Mrs. Mei Yiu Chan Tang

She was born in Hoi Ping, Guangdong and moved to Hong Kong to reunite with her family when she was very young. Being one of the oldest daughters in her family, she took up the responsibility of taking care of her younger siblings while receiving education until senior high school. During World War II, she lived in an outlying island in Hong Kong with her family for a while.

After the war, she met our father through a mutual friend. They got married in 1954. After marriage, she raised 3 daughters and 2 sons with our Dad. While staying home to take care of us, she also stayed close with her Chan family. This close family connection provided her children with a happy childhood.

In order to give us a better future, our parents decided to immigrate to Vancouver. Our father's income was limited when we first moved to Vancouver. But we made due because our mother spent carefully and avoided waste. After we had grown up, she still took care of her grand children and our father until he passed away in July 2009. We were fortunate to be able to look after her until the end of her life.

Our mother was content with life and never asked for more so we are able to forge our own paths. Because of her care, many of our relatives would come to visit us and she's never alone in her later years.

We are positively packed by our mother's hard working and frugal nature and her love of family. She will always be missed and remembered.

家母鄧陳美瑤女士生於1932年12月21日，卒於2025年3月29日，享年93歲。她生於廣東開平，年幼時遷回香港與家人團聚。

由於弟妹衆多，家母幼年時已開始照顧他們和接受教育至高中。太平洋戰爭爆發時曾一度隨家人到坪洲避難。大戰後，經朋友介紹認識家父，1954年在香港結婚，婚後育有3女2子，她一直在家操持家務，勤儉持家，與娘家保持緊密關係，令子女們有一個快樂的童年。

由於子女年紀漸長，為了給我們一個良好的教育及成長環境，決定一家於1976年移居溫哥華。初到温哥華時，父親的收入不算多，家庭的經濟頗為拮据，但由於母親的慳儉，我們的生活也算過得去。

當各子女長大後，她一直盡心盡力照顧孫兒女及家父，直至家父於2009年7月去世，她才正式退下來，由我們幾姊弟妹在家照顧她的起居飲食。

家母安於生活，不強求，子女及孫輩各人也活出適合自已的生活。由於她對家人及後輩的關心及照顧，得著他們的愛護，她晚年有很多親戚從不同地方來探望她，令家庭有很大的凝聚力，生活也十分熱鬧。

家母一生勤勞慳儉，愛護家人的性格，對我們5姊弟妹有很正面的影響，我們會永遠懷念她。