Mr. Gang Sun of Hoffman Estates

August 19, 1953 - April 22, 2022

Gang Sun, 68, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Gang Sun, a loving husband, father, and friend to many passed away on April 22, 2022; his heart full of gratitude for all those who accompanied him throughout his sixty-eight year journey. Gang was born in Beijing, China on August 19, 1953 to the esteemed Dr. Heling Sun and Tieling Wu. He was raised in the historical hutongs of Beijing’s Dongcheng district. In the 1960s and 70s, during a period of tumultuous social and political change, millions of young Chinese were sent to the countryside to "undergo re-education” as part of the Cultural Revolution. Gang was first sent to Heilongjiang to be a farmer and then to Gansu to be a factory worker. A lifelong learner, Gang was a member of the “Class of ‘77”, the first group of Chinese students to attend college following the reinstatement of China’s college entrance exam after a decade-long suspension. Out of 5.7 million students who sat for the exam, he was one of 273,000 to secure a spot. He enrolled in Northeastern University in Shengyang where he studied automation engineering and met his classmate and future wife, Lihua Zhao. Upon graduation, Gang returned to Beijing and began his career in China’s automation industry. There, in 1984, Lihua gave birth to their beloved daughter, Peijing Sun. Aspiring for a better life, Gang and Lihua emigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1990 where he earned a master’s degree in telecommunications at DePaul University on a full scholarship for which he was deeply grateful. He spent the next 30 years working as a network engineer across a number of Chicagoland companies including Motorola, Cisco, IBM, and TD Bank until his retirement in 2018. Throughout his career, he was known for his professionalism, dependability, and conscientiousness. During his retirement, Gang pursued his many interests and hobbies including traveling, writing, reading, and socializing with friends. As a life-long collector and lover of antiques, Gang especially appreciated Chinese embroidery and calligraphy and often went off the beaten path to visit collections and galleries across the world. Gang will be remembered by his friends and loved ones for his generosity, willingness to help others, open-mindedness, and always being receptive to different people and experiences. Family and friends are invited on Sunday, May 1, 2022 anytime between 2:00 PM till 3:30 P.M. to commemorate his colorful life at Morizzo Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2550 West Hassell Road, (Northeast corner of Barrington Road), Hoffman Estates, IL. 60169. The family has created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories, photos, and videos. For further information please contact the Morizzo Funeral Directors at 847.752.6444. Arrangements entrusted to Morizzo Funeral Home and Cremation Services, at 2550 West Hassell Road, (Northeast corner at Barrington Road), Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169, please call 847.752.6444 with any questions. For those of you that would have attended services and would like to express your condolences to the family, please click on the link above and you can leave the family a message, with the share a memory link. If you wish to send a Sympathy Card to the Family, please feel free to send it to Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60169 c/o The Family. We will gladly forward it on.