Obituary Overview
In Loving Memory
Our beloved husband and father Noh-Uk Frank Park, passed away peacefully on Saturday September 1st, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Soung-Ja Theresa, his two daughters Helen (Griffin) and Margaret (Kwiatkowski), sons-in-law Troy Griffin and Jason Kwiatkowski, and four grand children Brandon, Luke, Lincoln, and Raya.
He was born in Che Jeon, South Korea on July 16, 1936. He loved animals, nature, and excelled in sports. His curiosity of other cultures took him to the United States, the Philippines, and Vietnam before immigrating to Toronto on December 10, 1971. He will be remembered by his friends as a man of integrity, fierce loyalty, and a lover of golf. In the early 70’s, he established the first Korean golf club in Toronto, in an effort to bring his community together around their shared love of the game.
His family will lovingly remember him as patient, steadfast, stoic, and a father who knew no bounds when it came to love and sacrifice. There are no words appropriate enough to describe what he did for his family in the name of duty and love.
He was diagnosed with MDS cancer in 2010; his outlook on his prognosis was quite simple – « I am at peace with whatever God decides for me, I’ve lived a good life. But I will not go easily, I will fight until the end. » And that he did. After his treatment in 2010, he lived cancer free until his remission in 2013. He surpassed the expectations of many including all of his doctors, living beyond several prognoses and stumping everyone with how he managed to do it. In the end, his determination and will were not enough; his weary body could not fight any longer.
We are forever indebted to the wonderful doctors and nurses at Sunnybrook Hospital.
Visitation and service details are below. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Hospital in his name.
In gratitude, The Park Family
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Noh Uk Frank Park 2018.
Décès pour la Ville: Toronto, Province: Ontario
