Mrs. Tou Lee Chan's Obituary
Tou Lee (Mrs. Chan)Our beloved mother Tou Lee (李窕), was born in 1928, on the 23rd day of the 5th month at Wu’an village (梧垵), Quanzhou city (泉州), Fujian province (福建), China. She passed away peacefully on January 13th, 2014 in San Jose, California at the age of 85. She is survived by seven children, four daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, fifteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.Daughter Alice (雙治), Son-in-law Peter (彭榮光), Son Julian (長德), Daughter-in-law Maria (何葛蘭), Son Terry (長平), Daughter-in-law Mandy (鄭洪蘭), Daughter Diana (雙珍), Son-in-law Eric (黎家龍), Daughter Sonia (雙珠), Son Tom (長仁), Daughter-in-law Doris (李美玉), Son Hampton (長涵), Daughter-in-law Shirley (陳蕙芳),Grandson Peter (陳培良), Granddaughter-in-law Judy (關淑婷), Grandson Michael (陳培偉), Granddaughter-in-law Renee (盧蘊麗), Granddaughter Wendy (彭韻翹), Grandson-in-law Kenny (張俊聰), Granddaughter Angela (黎曉庭), Granddaughter Lily (陳莉莉), Grandson David (黎曉銘), Granddaughter Jennifer (許倩婷), Grandson Jonathan (許澤誠), Grandson Justin (許澤豐), Granddaughter Lauren (陳朗), Granddaughter Kelsey (陳嘉蕓), Grandson Andrew (陳培傑), Granddaughter Vivian (陳瑋), Grandson Matthew (陳培豪), Grandson Edward (陳培駿),Great-granddaughter Hannah (陳欣怡), Great-grandson Edison (陳德鳴), Great-granddaughter Penelope (張慧琪).Our mother married our father, Mr. Bun Nam Chan (陳濱南), in 1946 in Shichun village (仕春), Quanzhou city (泉州), Fujian province (福建), China and later moved to Hong Kong in 1952 with her first child. She lived in North Point and Causeway Bay in Hong Kong for the next 28 years. During that period, she learned to speak Cantonese and successfully raised six more children and one granddaughter. She then immigrated to the United States in 1980 and was a long-time resident of San Jose. Our mother was a hard-working person who dedicated her whole life to supporting her husband, raising seven children, and assisted in raising most of the grandchildren. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and Buddhist. She always kept in her heart the essence of the teaching of Buddha.Our mother is truly the foundation that holds our big family together over the years. She is an ordinary person with an extraordinary spirit and memories of her will be eternally treasured by all of us.A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, at the Skylawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park, San Mateo, immediately followed by the burial of the casket in the Eternity Garden. Friends and relatives are invited to share a dinner and her memories at East Lake Seafood Restaurant in San Jose at 7:00 p.m.Flower arrangements or memorial gift can be made through the Skylawn Memorial website at: http://skylawn1.reachlocal.net/store/
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