HARRY CHUNG , "mayor" of Detroit's Chinatown, died Wednesday in Deaconess Hospital. Mr. Chung, 50, was long one of the best known figures in the Chinese settlement along Third. e lived at 1349 Third. He was born in China and came to the US when he was 7. He was educated in Akron Ohio, but had lived in Detroit for 30 years. He headed the Chinese Merchants Association, of which he was a founder. He was active in other affairs of the Chinese community. He was a member of the Central Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife Shee Chin; a son Phillip; and five daughters, Olive, Anna, Helen, Jeannie and Grace. The body will be at the William R. hamilton Co. chapel until Friday night and at the Chinese Community Building, 824 Abbott, from Saturday mornig until services at 1 pm Monday. Burial will be a Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Detroit Free Press May 24, 1951
Detroit Free Press May 24, 1951
HARRY CHUNG , "mayor" of Detroit's Chinatown, died Wednesday in Deaconess Hospital. Mr. Chung, 50, was long one of the best known figures in the Chinese settlement along Third. e lived at 1349 Third. He was born in China and came to the US when he was 7. He was educated in Akron Ohio, but had lived in Detroit for 30 years. He headed the Chinese Merchants Association, of which he was a founder. He was active in other affairs of the Chinese community. He was a member of the Central Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife Shee Chin; a son Phillip; and five daughters, Olive, Anna, Helen, Jeannie and Grace. The body will be at the William R. hamilton Co. chapel until Friday night and at the Chinese Community Building, 824 Abbott, from Saturday mornig until services at 1 pm Monday. Burial will be a Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Detroit Free Press May 24, 1951
Detroit Free Press May 24, 1951
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