Bong Cam

Bong Cam, 62, of Huntley, Ill., died Saturday, February 11, 2006, in Bettendorf at the home of her daughter, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City. Burial will be held Saturday, February 18, at Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. Her family will receive friends following the services in Iowa City at Knights of Columbus Hall in Iowa City. Online condolences may be sent for her family through our website at www.gayandciha.com.
Bong Cam was born April 12, 1942, in Sonla, Vietnam, the daughter of An and Khiene (Lavan) Baccam. She married Tiane Cam in 1959 in Vientiane, Laos. The couple moved to Iowa in 1976 where they had resided in Mt. Pleasant and Muscatine, Iowa, and later in Huntley. Mr. Cam died in 1991.
Her family includes children, Asia Cam, of Bettendorf, Bay Cam, of Davenport, Nhot Cam, of New London, Iowa, Phaykham Cam, of Mt. Pleasant, Phay Baccam, of Muscatine, Namkham Cam, of Iowa City, Mani Vi, of Bettendorf, and Kham Ha, of Huntley; sisters, Choum Baccam, of Mt. Pleasant, Bouane Thongvanh, of Storm Lake, Iowa, Quych Baccam, of Mt. Pleasant, Suyn Hacksisombath, of Van Buren, Ark., and Phimmachanh Baccam, of Des Moines; one brother, Sayphet Baccam, of Des Moines; and fifteen nieces and nephews.
Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is caring for Bong's family and her services.