Suk Hyun Sones

Suk Hyun Sones November 20, 1930 – December 27, 2021 Longtime Pacific Grove, California Resident Recent transplant to Newport, Rhode Island Suk passed away peacefully in hospice care in Middletown, Rhode Island after a debilitating stroke in July. She was 91. Born in Pusan, Korea, Suk grew up under war-occupation and learned fluent Japanese and its history. She graduated high school and met the love of her life, Glyndol Ray Sones (US Army, Retired) and married in 1954. They remained married for sixty-two years until his death in 2016. She always kept busy raising four children on an enlisted man’s salary. She has lived in several locations in Pacific Grove: the 17 Mile Drive trailer park, then their first home in Del Monte Park on David Ave. and finally on Bayview Ave. She was a bundle of energy always busy as a working mom. Her first job in the 1950’s was at the NAFI garment factory on Cannery Row. She later became a server at the Asilomar Conference Grounds dinning room. That led to opening a family restaurant: The Korean Sunset Restaurant on Sunset Drive which she ran proudly for 17 years. After selling the restaurant, at the age of 60, Suk started a new career working in the deli department at the Safeway Stores in Pacific Grove and in Monterey. Suk devoted herself to her family and in raising her four children: Dr. Amerian Sones (University of the Pacific, Tufts Dental School, UCLA Dental School); Dennis Sones (Claremont McKenna College, Stanford Business School executive program); B. Lynn Sones (Claremont McKenna College, UC Berkeley Haas Graduate School of Business); Dr. Bryndol Sones (US Military Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Her four children survive her as well as nine grandchildren: Whitney Giokaris, Julia Wolinsky, Zachary Wolinsky, Kendall Gavaret, Emily Sones, Andrew Wolinsky, Stuart Sones, Lily Sones, Georgia Sones and one great granddaughter, Layla Giokaris. She assisted two brothers to immigrate to the USA from Korea in 1974, the In Pil Ahn and Ho Pil Ahn families who have become successful members in their communities. A large legacy here can trace their path to Suk Hyun.