Feng-Hsien "Grandma Rose" Chang

Feng-Hsien “Grandma Rose” Chang died June 12, 2011 in Seattle, Washington at the age of 88, according to the Chinese Calendar. She was born July 5, 1924 in Shanghai to Lu-Tseng Liang and Wen-Ying Tang.

She grew up and studied in Shanghai receiving her Registered Nursing Degree at twenty two years of age. She began her nursing career at several different hospitals in Shanghai.

On June 3, 1949 she married Hau Chuen Chang in Taipei, Taiwan. To their marriage 3 children were born; Joanna (Luther) Tai, Alicia (Joe) Tseng and David (Mei Hwa) Chang and 6 grandchildren.

In 1957 she began working at the Taiwan Power Company as a registered nurse retiring at age 60, she and her husband then resided in Tainan.

She then started her second career as a special nurse in several hospitals and helped many patients. After her husband passed away, she moved to Seattle in 1995. She attended Central Community College and studied English. In a very short time she was able to live very independently of her children.

In the last ten years she volunteered every day for The Grand Parent Program at B.F. Day Elementary of the Seattle School District in the reading classes for the first to the fifth grade. She received numerous certificates of appreciation from the school district for her dedication and volunteer help.

At the age of 82 she was interviewed by The North Seattle Herald-Outlook for volunteer work and doing so much for the children. She was affectionately known as “Grandma Rose” by the students and staff at B.F. Day elementary. Because of her bilingual skills she helped many children to improve their reading scores.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and one sister.

All her life she worked very hard and always helped others around her.