Con Thi Mac

Con Thi Mac passed away peacefully with family at her side in Weston, Florida on January 30, 2021 at the age of 109. Funeral Service and Visitation will be held on February 5, 2021; Burial Service will be held on February 6, 2021, both at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 2401 S.W. 64th Avenue, Davie, Florida 33317

Friday February 5, 2021:

5:30 pm-6:15 pm Religious Ceremony

6:15 pm-7: 30 pm Remembrance and Reflections

7:30 pm-9:00 pm Visitation

Refreshments will be served.

Saturday February 6, 2021:

11:30 am-12:30 pm Burial Service

** We will follow safety protocols and practice social distancing. We kindly request attendees to wear a mask. **

Con Thi Mac was born in Hue, Vietnam on May 7, 1911. She was the third of four children in her family. Her childhood was spent tending to her family’s rice husking farm business. She never received a formal education as her days were occupied with hard manual labor. She taught herself how to read and write and learned how to cook to help take care of the family.

Con Thi Mac was married at the age of 16 and bore two beautiful children, Bich-Du and Loc. When they were still young, her husband, Tu Tran, who was a scholar and highly ranked government official, was kidnapped by communist soldiers and never returned. Her strength and resolve were tested but she was determined to work harder, so that her children could have the education she did not. It was no easy task to single handedly raise two successful children and her grandchildren, especially during the long twenty-year war raging in Vietnam at the time. She persevered and was a loving and nurturing matriarch of her family.

At the age of 64, with the continued threat and perils of the War, and impending fall to communism, Con Thi Mac was compelled to leave her home country and flee to the United States. Far from any thought of retiring, her golden years were spent continuing to raise her grandchildren, as her own children were building a life in their newly adopted country.

Even with all she had to endure and the sacrifices she made, Con Thi Mac was always courageous, resilient, and determined. She had a joyful and spirited demeanor and made lasting impressions to all who met her. She was the keystone to any success her children and her grandchildren achieved! To her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, she will always be remembered as a fun, loving and nurturing soul.

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She is survived by her son-in-law Trai Le (husband of her deceased daughter Bich-Du Le); granddaughter (grandson-in-law) Phi-Van (Tap); five grandsons (granddaughters-in-law), Phi (Phuong-Ha), Long (Valerie), Nhat (Iliana), Quang (Touyen), and Tri (Dawn); eleven great grandchildren, Kristy, Michelle, Tyler, Taylor, Caroline, Sam, Charlie, Carolyn, Andrew, Amanda, and Alexia; her son (daughter-in-law) Loc Tran (Stephanie Doan); granddaughters Tiffany, Sabrina, and Helena; her stepdaughters, Bich-Ha Tran and family, and Bich-Huong Tran; her stepson, Vinh Tran and family; her niece, Thieu Tran and family; her nephew Huy Tran (wife Dao Mai) and family; wife and children of her deceased stepsons, Nhuan Tran and Hai Tran (wife Phu Tran); her nieces and nephews in Vietnam, Tang Mac, Hoa Mac, San Mac, Thua Mac, Xuan Tran, Ngoc Tran, Huong Tran and all their families.