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Just posted a picture of your WWII platoon buddies surrounding you. 

Stationed as a radio communications operator in Europe WWII (Tiger Sergeant with his platoon buddies.) Because he was shortest, 5'4", but possessed a can-do feisty spirit, his platoon nick-named him "Tiger."

He seldom talked about his time under the skies of Normandy but did mention his humorous experience on guard duty one night on a lonely and quiet French countryside and his solemn experience of walking through 
http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/ 
after the war ended. He saw the results of hatred toward the Jews. I miss his company but I still have wonderful memories that make my heart full. 

This Veterans Day this Friday will be extra special as I review your WWII photos and know that you were popular with your platoon friends. Playing and fighting side by side. Wow.

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Dear Gung-gung,

Thank you for coming to your great granddaughter’s party on Saturday. I’m sorry we didn’t have a chance to really talk but just your being there meant so much to me. I know that this letter is being sent too late and was surprised to hear you left us to be with Pau-pau a few days later while you were enjoying a final cruise with Mei-mei. I wish I could have told you about all the things I loved about you while you were here. How you were always off on some adventure or wanted to reminisce about your days in the army and working as a radio operator in World War II. That you were there on D-day and how you inspired me to visit those places that you had to invade and imagine the horrors that you faced as a young man.

It always seemed that any country I visited you had already visited yourself. You loved your senior center and even let me tag along and dance with all your senior friends. Your love of hanging out with your friends and playing mah-jong, learning new dance moves, and going out to eat was always so much fun for you. It made me happy to see you so happy.

In the past few years you got quieter and more reserved but no matter how you started changing anytime I called you, you would still ask me to come visit and go out to eat. Though I know you pretended to listen to all my updates I could tell it was getting harder to hear and comprehend what I was saying. Your generous heart and love to spend time with others has always meant so much to me.

As I say, “goodbye,” to you here in this lifetime I know that you are with your siblings and Pau-pau probably already starting another round of mah-jong and having that big bowl of ice cream that you always had readily available.

We love you Gung-gung and look forward to seeing you again someday when we meet at the feet of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Love,
Jackie

Hello BBO,

It was good to see many of you at Uncle Ellis' Celebration of Life Event on Friday, 5//6/16. I hope you had a nice visit with each other and shared fond memories of Uncle Ellis.

I am forwarding the text for Uncle Ellis' biography to you all. On behalf of the Lowe family, I read this tribute to Uncle Ellis at the restaurant at around 12:30 PM during our dim sum luncheon. It was written with the help of the Lowe family members.

Ellis Lowe was born on Friday, October 21, 1923 at his family home, on the 2nd floor of the United Meat Market building at 9th and Broadway in Oakland Chinatown. Ellis’ father was a co-manager at the meat market. The meat market employees and their families all lived in a shared residence arrangement on the 2nd floor above the meat market.

Ellis’ Chinese name is Poon Bak Shun. He was the 7th child of Poon Sic Joe (also known as Joe Low) and Quan Chui Kam. He had two older half-sisters, #1 Bunny and #3 Pearl; two older brothers, #4 Albert and #5 Paul; two younger sisters #9 Ruby and #15 Dolly, and one younger half-sister, #11 Pauline. In 1929, Poon Sic Joe sent his wife and children back to China due to his fear that the Meat Market business would not survive the Great Depression.

Quan Chui Kam and her children promptly left Oakland and moved to Kowloon, Hong Kong to live with relatives. The children were enrolled in Pui Jing Elementary School. During the summer, Quan Chui Kam and her children would travel to the Poon family ancestral delta village of Wan Gay where they stayed with relatives. During this time, the children were able to enjoy activities that they could not experience in Oakland Chinatown. Ellis and Paul would recall fond memories of learning how to swim and fish in the delta area with their siblings and cousins.

To Poon Sic Joe’s surprise, United Meat Market thrived during the Great Depression. When larger businesses failed in Oakland, United Market’s business opportunities continued to grow. United Market became a reliable meat supplier to several fraternity houses at UC Berkeley, as well as the general population in the residential areas outside of Oakland Chinatown. Overwhelmed with sudden business growth, Poon Sic Joe asked his teenage sons to return to the United States to help at the meat market.

Oldest son Albert, age 14, was the first to return to Oakland in 1934. At age 15, Ellis, along with his older brother Paul, age 16, would follow Albert’s lead and returned to Oakland in 1938. Albert, Paul, and Ellis continued their education at Lincoln School in Oakland Chinatown. As required by their father, the young men also worked as butchers or truck drivers at the meat market after school and on the weekends. During this time, Ellis, Paul and several sons of United Meat Market employees, namely Wayne Hall and Wah Low, formed a basketball team and played basketball in the Chinatown Playground leagues. Their team was named Butcher Boys Organization or BBO, and it provided an important recreational and social outlet for these young men during their teen years.

