Richard A. Wong

Richard Arthur Wong, a resident of San Diego, California for the past 23 years, and formerly of Norwood, died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at his son’s home in Chelmsford.  He was 84.  Richard was born November 30, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, the middle child of Samuel K. and Faith L. (Chin) Wong.  Dick graduated from Boston Trade High School and earned his bachelors degree from Suffolk University in Boston.  Richard served in the US Navy from 1945 to 1954.  He worked for twenty years as a mechanical engineer for Stone and Webster in Boston until his retirement in 1986.  Dick was a member and Past Master of Orient Lodge AF & AM in Norwood, as well as a member of Aleppo Temple Shrine in Wilmington.  He was the husband of the late Beatrice Chin (Gong) Wong and the brother of the late Doris Wong.  Dick is survived by two sons, Brian  R. Wong of Chelmsford and Steven M. Wong of Naperville, Illinois; two daughters, Cynthia J. Shaughnessy of Norwood and Joanne G. Hilger of Natick; a brother, David A. Wong of Norwood; and six grandchildren, Rebecca, Samuel, Carolyn, and Michael Wong, and Zachary and Alexander Hilger.  Services and interment in Forest Hills Cemetery will be private.