Xieng Cheng Yang's Funeral Services

Dear family and friends,

I am reaching out to the community, family, and friends for any donations for our father's funeral services. All donations will be used towards the funeral.

Xieng Cheng Yang of Stevens Point, WI, passed on August 31st, 2021 at 82 years old in St. Michael's Hospital. Xieng Cheng was born September 10th, 1938 to Xieng Kao Yang and Chong Xiong in Na Phong, Laos. He has three older brothers and a younger sister. At the age of 15, Xieng Cheng joined the army. He was a sergeant under General Vang Pao for the USA during the Secret Wars/ Vietnam War. Xieng Cheng became known as Nai Xaim and Sergeant Blong Yang during his time in the military. During his studies, he learned to write and speak in Laotian, French and English. He married Neng Vang in the 1970's and had four children: Mee, La, Nangkeo, and Tou Yia Yang. He also adopted his brother's son named Ua Yang. Unfortunately, two of his children passed during the war.

After the war, Xieng Cheng took his family and immigrated to the USA in 1989. He started his life in America at Long Beach, Ca, and became a USA citizen in 2005. After some years, he moved to Appleton/Stevens Point, WI, and Saint Paul, MN. Eventually, he came back to Stevens Point to live closer to his daughter.

Xieng Cheng was a brave man who fought for freedom and never showed his suffering. He always faced health issues without showing pain and strived to be independent. Xieng Cheng battled many health issues, including bleeding stomach ulcers, biliary duct cancer, congestive heart failure, and multiple vessel diseases. He survived biliary duct cancer in 2019. In the spring of 2021, he was hospitalized and diagnosed with CHF & COPD. He pulled through his emergent condition to spend time with his family. After many hospitalizations, his health condition worsened. Eventually, Xieng Cheng passed away due to severe heart disease at the end of August.

Xieng Cheng was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He was kind and respectful to everyone he met. He enjoyed taking his grandchildren to the park to catch fish or go on hikes. He loved nature and going on adventures to gather wild mushrooms or plants in his free time. He enjoyed dressing up in white dress shirts and traveling to different places in his car.

The Funeral Service for Xieng Cheng will start at 0800 on September 18-20th, 2021, at (Shuda) Plover Funeral Home & Crematory: 2400 Plover Rd, Plover, WI 54467. It will be a two-day, 24-hour service with burial on Monday 9/20/21 at 09:00. Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate the life of a brave veteran, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.