Birth date: May 26, 1974 Death date: Jun 11, 2025
Celebration of Victor Wong Victor lived life with vibrant energy and boundless curiosity. He loved to travel, savor delicious food, and spend meaningful time with his friends and family. A true problem-solver at heart, Victor had Read Obituary
Victor made me smile when he would make funny jokes with us, and it also made me smile to see how much fun the kids were having at his STEM camp. In one of our last calls together before he died, he gave me a lot of dating advice for college, and asked me if I had a girl in mind. Just thinking about how we interacted like that makes me smile even now. Thanks for the advice, Victor.
Victor showed me a lot of cool stuff the first day that I checked out the hangers at RobotGarden, I'll never forget when he just casually showed me a plane that they were buillding, along with the other load of projects that was going on over there. I was really fascinated because I had never had the opportunity to witness so much maker equipment.
Another thing I'll never forget is the vision he shared with me - Victor cared about the poor, the uneducated, and the marginalized. The desire to help do what is righteous, it definitely helped me come to my present faith in Christ.
I know Victor loves maximizing his time as much as he can. He even told me that he had a sleep schedule of 2 am to 6 am at one point, which was crazy. That's why I was so surprised and grateful when he gave me a ride home from RobotGarden that one time. Even though he treasured his time that much, he was willing to drive me home, when I lived really far away from the makerspace. I thank him for investing his time into me.
I learned from Victor to have a big vision of life, and to think much of one's life. Victor would always share his vision with me, all his plans for non-profit organizations and his cool projects he would enjoy doing, and all the company business that he was involved in. As I'm writing this, I remember that he shared all those things with me with such a big vision, which is something that I hope to remember and continue passing down. There is a true specialty to every human life that Victor definitely represented, as one of the most unique persons I've ever met.
My fondest memories with Victor is when we would build things together. It's true, Victor loves problem solving and STEM, almost unnaturally. He would be so hyped about things that the children were hyped about. That's why I loved to build things with him, because he would never hesitate to show his enthusiasm.
Victor was a wonderful mentor to me when I was in high school. My experience with him started when he rented an office space right across from one of my family friend's after school kids academy. When we started our robotics team, Victor became my coach. I loved learning from him because of his creative and driven attitude, and the hard working mindset that he always brought to our team. I was drawn to his emphasis on philanthropy and full determination everything that he pursued, and was thrilled whenever I got the opportunity to do community service with him. Victor got me into robotics and makerspacing, and was one of the biggest reasons why I joined RobotGarden and loved engineering in high school.
Fast forwarding 3 years later in college, when I found out that Victor was suffering from stage 4 blood cancer, my heart shook. I became a Christian my freshman year in college, and changed much since high school. I called Victor and chatted with him while he was in the hospital. He was very weak but joyful to be talking to me again. We chatted about the NBA playoffs and our summer plans. I would try to ask him for updates and prayer requests, and prayed for him ceaselessly. I prayed that God would deliver him from cancer, and shared the gospel with him over the phone when we were calling each other.
Planning to visit him in the hospital when I got home from college, I was very saddened when I found out he had passed away the week before. His long battle with cancer had come to an end. I would have wanted to see him one last time before he died.
Victor's memory has shaped me in many ways. Firstly, he has shown me that the world is passing away, and that our lives are just so short. As it is proclaimed in the book of first Corinthians in the Bible, let "those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away." As I was calling Victor a few weeks before his death, we talked about the NBA, startups, food, and all kinds of things that we would do once we got to see each other again. These things, along with the rest of the world, will be gone someday. It's reminded me that only the things of God that will stand in the end.
I'm humbled much remembering that in one of the last times I called him, Victor said something along the lines of, "...God's doing this to me." His expression implied that couldn't resist what was happening to him. I remember that he would always tell me how messed up this world is and how it needed fixing. After all these years, I no longer believe that philanthropy is the solution. Victor has caused me to humble myself and to call out to Jesus Christ, whom I plead to redeem us from our sin and deliver us from death.
This is my note for Victor's celebration of life, expressed openly and honestly. I am thankful and loved the time that I got to spend with him in this life. I hope that his family would increase in courage and be strengthened, and comforted by God as they continue on in this lifetime. I hope to continue pray for his family's protection. God bless his wife and daughter, and the rest of his family.