Ellis completed his secondary school education and graduated from Lincoln School in 1942.
Due to escalating U.S. involvement in World War II, Ellis was drafted into the United States Army in 1943 where he served as a radio signal operator in the Company A 302nd Signal Operation Battalion, Twelfth Army Group in France, under the direction of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ellis’ European military tour of duty included England, Heidelberg, Germany and Normandy, France. He became one of the few surviving military personnel who participated in the D-Day invasion on Omaha beach at Normandy. Being shorter in stature than his fellow G.I’s and the only Asian in his battalion, Ellis did not look like a typical American soldier. However, he impressed everyone with some unexpected and bold maneuvers, possibly during combat, which made him invaluable to his battalion. After witnessing one of his feats, a surprised GI said, “Oh you are a REAL TIGER, aren’t you?” Thus, a legend was born!

During his military involvement in World War II, Ellis obtained the rank of Sergeant T/4 and received an honorable discharge from the Army when the war ended in 1945. At this time, Ellis was not ready to go home yet and decided to spend one additional year in Europe to visit famous cities such as Paris and Marseille.

After his vacation, Ellis returned to the meat market in Oakland. By that time, his father Poon Sic Joe had left the Meat Market and moved back to Kowloon Hong Kong to start several small businesses. Ellis and Paul went back to Hong Kong to visit their parents in 1947. During this time, Ellis met his first wife, the young Jane Wan Hall, in Canton, China. After a brief courtship, they became engaged and returned to Kowloon to marry. In 1948, the newlyweds, along with Ellis’ sister Ruby, boarded the U.S. President Cleveland ocean liner and sailed to Oakland, California. Upon arrival in the Bay Area, Ellis and Jane moved to a small house in Berkeley, California to start their family life. In the next decade, Ellis and Jane had four children, daughter Josephine, sons Steven, Franklin, and Dennis.

As a young father and veteran, Ellis got a job at the United States Post Office as a Postal Clerk. Five years later, he became a Special Delivery Mail Messenger and delivered important letters and postal packets to businesses and residences in the Oakland area. During his work career, Ellis’ co-workers also called Ellis by his nickname “Tiger” as they heard about his Army adventures and thought his nickname was deserving. Daughter Josie fondly recalls that her father was known as “a Tiger at work, but a Lamb at home”. After 38 years of dedicated service, Ellis retired from the United States Postal service and became a government retiree.

Shortly after his retirement, Ellis’ wife Jane passed away in 1989. As a widower, Ellis was able to find love again when he met and married Stella Beltramone in 1990. Ellis and Stella were married for 26 years until Ellis’ passing at the age of 92 on April 19, 2016.

During their marriage, Stella was very devoted to Ellis and took good care of him. As a result, Ellis led a healthy lifestyle which included regular walks to the local corner coffee shop. They also enjoyed traveling to popular destinations with groups of senior friends, taking singing classes, leading tai-chi exercises, playing mahjong with his Chinatown BBO buddies and spouses, and playing poker with his sons and BBO buddies. When he got older and could not travel to the East Bay on a regular basis, Ellis and Stella continued to socialize with friends at the Golden Gate Park Senior Center in San Francisco.

Ellis was a devoted husband and family man, a fun, gentle and loving father to his four children: Josie (David), Steven (Pat), Franklin (Doreen) and Dennis (the late Joni). He enjoyed being a grandfather to his 12 grandchildren: Hannah (Abel), Jackie (Jerry), Zachary, Christina (Reuben), Quinton (Ana), Matt, Allison, Lauren (Harry), Brenton (Erica), Timothy (Stacey), Natalie and Aaron. He was a cherished great grandfather to 13 great grandchildren Abigail, Talitha, Josiah, Joanna, Izzy, Alina, Kara, Alexa, Maxwell, Bethany, Aubrey, Jacob, and last but not least, baby boy Eli , who was born just two days ago on 5/4/2016.

Ellis will be greatly missed by his large extended family, many nieces and nephews, BBO friends from Chinatown, and friends at the Golden Gate Park Senior Center. He will be fondly remembered for his dimpled smile, easy going nature, kindness and generosity.

Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:38 PM
Subject: Fw: Celebrating Ellis for Touching Our Hearts
All BBO family and friends,

I am sending this reminder out on behalf of the family of Ellis Lowe, regarding the upcoming Celebration of Life Luncheon on May 6, 2016 for my dear Uncle Ellis. You may have received an Evite invitation from cousin Josie Wong within the last 24 hours. I am sending this out again so that we won't miss anyone on the list.

We miss you Uncle Ellis!!!!

Diana Lum

A CELEBRATION of LIFE for ELLIS LOWE
October 21, 1923 - April 19, 2016

Stella Lowe and Family, of Ellis Lowe is sad to announce the his passing in April 2016.
Ellis' friendship, joy in life, and warm presence will be missed by all.

Stella and Family would like to invite his friends of the Golden Gate Park Senior Center, to a CELEBRATION OF ELLIS' LIFE. Please join us in honoring and sharing memories of Ellis.

When: Friday, May 6, 2016

Time: 11: 00 AM
Where: "CINNAMON TREE"
708 Franklin Street
Oakland California

Dim Sum and Lunch will be provided.

We will always remember Ellis with lots of Love. 
Thank you Ellis.

