey and her husband, David, of Gaston, Oregon; Simon Tran M. Trung, of Falls Church, Virginia; Lien (Leeann) Tran and her husband, Steven Melander, of Rowland Heights, California; Tanya Tran Cobb and her husband, Steve Cobb, of Falls Church, Virginia and Binh Minh Tran and his wife, Annette Tran, of Falls Church, Virginia; and her sister, Hong T. Le, of Annandale, Virginia. Also surviving are her seven grandchildren, Cathleen Tran, Jonathan Tran, Alex Casey, Jordan Casey, Spencer Tran, Clara Cobb and Joseph Cobb and great-grandson, Tylin Tran and 15 nieces and nephews.