Boua Khue Yang

September 5, 1921

December 30, 2005

Boua Khue Yang, 84, of 78 Reagan Drive , Ephrata, Lancaster County , died Friday, December 30, 2005, in the Essa Flory Hospice Center .    Born September 5, 1921, in Xieng Khouang, Laos , he was a son of the late Cher Ge Yang and Plia Moua.   A member of the Hmong Alliance Church , Leola, he was the first in his village in Laos to accept Christianity.  Boua was a farmer in Laos and made shoes after immigrating to the United States .  He fought with the US – Laos Coalition Army in the Vietnam War.  Surviving is his wife, Throu Vang; 6 sons, Youa Nhia Yang, Chapin, SC; Tong Yang, Ellerbe, NC; Kou Yang, Fairview, MO; Kou Yang, Ephrata, PA; Mong Yang, Ephrata, PA; and Chue Yang, Ephrata, PA; 6 daughters, Mee Moua, St. Paul, MN; Ker Vang, St. Paul, MN; Mai Chue Yang, Wausau, WI; Kia Lo, Wausau, WI; May Lee, Denver, PA; Chia Yang, NY, NY; many grandchildren & great-grandchildren; and a brother, Ga Neng Yang, Laos.