Vu  and I lived in the same house for over 10 years and he became an important  friend & brother in Christ . I am truly blessed that he taught me some of the best things worth knowing in life.  We sang Amazing Grace together many times and I will always think of him when I sing this song until we see each other again.

It has been a sorrowful and emotional moment since I found out about his passing yesterday. He was our dear neighbor, however, we considered him as a family member. To me, I considered him as my grandpa. When our family first immigrated to America exactly 9 years ago. He was walking to our house and talking to us. Since then, we were becoming close to each other. Once in a while, he visited our house, he came and exuberantly talking about his incredible life and family. He ate dinner with us and told us many stories about his life in prison as a political prisoner after the fall of Saigon and his family’s life after immigrating to America. When my parents went to work, he came to my house and “babysat” me because he knew I stayed home alone. Whenever we had holy days of obligation, he always stopped by my house and left church bulletins for us to look for mass schedules. He also lectured us about bible and we raised a lot of questions, he was terrific in explaining those questions and doubts about something. He advised my brother and me to look up to his family as a role model to become successful in this nation. Both of us felt grateful that we listened to his advice and studied as hard as we could. I wish I could have wrote more about his stories. I want to share this as a memory that my family would never forget. Lastly, our family would like to share our deepest condolences to Mr. Vu Hoang Nguyen’s family and pray one day we will unite with him in the Lord’s home. May his soul rest in peace!

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Mr. PHERO VU HOANG NGUYEN

April 20, 1939 – September 17, 2024

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