Abdul Kohar Rony

Abdul Kohar Rony, December 31, 1933 – September 26, 2014

Abdul Kohar Rony, son of Abdul Ronie and Siti Fatimah of Palembang, Indonesia; brother of Hindun, Ismail, Rusdy, Romziah, and Zainal Arifin; husband of Minar Tobing Rony; father of Fatimah Tobing Rony and Dorothy Bintang Fujita-Rony; adored grandfather of Saenah Boch and Theodore Fujita-Rony; beloved uncle of Emile Zen, Elice, Rayendra, and Tota Tobing, Rudi, Daniel, and Adrian Rony; student of the Methodist English School in Palembang, he came to the U.S. on a one year scholarship to Monterey Peninsula College in 1954, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Yale University; Indonesian Language Army Instructor; served in the U.S. Army from 1956-1958, Southeast Asia Area Specialist, Asian Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. from 1962-2002, author of bibliographies, including Unveiling Indonesia: Indonesian Holdings in the Library of Congress, The Portuguese in Southeast Asia: Malacca, Moluccas, East Timor, and Vietnamese Holdings in the Library of Congress , and Indonesian Names; avid reader and memorizer of dictionaries; passionate bibliophile of Southeast Asian Studies; eternally curious, engaged, ebullient, humorous, articulate, and warm -- passed away on September 26, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. He spent his final days and hours with his beloved wife, daughters, grandchildren, other family and friends; he will be remembered, celebrated, and missed beyond measure.

Visitation will be held at Forest Lawn Glendale on October 3, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; memorial service on October 4, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at Hollenbeck Palms, 573 S. Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles.

Donations in his name to your local public library would be welcome and appreciated.