Bok-Soon Kim, age 87, passed away due to complications of pneumonia on Monday, November 30th, 2020, at 2:55am at Rouge Valley Centenary Hospital in Scarborough, ON Canada.

She was born on May 26, 1933, and raised in Kaesong city in the southern part of North Korea.

In 1950, at the age of 17, she left North Korea with some friends and fled to the South at the start of the Korean war. It was in Ganggyeong, a municipal city in the province of Chungcheongnam-do where she met her husband, Yong-Geun Kim, and continued to grow their family, until they moved to Seoul in 1957 and then Daejeon.

She immigrated to Canada on Oct 15th, 1972. In Canada, she attended the Toronto Korean Seventh-day Adventist Church, where she was part of a growing Korean community and helped out with various ministries and events. She also worked hard as a line worker in various factories that manufactured things from hair curlers to filling bottles of vehicle fluids. After years of working, she was able to finally buy her first home in Scarborough, ON. She was always known for being a very dedicated and hard worker.

When her husband passed away, she continued to help raise her grandchildren. Bok-Soon truly enjoyed the simple pleasures and was an excellent cook and a cheerful and caring person. Not one to stay idle, she even knitted hats and slippers in her nursing home, helping to raise money, while donating her time and energy so others could stay warm. She is survived by family and children, Hong-Bae Kim, married to Seung-Ja Kim, Yeun-Bae Kim, married to Eunsil Park, Gun- Bae Kim, married to Sung-Hee Kim, Myung-Sook Kim, and Hae-Sook Ying, married to Roy Ying, and other family and friends.

Bok-Soon is also survived by her loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

Hong-Bae Kim and Seung-Ja Kim’s family:
-Jeanne and Louie
-Tammy, Rachel, Taylor
-Sylvia
-Sandra and Martin
-Natalie, Jay, Nathan
-Stephanie, David, Daniel, Joshua

Myung-Sook Kim’s family:
-Lisa, John, Aidan, Brendan, Cullan, Ethan
-Stanley, Grace, Makayla, Christian

Hae-Sook Ying and Roy Ying’s family:
-Jennifer and Edmund
-Elizabeth, Christopher, Sebastian
-Joanna, Michel, Dean, Grant
-Michael, Melanie, Cameron, Alexander

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VIRTUAL visitation and service on Friday, December 4, 2020
Schedule:
• 1pm-2pm – Virtual Visitation [live-streamed]
• 2pm-3pm – Virtual Service (in Korean) by Pastor Yang, Toronto Korean Seventh-day Adventist Church [live-streamed]
• 3pm – Interment at York Cemetery [private]

***We invite all friends and family to join us virtually/online to celebrate the life of Ms. Bok-Soon Kim***

Note that a virtual live stream link to the online event will be added to this memorial website at 12:55pm on Friday, December 4, 2020. We ask that you check back on this website a few minutes before the scheduled visitation and service.