Ing Cheong Bew (Kenneth) was born on March 21st, 1918. He was the third child of Ing Wah On and Yee Moy. He was a chubby baby, almost 9 or 10 pounds in birth.. He was the father’s pride & Joy. Father would take him to the store and he would play for hours without his brother. Everyone from the store would come to play with him. Cheong Bew stayed fat and chubby all through his life.
Cheong Bew attended St. Louis High School on River Street, and every afternoon he attended Mun Lum Chinese Language School
Mother Yee Moy loved to knit, crochet and embroide. She made pretty dollies, runners, and curtains - even for the car windows. Yee Moy also made all the clothes and dresses for everyone. She made suits for Wah On and for the boys, she made BVDS. (underwear)
Salt chicken on Sundays. (Layer of Rock Salt, capon or chicken, more salt, seal and slow cook) They also ate jook (rice congee) with straw mushrooms, lotus seed, chicken and orange peel.
On June 18, 1931, Wah On retired and Kenneth moved back to China with the family. They took the Tatsuta Maru of the NYK (Nippon Yukon Kaiser) Lines. The boat trip took 14 days. His mother Yee Moy got very sea sick and Kenneth took good care of her.
In 1937, Kenneth, Richard and Hook Mun returned to Hawaii. Kenneth fulfilled his father’s wishes to become a civil engineer, in Angola, Indiana. He graduated from Tri-State College in Civil Engineering in June, 1941. He joined the US Army and took basic training in Ft. Lee VA. Eventually, Ken was in the ASA, top military security.
Kenneth married Helen Hong on November 2, 1949. Helen (Hong Kee Huoy, #3 daughter of Hong Yi Siu), Born October 5, 1919. They had one son and two daughters.
Their son is Paul Stephen Ing, and daughters Nancy Connie Ing and Deborah Judy Ing.
Kenneth died on February 21st. 1985.
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