In the presence of his wife, Victor Lik To Chen passed away suddenly in his home on the morning of Saturday, August 19th, 2017 at the young age of 62. He was a model son, loving husband, caring father and a proud grandfather. Victor was born in Hong Kong, China, on May 11th, 1955. While working as a bell boy at The Empress Hotel, he met his wife Joyce and soon declared their love in matrimony on November 21st, 1976. With a son on the way, Victor turned his attention to academia and graduated with a certificate from BCIT in Civil and Structural Engineering Technology in 1979, then instructed municipal engineering courses at Camosun College. His career quickly took off, working at the District of Saanich as a draftsman, Engineering Aide for the District of North Saanich, Senior Engineering Technologist for the City of Colwood and finally, Manager of Engineering Construction for the City of Langford. Throughout his career, Victor was instrumental on projects such as Dean Park Estates, Colwood Corners, Bear Mountain Estates and Golf Course, Westhill Development, Valley View Estates, Millstream Connector, Jacklin Road and Costco. A career veteran in all things related to new construction and infrastructure maintenance, he considered Langford a second home for 20 years. He was equally passionate about his hobbies: a veteran marksman in target shooting, an avid golfer, and casual sports fisherman. Victor was a generous soul often supporting Camosun Civil Engineering students obtain cooperative education work terms and serving on the college’s Civil Engineering Advisory Council. He never missed an opportunity to support the annual Golf for Kids charity event. Victor’s legacy, in part, was creating a desirable and vibrant community in the Westshore. He will be deeply missed by staff, mayor, and council and the City of Langford.
Survived by his mother, Min Hsien; siblings, Anna, Francis (Larry), Griffin (Meika); wife, Joyce and children, Andy (Kimmy), Amy (Calvin); his grandchildren, Kaylee, Cameron, Paige and Jordan and many nieces and nephews.
Public memorial service to be held Tuesday, August 29th at 1 pm in the Sequoia Centre at McCall Gardens in Royal Oak.
Donations can be made to the Victor Chen Memorial Scholarship payable to the City of Langford Engineering Department.
Condolences may be offered to the family below.
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20 Responses
Bob and Phyllis Stoddart
August 31,2017
Joyce and family, we are so sorry to hear of Victor’s passing.
We had many great times over the last 30 plus years shooting at the Thanksgiving matches.
He will be missed by all.
Paul Thomas
I just lost Judy after 38yrs a few weeks ago and know how Joyce and her family must be feeling. Victor phoned me to offer his condolences as I do now. R.I.P Victor we love you .
Victor was a dear friend to the Thomas Family, as well as a highly respected colleague of mine for many years.
He will be dearly missed by Paul (Senior) Thomas, Paul (Junior) Thomas, Sarah and David Campden as well as Terra Cox. We wish you all peace during this difficult time and will always remember Victor.
Dear Joyce and family,
My heart ached for you when you told me of your husband’s passing. There are no words to truly comfort you as you must now go on having had Victor torn away so suddenly. As I promised, I am available to help you navigate some of the issues that you are going to confront over the next few months. You are surrounded by love and friendship. As always, Judy
Joyce, Amy and Andy. I am sorry Trudy and I couldn’t attend the memorial ceremony today. We are so very sorry for your loss. Victor was a true gentleman. We had many laughs at the Jade Palace and I especially remember Al, the fortune teller, who predicted that Trudy was pregnant. He knew before we did. It turned out that she really was.
We had a lot of fun at the range. Victor had tremendous shooting skills and loved passing his knowledge on to new shooters.
He will always be missed and never forgotten.
Dear Mrs. Min Hsien Chen, Joyce and family,
Pastor Poon told us that Victor went to the Lord all of a sudden. Our prayers be with you and the family. May the Lord’s peace be with you and the family during this difficult time.
In Christ.
Bill Yu
Even though we haven`t seen each other much over the years I remember Victor from the first time I saw him at the Empress. Although I didn`t realize it then, as I have been thinking to those days, he was a very peaceful and thoughtful man. I am deeply sorry for your loss. Much love, Joe
Joyce and Family, so sorry for your loss. Victor was a good guy .
Mrs. Min Hsien Chen, Joyce and family. We are so sorry to hear of Victor’s passing. Our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.
Our condolences to Joyce and family. Victor was indeed a real gentleman, we will miss his ready laugh and his humour. He taught me a lot about shooting, he was always very generous with his time and knowledge. We will miss him dearly.