JOSEPH WOO M.D. Jr.

Joseph C. Woo, Jr., MD passed away peacefully, at the age of 93 to be with his beloved Mabel. They were married 70 years and were inseparable. Dr. Woo's accomplishments and contributions to this world are innumerable and unsurpassable. He was born in the Burnett Annex of Fresno Community Hospital and devoted his life to healing the ill as a physician for over 60 years in our community. This was not merely a career. It was his lifestyle and persona to be a dedicated, devoted, 200 percent physician. His beloved, avid reader chemist, Mabel, kept him on his toes. He was a walking computer genius of medical knowledge and "Dr. Fix it Dad and Grandpa." He was so resourceful he could fix nearly anything, from clogged household pipes to broken bodies, clogged coronary arteries and lots of skinned knees. After graduation from Fresno State College, George Washington University Medical School, completing his Internal Medicine residency at Valley Medical Center, and serving in the Air Force as a medical officer, Dr. Woo devoted his life service to God, his patients, family and friends. In addition to the thousands of patients he treated, he voluntarily started the first Hmong clinic in Fresno. He served God zestfully, faithfully, and diligently at the First Chinese Baptist Church since he was a Boy Scout. Just a few of those service hats included being church moderator, building committee chairman, pastoral search and relations chairman, plumber, painter and many more. His full biography can be read at https://ww.communitycarehealth.org/CMC/media/news.../fou-drwoohistory.pdf His calm, compassionate, understanding presence permeated his family life. His response to any family "mishaps" was always "That's Ok!" He was a "softie." The most intelligent dad and grandpa, he is the pillar of lifelong learning. His legacy resides in his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, who will strive to carry his LIGHTNING FOR LEARNING and service. He is survived by his daughter, Caryn Woo Dean PharmD and husband David Dean PharmD, granddaughter, Katie Lai Miller MD and husband Josh Miller MBA, great grand children, Jacob and Naomi Miller; son, Joseph C. Woo III PharmD and wife Charlene Kono Woo PharmD, grandsons, Joseph Kono Woo BA, MFA, Collin Kono Woo BA; daughter, Cynthia Woo Wu RN, MSN, FNP and her husband Robert Wu, MD, and grandchildren, Jocelyn Wu, MD, and Jonathan Wu, LTJG, United States Navy. In Dr. Woo's memory, please have mercy for the sick and downtrodden, and advocate for the vulnerable. Thank you Right at Home, Hinds Hospice, and San Joaquin Garden care managers. The family is forever grateful for your dedicated, heartfelt, tender service. You are the limitless limelight of Florence Nightingale's lantern.