Raymond Tung

Raymond Anders Tung Dec. 15, 1949 - May 26, 2010 Age 60, died in the morning of May 26, 2010 after a 4-year battle with laryngeal cancer. He was born in Queens, New York, the third of six children of the late Rita (Orme) and Anders Persen Tung. He grew up on the Tung family farm in Stadsbygd, Norway until age 16, when he joined the Norwegian Merchant Marine. He returned to the U.S. in 1969, eventually joining the U.S. Merchant Marine. He lived in Rockaway Beach, NY and New Orleans, LA before settling in San Francisco in 1974 where he met his future wife, Linda Sullivan. They married in August, 1976. In 1978 he became a licensed Painting Contractor and ran a successful painting business until his death. Ray was a 35-year member and twice president of the Norwegian Club; a member of the Sons of Norway; Columbia-Brotherhood Masonic Lodge; served on the Boards of the Norway House Foundation and Norwegian Seamen's Church. He was proud of his Norwegian heritage and loved to spend Thursday evenings at the Norwegian Club, playing cards and sharing sea stories with his friends. Ray is survived by his wife Linda, children Matthew and Rachel, brothers Paul Sirella (Marie), Robert Tung (Barbara), Michael Tung, sisters Arlene Vasquenzo (Charlie) and Carol Crawley (Dennis), and many nieces, nephews, and cousins in Norway and the U.S. In addition he will be missed by his mother-in-law Anne Sullivan, brothers-in-law Mark (Quita), Mike (Carol), Bruce (Debbie), David, Pete (Barb), and Chris (Wendy) Sullivan, and sister-in-law Gail Bertran (Bob). A Memorial Service will be held at the Norwegian Seamen's Church, 2454 Hyde St., San Francisco at 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 11, followed by a celebration of Ray's life at the Norwegian Club, 1900 Fell St., San Francisco at 3:00 p.m. Donations in Ray's memory may be made to Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, 1663 Mission St., 7th Floor, San Francisco 94103.