Daguan Zhao's Obituary
讣告 赵大观先生，1926年3月1日生，中国河南邓洲人。于2014年11月30日上午9点55分去世，享年88岁。 赵大观先生1949年2月走出中原大学后，开始了十年军旅生涯，之后从事教育工作多年，主要讲授哲学、历史、医学伦理学及中国书法，深受学员喜爱。1986年离休后定居河南南阳故里。1993年移居美国与儿子家人团聚。 赵大观先生毕生喜爱中国书法和文学，对中国书法和诗词楹联都有研究，在美国期间，以书法会友，创办书法学习班，义务教授书法爱好者，多次举办参加书法展览，在加州各类中文刊物上发表作品，在弥留之际出版和即将出版”大观情怀”，“大观书法”，“大观影集”和“大观集联”，为亲人及朋友留下了一笔珍贵的精神财富。 赵大观带着对亲人朋友的眷恋永远的离开了我们，愿逝者永存！ 未亡人：爱妻张若荣；孝子赵军及儿媳于颖；孝女赵玲及女女婿杨淮建；孝女赵英；孝孙赵非凡、赵杰明；孝外孙杨牧；孝外孙女高晴；贤妹赵桂香，贤弟赵玉甫、赵玉恒携全家；孝侄女赵永焕携全家。 赵大观先生的追悼会将于2014年12月5日早10时在百㱓圆举行。百齡園： Skylawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park 地址： Highway 92 and Skyline Boulevard, San Mateo, CA 94402路线咨询：650 349 4411联系人及电话：赵英 408-368-5968Mr. Daguan Zhao, aged 88, died at San Jose, California on November 30, 2014, at 9:55am. He was born on March 1, 1926 in the City of Dengzhou, Henan Province, China, to the parents of Zuobao Zhao and Erjie Fu. On March 31,1956, he was married Ruorong Zhang.He attended Zhongyuan College in 1949. He was serving in military for 10 years and then devoted most of his professional career as a college teacher and writer until his retirement in 1986; he was highly regarded in excellence teaching of history and philosophy and was awarded “Extinguished Teacher”. In 1993, he moved to United States and spent the rest of his 21 years life here.As his lifetime devotion of Chinese calligraphy, Mr. Daguan Zhao initiated and taught well attended and loved calligraphy classes in Milpitas and San Jose Senior center; he also organized and participated several calligraphy exhibits for The Dynamic Foundation. Being a scholar, he was also proficient in writing Chinese poems & couplet pairs and published them in newspapers and magazines. In last few years of his life, he enthusiastically worked on his autobiographical short stories and his life work collections, namely “Daguan’s Thoughts on Life”, “Daguan’s Couplet Pairs Collection”, and “Daguan’s Calligraphy Collection.”Mr. Daguan Zhao was a loving husband、father and old brother, an affectionate friend, and an enthusiastic explorer. In his final days he wrote “Boundless universe has its boundary, while it is filled with infinite love.” He will be eternally loved and remembered by his family and friends.Daguan Zhao is survived by his wife Ruorong Zhang; his son Jun Zhao and his wife Ying Yu; daughter Ling Zhao and her husband Huaijian Yang; daughter Ying Zhao; his grandsons Michael and Benjamin Zhao, Mu Yang and granddaughter Qing Gao; his sister Guixiang Zhao; his brother Yufu Zhao and his wife Xiuxiang Jin; his brother Yuheng Zhao and his wife Lingzhi Zhu.A funeral service will be held at 10:00am on December 5, 2014 at Skylawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park
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