Submitted by: Dan Rich

Yang Ma

June 15, 1929 - Feb. 14, 2003

South Bend Tribune 2/19/2003

Yang Ma, 73, of Highland Drive, South Bend, Ind., passed on at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, after an illness. She was born on June 15, 1929, in Pyong Yang, Korea, and migrated to Seoul, South Korea, during the Korean War to start a new life in freedom. After having established successful textile and real estate businesses in Seoul, she later followed her daughter and moved to the United States where she lived for the past 15 years in Irving, Texas.

Mrs. Ma was preceded in death by her husband, Wan Kim. She is survived by a daughter, Sooka Elliott, and granddaughters, Sasha and Kady Elliott. She also has a son, Chang Won Kim, who currently resides in South Korea.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, in the McGann Funeral Home, 2313 E. Edison Road in South Bend, with Reverend Ho Seup Sim of the Michiana Korean Church officiating.

In lieu of flowers, any memorial contributions may be donated in the name of Mrs. Ma to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.