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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE FUNG FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF KWONG-

WEN FUNG

     Introduced By: Representatives Morgan, Mattiello, Shekarchi, Giarrusso, and Mendonca

     Date Introduced: February 07, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Kwong-

Wen Fung on February 3, 2018, at The Cedars in Cranston, Rhode Island. He was the devoted

husband of Tan Ping Fung for the past 47 years; and

     WHEREAS, Kwong-Wen Fung was born in Canton, China, and grew up in the Chinese

Province of Guangdong. He was the son of the late Yung and Ju Jie Fung. He married Tan Ping

in Hong Kong, and in 1969, while Mrs. Fung was pregnant with their son Allan, they came to the

United States to seek out a better life for the family they were about to start. They opened Kong

Wen restaurant in Cranston in 1970, originally on Cranston Street and later in the former

Marcello’s on Gansett Ave, and it was a great success. Mr. Fung was the chef and for thirty-five

years he took great pride in cooking delectable Chinese food for his many customers. Mr. Fung’s

life was the very embodiment of the American dream. Like many Americans, Mr. Fung came to

this great country seeking a better life for himself and his family and through hard work and

immense love for his wife, children, family, and the nation he adopted, he certainly succeeded

and enriched the lives of all those who knew and loved him; and

     WHEREAS, Besides his wife Tan Ping Fung, Kwong-Wen Fung leaves behind his

children, the Honorable Allan Fung, Mayor of Cranston, and his wife, Barbara Ann Fenton, Anna

Fung-Panciera, and her husband Richard Panciera, and Arlene Fung. He also leaves behind his

many friends at The Cedars; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its condolences to the Fung Family on the passing of

Kwong-Wen Fung; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Tan Ping Fung, the Honorable Allan Fung,

Anna Fung-Panciera and Arlene Fung.

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