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Obituary...................
George Gee Leong Ng
吳志良
†
†
雅瑤村
–
15 July 2012
George was the youngest of four children born to Ng Yew Sui 吳堯緒 and Loo Shun Ping 盧順平
in Nga Yiel
雅瑤
楬楮
增城
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廣州
汬浢
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楶楮婥污汤楮浰
楮洠楬楣楮
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as his father was already in Wellington and stayed with him until he purchased the fruit and vegetable
business and property known as Wong She and Company in upper Cuba Street, when George was given a room
upstairs in the old wooden building and here he lived until his parents bought a house in Newtown and he moved
there.
George attended St. Mark’s Church School, then progressed to the Wellington Technical College and from there
went to Canterbury University where he studied civil engineering. He decided on his last year there after his father died that engineering was not for him and returned to Wellington to help in the family business with his older brothers. After a while in the family business, the brothers all decided to go their own way as the respective families were getting too big for the business to sustain them.
George opted to start his own business and opened another fruit and vegetable shop on the corner of Willis and
Dixon Street where he flourished until the building was demolished many years later, to make way for a new building.
He had his uncle helping him there until he met Shirley Chun through his interest in the Chinese sporting activities in 1955.
After George bought his business and met Shirley, they eventually got married and over the years, raised three girls, Denise, Sharon and Gillian. When the girls got married and left home, George and Shirley carried on with the business until the demolition order came.
He was interested in many fields of sport and played competitive basketball in his younger days. He played tennis till his late sixties and early seventies and would sit up late in the night following the international tennis or cricket tournaments on the TV. Classical music and the ballet were another interest and in his spare time, he would listen to recordings at home with the volume on loud. After leaving the business but still serving his loyal customers, George would sit down every morning over a cup of tea, I should say 5 cups of tea, as George loved drinking tea, and wouldn’t move until he finished his daily crossword fix!
George had a boyish charm and was always warm and friendly to everyone he met and this was evident that when
he decided to call it quits from the fruit and vegetable business, some of his customers were aghast and wanted
George to continue serving them. So George, not wanting to disappoint them continued serving them until the past
few months.
His funeral was held at Old St Pauls in Wellington on 20 th July 2012 and was attended by many friends and relatives.
He is survived by his wife Shirley, daughters Denise, Sharon, Gillian and their respective families Gordon Wu www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2012/Spring_2012_issue.pdf
George Gee Leong Ng
吳志良
†
†
雅瑤村
–
15 July 2012
George was the youngest of four children born to Ng Yew Sui 吳堯緒 and Loo Shun Ping 盧順平
in Nga Yiel
雅瑤
楬楮
增城
†
楴
廣州
汬浢
椠楯浥浢呵楡楯楮
楶楮婥污汤楮浰
楮洠楬楣楮
增域
as his father was already in Wellington and stayed with him until he purchased the fruit and vegetable
business and property known as Wong She and Company in upper Cuba Street, when George was given a room
upstairs in the old wooden building and here he lived until his parents bought a house in Newtown and he moved
there.
George attended St. Mark’s Church School, then progressed to the Wellington Technical College and from there
went to Canterbury University where he studied civil engineering. He decided on his last year there after his father died that engineering was not for him and returned to Wellington to help in the family business with his older brothers. After a while in the family business, the brothers all decided to go their own way as the respective families were getting too big for the business to sustain them.
George opted to start his own business and opened another fruit and vegetable shop on the corner of Willis and
Dixon Street where he flourished until the building was demolished many years later, to make way for a new building.
He had his uncle helping him there until he met Shirley Chun through his interest in the Chinese sporting activities in 1955.
After George bought his business and met Shirley, they eventually got married and over the years, raised three girls, Denise, Sharon and Gillian. When the girls got married and left home, George and Shirley carried on with the business until the demolition order came.
He was interested in many fields of sport and played competitive basketball in his younger days. He played tennis till his late sixties and early seventies and would sit up late in the night following the international tennis or cricket tournaments on the TV. Classical music and the ballet were another interest and in his spare time, he would listen to recordings at home with the volume on loud. After leaving the business but still serving his loyal customers, George would sit down every morning over a cup of tea, I should say 5 cups of tea, as George loved drinking tea, and wouldn’t move until he finished his daily crossword fix!
George had a boyish charm and was always warm and friendly to everyone he met and this was evident that when
he decided to call it quits from the fruit and vegetable business, some of his customers were aghast and wanted
George to continue serving them. So George, not wanting to disappoint them continued serving them until the past
few months.
His funeral was held at Old St Pauls in Wellington on 20 th July 2012 and was attended by many friends and relatives.
He is survived by his wife Shirley, daughters Denise, Sharon, Gillian and their respective families Gordon Wu www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2012/Spring_2012_issue.pdf