Thien Huu Nguyen

11/13/1934 – 6/13/2110

Mr. Thien H. Nguyen was born on November 13, 1934 in Long An, Vietnam son of Mr. Ho Nguyen Van and Mrs. Gioi Le Thi. He was the fourth child and third boy in the family of eleven children, six boys and five girls. Mr. Nguyen completed his education at the age of 18. Soon after, he joined the first Air Force Academy to defend his country during French colonized in Vietnam.

In 1966, he married maiden Ngoc H. Duong to be his lovely wife in Ben Tre. Together, they welcome their first son, Rot Huu Nguyen, who unfortunately passed away the same day due to premature birth. Two years later, they were blessed with their second son, Bao Quoc Nguyen, in 1968. He was self-employed most of his life skillfully repairing from minute to enormous manufacturing machines and owning his retail business. His long life passion hobbies were collecting and re-inventing flash lights and walkie-talkies.

He had lived a long healthy and adventurous life until he was suffering indigestion condition at the end of November 2009, diagnosed stomach cancer in December 2009. He had surgery to remove his stomach mid January 2010, and began his first round of chemotherapy for five weeks. Doctors and nurses surprised to see his speedy recovery and had minor side-effects during chemotherapy. During the intermission waiting for the second round of therapy, he had hard time swallowing and water retention in the legs end of May 2010. At the Regional Hospital in San Jose, doctors treated him for pneumonia. During second week at the hospital, the bone test shown the cancer had spread rapidly to his bone marrow. On June 9, 2010, he was transferred to Vista Manor Hospice. Although he was weak but very alert of his surrounding, he conversed with people when he was awake. He suddenly slipped into a coma for 24 hours. On June 13, 2010 at 11:40 A.M, he took his last breath with his family by his side. He will always be remembered dutiful and generous son, loving husband, protecting father, and caring grandfather. People knew him for his generosity and a lady-man.