IN LOVING MEMORY OF
William
Ing
March 20, 1945 – December 16, 2019
Obituary
William (Will) Min Cheong Ing was born on March 20, 1945 in Honolulu, Hawai'i, the second son of school teachers Lin Ung Ing and William Ing, Sr. After a nine-month struggle with cancer, Will died peacefully at home in Hot Springs, SD on December 16 under the care of Grace of the Pines Hospice.
Will had an idyllic Hawaiian boyhood, spending his school years on the island of
O'ahu and summers on Kaua'i at the old family homestead with his large extended family. It was during this time that Will developed a deep fascination with cameras. He began to hoard copies of LIFE magazine and spent hours at a time poring over the black and white images to ferret out the secrets of telling stories without words.
He discovered he had an affinity for languages and went to the University of Southern California to major in Spanish, spent a summer in Mexico City, then back to the University of Hawai'i at Manoa where he graduated magna cum laude.
Wanderlust overtook Will after his university years and he spent the next year or so exploring the Asian sub-continent (India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Nepal, and Bali), honing his photography skills, and learning new languages. He loved all those wonderful plac
es and people and even trekked from Katmandu to Everest Base Camp. Years later he continued his explorations visiting Oaxaca in southern Mexico and Machu Picchu in Peru.
Returning home to Hawai'i, he found work as a photojournalist for the Sun Times in Honolulu, then the Garden Isle on Kaua'i, and finally the Hawai'i Tribune-Herald in Hilo, Hawai'i from which he retired in 2011. His co-workers remember him as a quiet, gentle, kind man who would do anything to get the perfect shot. One reporter remembers desperately hanging on to him as he dangled over a rail to shoot inside of a volcanic lava tube. Another remembers his being swept into the roiling surf by a wild hurricane-force wave, and pulling him out all bloodied and bruised but Will's only concern was for
his water -logged equipment. He covered volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis as well as the daily hum of human life on the Big Island and was frequently contacted by national and international publications for photos of major events.
Upon retirement Will and his companion of twenty-three years moved from Hilo, Hawai'i to Hot Springs, SD where Will indulged his passion by shooting wildlife, magnificent western vistas, and best of all, the Lakota people and their beautiful culture.
He is survived by long-time companion Eloise Cortez Kaneshiro, his older brother Melvin Ing (Sandra), his niece (Jennifer), numerous cousins and beloved friends and last but not least, his cherished rescue dog Inky.
There will be no funeral services but a Celebration of Life is being planned around the first week of June when the weather is more cooperative.
Deepest thanks to Dr. Avery Sides, Grace of the Pines Hospice, Southern Hills Artists, Battle Mountain Photography Club, and all the incredible friends and neighbors who continue to help in ways too numerous to enumerate.
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