Uncle Ellis was our favorite uncle and a great friend to our family. Even though we were

not related by blood, we had a bond stronger than friendship.

Uncle Ellis always made us feel like part of his family. He sometimes took us out to eat

or brought food over to our house. Uncle always welcomed our family to his home. We

especially loved playing at his big house off MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. The

adults would always play mah-jong, sometimes lasting until the wee hours of the night.

Our dad was recovering from a hernia operation back in the early 1970’s. Uncle Ellis

thought he could do my dad a favor by taking our family to Santa Cruz Beach

Boardwalk for some fun in the sun. We never had the experience of going to

Disneyland when we were young. But to us, this was probably the next best thing!

One year, Uncle Ellis bought us an artificial Christmas tree. We loved it so much that

when we moved to Castro Valley many years later, we brought it with us. Unfortunately,

somebody forgot to secure the Christmas tree to the pickup truck. We ran over a bump

and out flew the tree onto Highway 580! We could never bring ourselves to mention this

to Uncle.

Even though Uncle Ellis lived in Oakland, he frequently visited our dad in Castro Valley.

Uncle used to call our dad his “god brother”. Since our dad was retired and stayed

home most of the time, he really enjoyed Uncle’s company and friendship.

The last trip our parents took with Uncle Ellis and Auntie Jane was in 1988, when they

travelled to China. It was by far the best trip our parents ever experienced because

they got to spend time with their good friends (and family).

Uncle Ellis was always so generous and caring to our family. We can never repay him

for all the things he did for us. We are so grateful to have had such a great uncle like

him! We will miss him very much!

The John Y. Hall Family

"Thanks to the Lowe family for holding this memorial so that we may celebrate Uncle Ellis’ life. He will be deeply missed by many and by our family in particular, but we know Uncle Ellis is playing MJ with our Dad, Wayne, and other dearly departed Uncles and Aunts.

As far back as our memories go, our families would get together very often, in fact almost every weekend for many rousing rounds of MJ. We spent many evenings at his home watching the traffic signals go from normal to blinking red and then back again.

While we played with Josie, Steven, Franklin and baby Dennis, Uncle Ellis would quietly go out and come in the front door and each time would greet us with the same cheerful and smiling "hi" as if he saw us for the first time that day. He seemed to do this often while we visited and we could never figure out why we kept saying "hi" all over again, we think he just loved to greet people.

Uncle Ellis would also visit our home in the middle of the week. He would be smartly dressed in his postman uniform and would sit at our kitchen drinking coffee and chatting and laughing with our father. We don’t really remember what they talked about, but the lasting impressions we have of Uncle Ellis is what a cheerful, smiling, fun filled person he was.

Uncle Ellis we wish you a sweet passage and winning hands!

Eilene, Jo, Pat and our families"

A privilege and a blessing to be part of the Ellis Lowe family! We have been and continue to be blessed with so much love, kindness, care, grace, and compassion. We love you Yeh Yeh and Maw Maw. We are happy to know you are surrounded with loved ones in heaven.

Much love and hugs

Sgt. Ellis Low 39041589 co 327th? Sig OPN BN serv. Bn postcard from Marseille, France to Mr. Hall 1940: This is the railroad station in Marseille. Well! I have been in a wonderful tour with the American Red Cross. Drove all around town. I have donut and coffee while I was there. By the evening, I reported back to camp.

Addressed to Mr. Hall Shum Chew. 441- 9th Street, Oakland 7, California, dated 1944?

Thank God for this precious meeting of the minds. Copy and paste link into web browser:

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Singing for Gung Gung was like breathing. Unplanned, he was always ready to pick up a tune at the ready. To view, copy and paste link into web browser below:

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I remember Gung-Gung taking me to the park near his B W apartment. He would watch J and me as we played in the "space ship" in the playground.   He would let me wrestle him and "win" when I would try some WWF moves.  Eating 25 cent ice cream cones together...I remember my ice cream fell off the cone and I was so sad...he came to my rescue and got me another cone without saying a word.

I was so proud that he was a postal worker and wore a blue uniform and drove the mail truck.  I always enjoyed going to his apartment and being watched by Pau-Pau and Gung-gung.  J and I would explore the "basement" of the apartment where the coin operated washing machines were, ride the elevator, and played darts on the balcony (isn't that dangerous if an errant dart went flying off and hit some poor passerby beneath?  I don't remember him yelling at us.  We were able to make forts out of the couch cushions and hide underneath the dining table.  I remember sleeping between Gung-Gung and Pau-Pau for naps when I was very young.  

I was spoiled by Gung-gung.  He and Pau-pau would drive to our house with a bounty of food and love and care.  I always felt welcomed and could be myself when I would visit.    

He and Stella Meme continued to be generous to our family.  Current memories is ordering the princess chicken plate lunch specials at the nearby eatery.  Walking down the block with my Mom, Dad, A, T, and J in the stroller to the restaurant.  Spending an Easter Sunday with them at their church. Gung-gung always had such joyful eyes and smile when we would see him.  We will miss Gung-gung very much and look forward to dancing with him when we see him in heaven one day.  

Love, The Chows