Chao Vang, 84 of Dalena Drive, Claremont died Tuesday, February 23, 2010. She was born June 15, 1925 in Laos, she was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Chou Chao Vang. Five daughters, two sons and many grand-children and great grand-children survive her. Hmong funeral services will begin Friday, March 5, Saturday, March 6th and end on Sunday, March 7th, 2010, at Startown Gathering Center at Jenkins Funeral Home on Startown Road. Burial will follow at Burke Memorial Park in Morganton. Condolence messages may be sent to www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Vang family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Newton.