Tae Ho Kim

Beloved husband, Loving father…

Memoir of Mr. Tae Ho Kim

 

 

The deceased was born on June 9, 1960, as the oldest son of Mr. Byung Soo Kim and

Mrs. Hyun Shim Park among two sons and two daughters at Posan-ri, Jindo-Eup, Jindo-Gun,

Jeon La Nam Do, Korea.

 

After he completed secondary education in his hometown and graduated from

Ulsan Technical College, he began to work as an assistant manager in the

International Marketing Department of Hyundai Automobile Corporation. 

In September of 1986, he met his soul mate, Kyung Hee Lee and got married in December 1987

with the blessing of families and relatives.  Because his wife immigrated to Seattle,

they had to be separated for 3 years until the deceased came to Seattle in October, 1990,

and they began their happy marriage.

 

In September 1992, he acquired a family restaurant in Kent, Mary’s Fine Foods.

With his wife, he made his customers happy everyday with the recipes filled with love and care,

and they became like family to him.  His detail oriented and neat personality, as well as

always being prepared and his diligence have been a good example to others.

 

Many others have respected his honest and forthright nature.

With his intelligent and organized insights, he was able to manage Ho Nam Hometown Group

successfully as the leader.  While he was a member of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea and the President of the Korean Institute for Human Rights Seattle,

he helped social progress in Northwestern Korean Society as well as the Republic of Korea.

 

Starting from 1996, the deceased began to have trouble with pain in his lung.

He had difficulty breathing and expectoration of blood without knowing the cause of them.

Although many doctors had medically treated him, his health condition was getting worse,

and that was when he luckily met Dr. Gerbino and his medical team at Virginia Mason Hospital

in 2001.  It happened just like a dramatic scene in a movie.  When everyone gave up on him, Dr. Gerbino

and his team cared for him excellently and gave him hope.  The deceased also fought with all his might

and will to stay with his family longer, but he expressed with a deep glitter in eyes that

he loves and will miss all of us when family gathered alongside him on Thursday, June 18. 

Now, he has left on an everlasting journey to the place where there is no longer pain.

 

He’s always enjoyed cultivating Bonsai and Orchids, and his happiest time were always

with family.  He and his wife have always cared for and think of each other.

They together have raised two good natured, healthy, and handsome sons.

They also adopted an abandoned puppy, Nala, and raised her with their love

and care as a daughter to them.

 

Although his difficult struggle with his illness made him exhausted,

he personally showed a great example of 

“Where there is a will, there is a way”

with his spiritual strength and love among family.  

Now he is in heaven, and we pray for him that he’s found his Haven of Rest as of today.

 

June 24, 2015.

 

소중한 남편, 사랑이 가득한 아버지…

고 김 태호님의 약력

 

고인은 1960년6월9일 전라남도 진도군 진도읍 포산리에서 부친 김 병수씨와 모친 박 현심씨 사이에 2남2녀중 장남으로 출생하셨습니다.

 

고향에서 고등교육을 마치시고, 울산공학대학 졸업후, 현대자동차 해외수출부 대리로 근무중, 1986년 9월 부인 이 경희씨를 만나 87년 12월 많은 사람들의 축복을 받으며 결혼을 하였으나, 부인 이 경희씨의 시에틀 이민으로 3여년 동안

떨어져있다가 1990년10월에 고인이 시에틀로 이주하면서 행복한 결혼 생활을 시작하였습니다. 

 

1992년9월, Kent에 위치한 family restaurant, Mary’s Fine Foods를 인수, 부인과 함께 사랑과 정성을 가득 담은 레시피로 많은 손님들을 나날이 행복하게 해주며, 가족처럼 지냈습니다.  꼼꼼하고 깔끔한 성격과 준비성 강한 고인은, 근면성실함 으로 언제나 타의 모범이 되었습니다. 

 

고인의 성품이 곧아, 타인의 귀감이 됨은 물론, 명석하고 체계적인 통찰력으로

전 호남향우회 회장을 역임하며 성공적으로 향우회를 이끌었고, 평통위원과 한국인권문제연구소 시에틀 지부장을 겸하며, 서북미 한인사회와 대한민국 사회 발전에 도움을 주셨습니다.     

 

1996년부터 원인을 정확히 알수없는 호흡곤란과 각혈로 폐의 통증을 느끼면서, 여러 병원에서 의료진의 도움을 받아 보았지만, 악화되는 건강에 힘들어가던 순간, 영화의 한장면처럼 2001년 버지니아 메이슨 병원의 폐질환 전문의 닥터 가비노와 함께하던 팀 의료진을 운명적으로 만나는 천운을 갖게 되었습니다.  모두가 포기한 고인을 누구보다 극진히 치료를 하며 희망을 주었으며, 고인 또한 좀 더 오랜 시간을 가족들 곁에 머물기 위해 고인의 모든 의지를 끌어내며 힘든 투병생활을 겸해왔으나, 지난 18일 목요일 가족들이 모인 자리에, 그윽한 눈빛으로 모두를 사랑하고, 먼저가는 아쉬움을 표하며, 더이상은 고통이 없는 곳으로 긴 여행을 떠나셨습니다.

 

고인은 평소에 분재와 난 가꾸기를 즐겨했고, 온 가족들과 함께 보내는 시간을 가장 행복해 했으며, 부인 이 경희씨와는 서로 극진히 아끼며 위하는 맘으로, 인성이 올바른 두 아들을 건장하고 멋지게 키웠고, 업둥이 강아지 날라를 딸처럼 사랑과 정성을 다해 키웠습니다. 

 

힘든 투병생활에 몸은 지쳐갔지만, ‘정신일도하사불성’의 강인한 정신력과 가족간의 사랑을 몸소 실천한 고인은 이제 하늘에서 편안한 안식처를 찾았으리라 믿으며, 이만 약력 소개를 줄입니다.

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