COURTESY WONG FAMILY
Henry Wah Cheong Wong: The attorney had also served as president of the Duck Doo Society
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Henry Wah Cheong Wong of Honolulu, a former attorney, deputy prosecutor and state and federal judge, died May 28 at the Queen’s Medical Center from complications of leukemia. He was 91.
Wong was born in Hanalei, Kauai. He attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa for two years before joining the Army. Wong returned to UH in 1945 to earn his bachelor’s degree, and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Michigan.
Wong married Frances Lum, Hawaii’s second Narcissus Queen, in 1951. He served as a Honolulu deputy prosecutor from 1951 to 1957 before opening a law practice. He was appointed a U.S. commissioner, forerunner to the position of federal magistrate judge, in 1963 and also served as a part-time state District Court judge.
Wong served as president of the Duck Doo Society and the Chinese Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Wong is survived by wife Frances E.J., sons Dr. Lawton C.E. and Dr. Melvin C.W., sisters Florence Chee and Clara Yee, and two grandchildren. Visitation will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Service will begin at 9:30 a.m. Committal services will be at 2 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
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Correction: A previous version of this story listed an incorrect year that Frances Lum was selected Hawaii Narcissus Queen.