Johng Sik Rhim peacefully passed away on March 5, 2022 in Bethesda, MD. Born July 24, 1930 in Gwangju, South Korea. A distinguished physician, virologist and cancer research scientist who worked with Dr. Albert Sabin on the polio vaccine, had numerous publications and scientific patents during a 45 year career at the National Institutes of Health and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and was a local business owner. Johng was the beloved husband of the late Mary Lytle Rhim; loving father of Jonathan Arch Rhim (Thanh), Christopher Huc Rhim (Lauren), Peter Kennedy Rhim (Jill), Andrew Lytle Rhim (Darshini), Michael Johng Rhim (Laura), and Kathleen Rhim Goodner (Ryan); devoted grandfather of Natalie and Aaron, Brendan and Abigail, Annie and Sarah and Rachel, Anika and Aidan, Nicolas and Claudia, and Emma and Cash. Relatives and friends are invited to call at Joseph Gawler’s Sons, LLC, 5130 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC on Thursday, March 10, 2022 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, with funeral service to follow at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers or other gifts, memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (F-NIH), www.FNIH.org.

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Instead of flowers, we encourage people to donate in his name to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (F-NIH), www.FNIH.org.

Service - Thursday, March 10

Location - Joseph Gawler’s Sons, LLC (5130 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC 20016)

Schedule for Thursday:

9:00am ~ 11:00am – viewing

11:00am ~ 12:00pm – service

12:00pm ~ 2:00pm – light fare/visitation at Gawler’s

5:00pm ~ 8:00pm – visitation at Rhim home (11455 South Glen Road, Potomac, MD 20854)          Note:Parking will likely be a zoo – park on side of 11455 South Glen driveway or on parallel driveway 11401/11405/11409 South Glen

For those unable to attend, here are links to Dad’s obituary and the livestream link to the funeral (hold down the button and click the link):

Obituary: Dr. Johng Rhim Obituary

Livestream link: Dr. Johng Rhim Funeral - Livestream

Obituary:

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/washington-dc/johng-rhim-10616642

Livestream link:

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