Funeral service for Chong Yong Hwang will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 16, 2023 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jungsuk Seo officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Chong Yong Hwang was born on May 10, 1941 in Incheon, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea. He was born to Hi Ja Kim Mantzke. When Chong Yong was very young his father, Un Ha Su Hwang, passed away during the Korean war.

Chong Yong served in the Republic of Korea military. He and his family have been residents of Lawton Oklahoma since 1972. He passed away peacefully on February 12 2023 at his home in Lawton after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

Chong Yong was preceded in passing by both parents, his half-sisters Susan and Cecelia Mantzke, his son, Woo Sun Hwang, and daughter Mi Sun Ball.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Chong Ae, his sister Sun Ja of Busan South Korea, his brother Heung Hwang, half-brothers Henry Mantzke of Lawton Oklahoma, Bernard Mantzke of Tulsa Oklahoma and Herman Mantzke of Oklahoma City, half-sister Cathy of Fairfax Virginia, two daughters Ae Sun Hwang of Elgin Oklahoma, and Sun A and her husband Timothy Fairfax of Fayetteville, North Carolina. He has nine grandchildren: Christian, Elizabeth, Gregory, Joshua, McKenna, Donald, Alexis, Cecelia, and Austin.

He loved his family, fishing and working with cars. Together with Chong Ae and their kids, they spent many weekends camping, fishing at Lake Lawtonka and hiking through the Wichita mountains. With Heung, Richard, Henry, Bernie, and Herman Mantzke, they worked at the KMH Repair Shop on Fort Sill Boulevard for approximately 35 years until he retired in 2010.

He was known by his friends and family to be a strong and hardworking man. Chong Yong had an unbreakable resolve. He was a deeply religious person and has been a member of the Korean Presbyterian Church for many years. Through great effort he provided for his family, while also being there for his friends. Chong Yong will be deeply missed.