DOVER — Dr. Ching Hsin Ho, 79, formerly of 18 Harding Road, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, after a number of years with Alzheimer’s disease. He was surrounded by his loving family and will be missed dearly.
He was born on Dec. 6, 1924, in Keelung, Taiwan, the son of Kuei Fong Ho and Yii Kuo.
He earned his medical degree at National Taiwan University. After moving to the United States in 1955, he pursued further medical training in Paramus, N.J., and Burlington, Vt., then worked as an anesthesiologist in Montreal, Canada, Holyoke, Mass., and then Portsmouth, where he and his wife raised eight children.
He was fluent in Taiwanese, Japanese and English, and he enjoyed traveling, reading, swimming and sailing.
He is survived by his wife, Ming Chu; children, Wen-Huwa Ho and Scott Houle of Dover, Richard and Veronique Ho of San Diego, Calif., Ken Ho and Hui-Hui Hu of Cambridge, Mass., Jane Ho and Brian Youth of Scarborough, Maine, Evelyn Ho and Ben Larkin of Dover, Fran Ho and Matt Williams of Seattle, Wash., Sandra Ho of Dover, Len Ho and Peggy Yeh of Cambridge, Mass., 13 grandchildren; one brother, Lung-San Ho of Cerritos, Calif., three sisters, Chin-Sen, Chiu-Yi and Tin-Tsai, all of Taipei, Taiwan, and several nieces, nephews.
A gathering for family and friends will be held Saturday, January 31, 2004, from 10am-12pm at Langdon Place, 60 Middle Road, Dover, N.H.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home and Oyster River Crematory.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation (www.alz.org)) or the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation (www.thalassemia.org).
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