Mee Gang Cho

Mee Gang Cho was born in 1940 in rural Choong Chung Province, Korea. She was the youngest of three daughters. The family traveled to the provincial capital and registered her birth officially on October 5, 1940, several weeks after her birth.

She attended Ewha Women's High School and Ewha Women's University in Seoul, where she studied English and graduated with a bachelor's degree. She remained in Seoul working in human resources for a trading company.

She met Tai Jun Cho when they were elementary students in Geonggi Province. They married in 1966, and the couple came to the United States later the same year for him to continue his studies in Los Angeles. Their daughter Theresa was born a few years later. The family relocated to Riverside for her husband's graduate studies, where their second daughter Maggie was born.

They later moved to Baldwin Park, California, where they lived from 1979 until 2016 and had a son, Erik. She spent 11 years working as a medical insurance administrator for Security Pacific Bank. During the latter part of her career, she was a business owner, operating a series of independent fast food restaurants.

After retiring from restaurant business in 2002, she was active in pursuits including travel, piano lessons, and yoga, and she enjoyed family gatherings and time with her grandchildren. In 2015 she was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a debilitating neurologic disorder. She came to live with her daughter Theresa and her family in Camarillo in 2016.

Mee Gang Cho is survived and missed by her husband of 52 years, Tai Jun Cho, daughters Theresa Cho (husband Jeffrey Miller) of Camarillo and Maggie Park (husband Roy Park) of Stockton; son Erik Cho (wife Brook Howell) of Camarillo; grandchildren Abigail Chomiller, Lucas Chomiller, Caleb Park, Jackson Park, Dexter Chomiller, Zephyr Cho, Calliope Cho, and Beacon Cho; two sisters in Seoul, South Korea; and sister-in-law Myong Ae Cho of San Dimas.

Her family deeply appreciates the support and many hours of devoted help from caregivers Danielle Morrison, Lori Amador, and Treasure Reyes, and professional services of Livingston Hospice.

Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, California. Dinner to follow funeral services.