Chee Kon-Chee 21 July 1935 -24 Feb 2014 by cheechoo98
Hello Friends,
My Father, Chee Kon-Chee passed away this year. He actually passed away on Feb 24 of this year 2014. I haven't posted about him or his passing until now - because I didn't know the proper way to announce it here. It has been a really difficult time for me. I posted other things since then - knowing that i would eventually have to share his passing with people on this site. But as i said - it has been extremely hard for me lately. I am actually crying as I write this.
I know many of my friends here have followed my time with my Dad since 2009 - and how I documented his battle with Liver Cancer that year - through the Nintendo DS and the Colors App. I thank everyone for their support - you really don't know how much you carried me through those times.
My Father was a good man - As i child I loved him so much - as a teenager we had disagreements, and as an adult I truly loved and appreciated him for everything he was. You do not know the depths of my love and sorrow at the same time. It sounds ridiculously selfish - but i did do sketches of him when he was in the hospital for the 3 weeks in Feb. If you'd like to see those sketches, you can go to:
http://cheechoo98.tumblr.com/
If you would like to visit the Memorial page for him - where you can read the Eulogy I wrote for him and some pictures of his life, the link is also on the Tumblr site. Thank-you to everyone on this site - My father felt like a Rock Star here. He thanks everyone too
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Comments
27 Jun, 2014, 12:22 am
Wow. I feel like I've gotten to know him through the years of you posting paintings of him up here. It's odd to know there won't be any more, he's been in this gallery for about as long as I've been a member... I'm sorry. I hope you're doing well.
30 Jun, 2014, 8:31 pm
essa é a pior sensação do mundo.. tento evitar imaginar quando for a vez dos meus pais... de qualquer modo força, e a vida segue..
03 Jul, 2014, 4:59 am
@Kasumi, for me as well, hard to belive i wont be able to draw him anymore..
@Klausboss, obrigado pelas palavras amáveis
27 Dec, 2014, 10:44 pm
'My father felt like a Rock Star here'
He always will be for a group of us that have followed his, and your own, shared pictorial story here.
My deepest sympathies for yourself and your family. I have grown to know and love your father in my own tiny little way via this gallery. It was always warming to log in and find a new sketch of him - he had such a wonderful and kind face. Even in all the drawings done on hospital visits, there's a noble look of wise content there. He must have lived a very rewarding and rich life - struggles and bad times combined.
I appreciate your decision to continue sketching him. It must have been hard at times, but the love is there, and the reasoning and visual eulogy is beautiful.
Reaching out and laying a virtual hand on your shoulder,
Tim