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Sun Yong Frederickson
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March 8, 1938 ~ May 18, 2012 |
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May 27, 2012 |
 Sun
Yong Frederickson was born Yong Su Kim to Yong
Kyu Kim and Ssi Ye Chang on March 8, 1938, in
Seoul, South Korea. Celebration of Life Services
will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at
the Bridgeway Assembly of God Church in Bonners
Ferry. Visitation for Family and friends will be
held Monday, May 29, at Bonners Ferry Funeral
Home. Interment will follow in Grandview
Cemetery, Bonners Ferry.
She grew up in Seoul She was the third of eight
children. and survived the Korean War as a young
child. When the Korean War was over she was
returning to Seoul with her mother, grandmother,
younger sister and infant brother. They had
nearly reached their destination, exhausted but
energized by the thought of returning home and
reuniting with the rest of their family. They
had just one more obstacle to overcome – a small
river. They crossed the flat and reached the
river with the hope that the man carrying his
family across the river would help them too, but
he was too tired and could not help them. He
advised them to return to the river bank because
the tide was rising and water would soon rush in
to fill the entire riverbed.
Sun Yong’s mother, tired and hopeless, then told
them to sit down as this was the place that they
would die today. Sun Yong did not agree. She
said, “Not me! Not Today!” and she took her
sister’s hand, picked up her brother, and walked
toward the river. They all made it across the
river. That mindset stayed with her throughout
her life; she always believed you could do
anything you set your mind to and that if you
were going to fail, you should fail trying to
succeed. Sun Yong would finally learn how to
swim 30 years later.
Sun Yong married Victor Frederickson in 1972 and
then immigrated to the United States. They lived
in Illinois for about a year before moving to
Bonners Ferry, ID where they raised their two
children Virgil and Lisa.
She became a U.S. citizen, but that was not
enough and she decided to attend high school in
the United States. She began classes in 1980,
and she graduated from Bonners Ferry High School
in 1984.
Like many mothers, Sun Yong wore many hats, but
her most beloved role was taking care of her
family and friends. She could often be found
visiting her family or friends or simply talking
with them on the phone. She never wanted to
spend money on herself, but she would never
hesitate to buy a gift for someone else.
Sun Yong lived her life by the first and second
greatest commandments: she loved the Lord her
God with all her heart and all her soul and all
her mind and all her strength, and she loved her
neighbor as herself.
Sun Yong was called home by God on May 18, 2012
while on a family vacation in Alaska.
Sun Yong is survived by her husband, Victor,
Naples; son Virgil Frederickson and his wife,
Ra'Shell, Talkeetna, Alaska; daughter Lisa
Frederickson, Spanaway, Washington; grandsons
Ryan and Bradley Frederickson, Talkeetna; sister
Kil Sun Lee, Mill Creek, Washington; brothers Ul
Su and Hang Su Kim, Seattle, and Song Su Kim,
Seoul, South Korea; and many cousins, nephews
and nieces.
Family and friends are invited to sign Sun
Yong’s book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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