Victor Lim Obituary

My name is Aaron Lim and I'm Tommy Lim's son. I attended UC Davis from '02-'06. While I was there if I ever had any issues with my eyes, my dad had me see Vic. Luckily this was only two or three times during my time there, but from the moment I met Vic he made me feel like family. He told me to call him "Uncle Vic" and offered to help in any way he could. I really appreciated how kind and caring he was. My dad recently told me that Uncle Vic was in the Pi Alpha Phi fraternity at Cal. I wish I had known back when I was in Davis, because I was a member of the UC Davis chapter. It would have been cool to talk stories together. Thank you for everything Uncle Vic!

Sending love to the Lim family.

I´m sad to hear of Vic´s passing last month. Vic graduated from UCBSO in 1970 and I graduated in 1975 so our paths did not cross while in school. However, I got to know and respect him with his work in the California Optometric Association and Cal alumni events. We shared many interests, especially being active in the community with the chamber and service clubs. He is a man to be remembered as kind, smiling, gentle, but effective in getting things done! Vic is the epitome of having a life well live.

I first met Vic at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. After graduation we crossed paths again as optometrist, he in Davis and I practiced in Sacramento.
Vic was politically active and we traveled to Washington DC together to lobby our congressional delegation on several occasions. Vic was an avid hunter and he frequently asked me to sell my Winchester 20 gauge shot gun to him. The last time I saw Vic was at an Asian Community fund raiser in Elk Grove and we exchanged phone numbers so we could have lunch. I am sorry we never did.
Vic was always friendly and personable and I will miss him. Ernie Takahashi

My good friend and optometric colleague Vic Lim was bigger than life. Don´t think there was a more passionate optometrist than Vic. We served optometry in the political arena, attending major events in Sacramento and Washington DC. Vic and I roomed together a couple of time in DC. This guy had so many stories to tell. When we were in DC he took us to a well known restaurant that specialized in crab. There we were, all five of us, wearing our white bibs and a table lined with butcher paper. I always enjoyed visiting legislators, with Vic by my side, because he always knew WHAT TO SAY to the legislators. He was our point man. The last time I saw Vic was at the Asian Film Festival in San Francisco some years ago, at the opening night, of course. I was surprised to see Vic but I shouldn´t have been, this guy was everywhere.

I will miss my good friend and his bigger than life smile.
God bless Brother.

He was a great friend and will be deeply missed.

With my late wife Nancy, I´ve lived 41 years next door to the Lims. First, Vic´s parents Alan and Lily, and then for the last 20+ years to Vic who moved back from Davis.
I hadn´t known Vic well in his Davis years but after returning to El Cerrito, Nancy, Vic and I became good friends. Sitting around talking in the living room or over the fence, dinner at local restaurants. As all who know Vic I can see him even now as the most congenial and helpful person. It is extremely fortunate when one has as a neighbor someone like Vic (and Alan and Lily before him). We had to do projects together; confer on politics and elections; talk about old age and where to go and what to do; give references on medical providers, handymen, gardeners, restaurants and the sort of daily back and forth that may be expected but is often not achieved between neighbors-who then become friends. Just the day before Vic died we had a long conversation about his plan to move to an independent/assisted living situation and he insisted, and was absolutely certain that he would prevail, that I should move at the same time with him.
Vic was enormously enjoying his senior years with Suzanne and I feel greatly for her and for the sons of whom he was so enormously proud, Matt and Brett.

Vic & I were in the same fraternity at Berkeley and roommates at UCLA. It was during this time that he showed me how to work on cars, fish and even hunt. He was enthusiastic and fun to be around.
He shall be missed by both of us.

We met gentle Vic through Suzanne. He would drive Suzanne to performance events and had to patiently endure hours of Chinese singing, dancing, and Cantonese opera even tho he did not speak Chinese. We also met with him on events such as the Chinese American historical event in Marysville. We had dinner at a nearby casino, where he loved to eat limitless food of "questionable nutritional value". We will surely miss him.

I've met him only a few times, but it's easy to tell Vic was a calm, considerate, and warm hearted person.

Victor was one of the warmest fellow students I knew and I had a short but deep talk with him at our 50th reunion. Alan Taylor

Vic was cool. He always had a kind word and took time to insure that we had a great time and new the best places to eat and hang out. He would cruise me my mom and all our friends around in his Chevelle. I had the best times hanging out in parking lots checking out cars and the whole scene at 1 in the morning. Genuine great human always has everyone happiness as his main concern. I will always remember all the good times we had.