Wai Chun Chan's Obituary
Wai Chun Chan was peacefully taken home to be with the Lord on May 8, 2024, at age 96, in Fremont, California.
She was born on November 13, 1927 in Zhongshan, China, into a family of eleven children; she was the 11th and was known as “Auntie One”. She married widower Chak Lam Cheng in 1956 but he passed away in 1958. Wai Chun moved to Macau soon after her marriage and gave birth Anthony in there. She moved to Hong Kong in the 1960s, to Costa Rica in 1980, and then to the United States in 1982.
Wai Chun was a hard worker and was not afraid of difficulties. She worked in different types of jobs. In Macau, she knitted sweaters; in Hong Kong, she worked in a wig factory, and she was a metal stamper and a building cleaner. In the United States, she worked as a live-in worker and also worked in a restaurant. She was busy at work but never neglected caring for home.
Wai Chun enjoyed cooking. At home, there were fresh soup or dishes every day. Anthony likes her dried cabbage soup the best, and her steamed fish was delicious. She knew how to prepare a variety of snacks like Zhongshan style steam dumplings, radish cakes, taro cakes, sesame balls, steam rice rolls, etc. Occasionally, she would try new recipes, and she would continually seek advice until she succeeded. Wai Chun knew her recipes by heart, and she would recite them at home and to friends.
She was optimistic and usually smiled. When things didn’t go well, she would face them positively. Wai Chun enjoyed socializing with family and friends as well as neighbors and friends from church.
When she moved to Fremont in 1994, she retired and started to attend church events learning about the Christian faith. In 1996, when movie star Roy Chiao shared his faith at church, Wai Chun was touched, and she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and received water baptism in the same year. Wai Chun continued to grow in faith and regularly prayed for her family and others. She also learned to entrust her life challenges to her Heavenly Father.
Wai Chun was disciplined in her physical exercises and had been in good health. In her spare time, she would listen to the radio and watch TV. In 2018, she joined On-Lok senior center where she participated in their activities and received careful care from their staff.
A few days before Mother’s Day, her son and daughter-in-law decided to have an advanced celebration. She was happy and enjoyed dinner at the restaurant. In the early morning of the next day, on May 8, 2024, Wai Chun got up and had breakfast as usual. In the middle of her breakfast, after finishing her oatmeal, she dropped her spoon, closed her eyes, and passed away peacefully. Wai Chun did not suffer from any serious illness. God really cared for her.
2024年5月8日，在加州菲利蒙市，陳惠珍女士安祥地被接回天家，享年96歲。
陳惠珍是在1927年11月13日出生於中國廣東省，中山石歧市。家裡有11個兄弟姊妹，她排行第11，有親友稱呼她為「一姑姐」。她於1956年在中山與鄭澤霖先生結婚，成為繼室( 或稱填房 )，結婚後不久就移居澳門並在那裡生下了兒子。丈夫於1958年因病去世。陳惠珍在60年代移居香港，在1980年去了哥斯達尼加，最後，在1982到美國定居。
陳惠珍勤勞克苦，任努任怨。她曾在不同的行業工作；在澳門時織冷衫，在香港曾經在假髮廠和五金廠工作，又當過大廈清潔工人。來到美國的時候，做過住家工，也在餐館裡工作。她忙碌工作，但沒有忽略照顧家庭。
她喜歡煮食。在家裡，每天總有一兩味新鮮的湯餸，兒子最喜歡她煲的白菜干湯和她蒸的魚，這些都好好味。她也懂得做好多小食；粉果，蘿蔔糕，芋頭糕，煎堆，豬腸粉，等等。間中她會嘗試新的食譜，如果遇到自己不明白的地方，她會請教別人，反覆嘗試，直至成功為止。而且所有的食譜都記在心中，時常背給我們聽。
陳惠珍為人樂觀，時常都笑面迎人。生活遇到不如意的事情，她會積極面對。除了親友，她樂於與鄰居，教會的朋友交往。
在1994 陳惠珍搬入Fremont，她就退休和開始返教會，接觸基督教信仰。在1996，電影明星喬宏在教會主持佈道會時，她決志信主，並在同一年接受水禮。信主後，她的屬靈生命不斷成長，在家裡時常為家人和別人代禱，也把自己在生活中所遇到的大小問題交托給天父。
陳惠珍平時好勤力做運動，身體健康。閒時她喜歡聽收音機，看電視。在2018年，她參加了安樂中心，在中心裡參與各類不同的活動，也得到中心裡各員工悉心的照顧。
母親節前幾日，兒子和媳婦提早與她慶祝，她很開心的在餐館吃晚飯。下一天，2024年5月8日早上，她照常起床食早餐，食到一半的時候，放下匙羹，閉了眼睛，安然離世。陳惠珍死前沒有受病痛的煎熬，這是神對她的眷顧。
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