Jihong Deng

邓继红于1966年2月16日出生在北京市门头沟，出生仅两个月就被其亲生父母卖给邓宝莲、边桂荣夫妇。虽无亲生父母的陪伴，但其养父母视继红如珍宝，以慈爱悉心抚育。这份跨越血缘的亲情，自小滋养她心怀感恩、向善向美，以真心回馈至亲。

求学之途，继红勤奋刻苦，热爱学习。少年时期就读于北京第七中学，中学毕业后进入外贸中专学校，而后因怀揣对语言与教育的热忱，考入北京外国语师范学院，潜心研习英语教育专业。1989年，继红正式参加工作，先后在北京工业大学、北京理工大学从事英语专业教学工作。执教期间，她授课耐心细致，她不仅在讲台上教授英语知识，更用心关怀学生的成长困惑与生活点滴。课上她严谨治学，课下他待每一位学生亲善如友。每一次逢年过节，她总会邀请回不了假的学生们来家里一同庆祝。工作中她尊敬领导、团结同事，谦和宽厚、踏实勤恳，凭借出众的教学水平与高尚师德，多次荣获优秀教师、学生最喜爱的老师等荣誉称号。2001年，获评英语副教授职称。数十年如一日坚守讲台，直至2016年五十岁时为照顾父母迎来提前退休。

1990年，她与高中同学王强结为连理，二人相知相伴、相濡以沫，携手经营温馨和睦的小家庭；1993年，夫妻二人喜迎爱女王雨婷，为人母的她，将全部温柔与慈爱倾注于女儿身上，悉心抚育、言传身教，用正直善良的品格为孩子树立人生榜样。

经同事张亚平介绍，在1999年继红在主里重获新生。信主后，她昔日脾性大为改观，待人处事更加宽厚平和，因此家庭关系更加和睦融洽。在主爱的感召下，她开始热心向身边人传递爱与温暖，用真心与付出诠释信仰所赋予的真爱。继红热爱做饭，尤其在做面食上颇有恩赐。她曾在主日学里为孩子们做饭，很多孩子因喜欢她做的饭而经常来家里找她玩。

2016年退休之后，邓继红主动承担起照顾养父母的重担，日夜相伴、悉心照料，饮食起居、病痛护理皆事无巨细亲力亲为，以极致的耐心、细心与孝心，陪伴二老安度晚年。

对待家庭，继红倾尽心力、尽责至善，既用心呵护核心小家，也以孝心善待双方长辈。对待亲友，她始终秉持宽厚待人、乐于付出的本心，一生坚守“施比受更有福”的信念，待人处事向来以诚相待，从不亏欠他人分毫，无论是家庭琐事、亲友难处，还是教会与邻里的需求，她都尽己所能实践着努力“爱神爱人”的诺言。

2025年10月，继红来到美国帮助即将生产的女儿坐月子。在美国的两个半月里，陪伴女儿生了孩子，也帮助女儿照顾小外孙皓恩。2026年1月19号，继红突发脑梗（闭锁综合征）。不到24个小时，便四肢无法动弹，吞咽困难，无法说话。因对死亡无惧，也不愿意插管，继红勇敢的选择了放弃治疗。她在清醒时告诉我们“我快乐，谢谢你们，我跟主走！”

Deng Jihong was born on February 16, 1966, in Mentougou District, Beijing. When she was only two months old, she was adopted by Mr. Deng Baolian and Ms. Bian Guirong. Although she grew up without the company of her biological parents, her adoptive parents cherished her as their most precious treasure and raised her with loving care and devotion. This affection that transcended blood ties nurtured in her a heart of gratitude, kindness, and a pursuit of beauty from an early age, and she repaid her dearest family with all her sincerity throughout her life.

In her school years, Jihong was diligent and passionate about learning. As a teenager, she attended Beijing No.7 Middle School. After graduating from middle school, she enrolled in a technical secondary school specializing in foreign trade. Driven by her enthusiasm for language and education, she was later admitted to Beijing Foreign Studies Normal University, where she devoted herself to the study of English Education.

Jihong officially began her career in 1989, and taught English successively at Beijing University of Technology and Beijing Institute of Technology. Throughout her teaching career, she conducted her classes with patience and meticulousness. She not only imparted professional English knowledge at the podium, but also cared earnestly for her students’ struggles in growth and the little things in their daily lives. She maintained rigorous academic standards in class, and treated every student as a dear friend after class. On every festival and holiday, she would always invite students who could not return home to celebrate together at her place. At work, she respected her leaders, united with her colleagues, and conducted herself with modesty, generosity, steadfastness, and diligence. For her outstanding teaching competence and noble professional ethics, she received numerous honors, including "Excellent Teacher" and "Most Beloved Teacher by Students". In 2001, she was conferred the academic title of Associate Professor of English. She remained devoted to the teaching podium for decades, and took early retirement at the age of 50 in 2016 to care for her parents.

In 1990, she married Wang Qiang, her high school classmate. The couple understood, accompanied, and supported each other through all joys and hardships, building a warm and harmonious family together. In 1993, they welcomed their beloved daughter Wang Yuting. As a mother, she poured all her tenderness and love into raising her daughter, nurturing her with great care, teaching her by words and deeds, and setting a lifelong example for the child with her integrity and kindness.

Introduced by her colleague Zhang Yaping, Jihong was born again in the Lord in 1999. After embracing her faith, her temperament changed greatly; she became more generous and gentle in dealing with others, which in turn brought greater harmony and closeness to her family. Inspired by the love of the Lord, she enthusiastically shared love and warmth with those around her, interpreting the true love bestowed by her faith through sincerity and selfless dedication. Jihong loved cooking, and was especially gifted in making pasta and wheat-based foods. She once prepared meals for children in Sunday school, and many of them often visited her home to spend time with her because they loved the food she made.

After her retirement in 2016, Deng Jihong voluntarily took on the heavy responsibility of caring for her adoptive parents. She stayed by their side day and night, attending to them with meticulous care. She personally handled every detail of their daily lives, meals, and medical care, accompanying the two elders through their remaining years with extraordinary patience, attentiveness, and filial piety.

To her family, Jihong gave her whole heart and fulfilled all her duties to the best of her ability. She lovingly cared for her immediate family, and treated the elders of both sides with sincere filial devotion. To relatives and friends, she always upheld a spirit of generosity and willingness to give, living by the belief that "it is more blessed to give than to receive" throughout her life. She treated everyone with honesty and integrity, never taking advantage of others. Whether it was family matters, the hardships of relatives and friends, or the needs of the church and neighbors, she did all she could to live out the promise to "love God and love people".

In October 2025, Jihong traveled to the United States to help her daughter, who was about to give birth, through her postpartum confinement. During the two and a half months she spent in the U.S., she was with her daughter for the birth of the baby, and helped care for her little grandson Hao En. On January 19, 2026, Jihong suffered a sudden cerebral infarction (locked-in syndrome). In less than 24 hours, she lost all movement in her limbs, developed difficulty swallowing, and was unable to speak. Fearless of death and unwilling to receive intubation, Jihong bravely chose to forgo further medical treatment. While she was still conscious, she told us: "I am happy. Thank you all. I am going with the Lord!"

The funeral service will be on this Saturday 2/7/2026 at Living Water Evangelical Church at 2-3 pm. The church address is 1256 Wehrli Rd, Naperville, IL 60565.