Shanneng Zhang

A viewing and funeral service for Shan-neng will be held Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM at Rockland Chinese Alliance Church, 31 Main St., Tappan, NY 10983. Following the viewing and funeral service will be a burial to follow funeral service at Valleau Cemetery, 546 Franklin Turnpike, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.wanamakercarlough.com for the Zhang family.

张善能兄弟1932年10月3日生于浙江, 嘉兴, 新篁镇。父亲是私塾先生，母亲为能干内助。家中有姐姐、哥哥和弟弟。四岁父殇，母亲靠田地收入主持一家人生计。年少时他就读于嘉兴教会学。青年时在杭州求学遇到同年级才女龚惠芬。数年后结为终身伴侣并养育了女儿张列娜和张晶。他四十年执教于母校浙江理工大学。从事纺织工程和日语教学。编写过制丝工程教科书，纺织工程日语词典。出席过中国纺织工程学术交流会。多年任职为外语系主任。是位被学生与同事爱戴的资深教授

1997年退休后，张善能兄弟携妻来美。帮助女儿们的工作与家庭生活。孙儿们的成长带给他们无穷快乐。周游世界的旅历让他们实现了对人文地理探索的愿望。2015年妻子去世时，他感受到了圣灵的存在。同年加入磐石教会并接受洗礼。成为一位爱主的基督徒后，他开放自己的居室，协助牧师，师母带领邻居查经聚会。2019年5月。在居家附近的街口他不幸被汽车撞伤，从此失去了自理能力。但他热爱生活，热爱生命。在智能和体力都受障碍时凭着神的爱和自身坚强又随和的性格把极有挑战的生活过得丰富，生动，快乐。他热爱教会大家庭。弟兄姐妹们亲切地称呼他“张伯伯”。载他去各种聚会场所： 礼拜，查经，节日庆祝，湖边烧烤，踏青探樱。他与妹妹Mercy更有温暖感人的爷孙之情。

8月13日，张善能兄弟因食物哽塞停止了呼吸。归入主怀。享年90周岁。张善能弟兄生前学无止境，慷慨豁达，处处为他人着想，一生助人为乐。他的生命里注满了主的恩典，是主爱的完美见证。

EULOGY for DAD

My father’s name is Shan Neng, meaning kindness and ability in Chinese. It is the perfect epitome of his life. He developed this belief at a young age and strived for this practice to the end.

Dad was kind man. He also put others’ wellbeing ahead of his own. Once, during an internship in a silk textile factory, a malfunctioning boiler was steaming up past its maximum pressure. The giant boiler’s hissing sounded like a time bomb about to explode. The students and workers fled in all directions; He rushed the opposite way, climbed up the boiler and opened the steam valve to release the pressure, just in time to avert disaster as the local newspaper reported.

Dad was a capable man, because he was a life-long learner. During the 40 years of teaching at his Alma Mata, it evolved from a silk textile engineering institute into a multi-disciplinary

Zhejiang Scientific/Technical University. With generations of better educated teaching staff

entering his department. Yet Dad continuously upgraded his knowledge by taking special

learning programs and relentlessly studying new information holding the department head post

until his retirement. He left fond memories among his colleagues and students through the years as a selfless friend and inspiring educator. We have received many sincere condolences from them last week.

Dad’s Can-Do spirit took him everywhere. He took mom venturing off on their own to explore San Francisco after they newly arrived in America for the first time. That day they came back like excited kids: “We went to Fisherman’s Wharf,” dad was waving his arms enthusiastically telling me about all the fun of the day. “We saw sea lions calling: “Aw, aw!”. In his hand was a map covered in notes that I gave him the night before. He had learned with his limited English the complicated public transportation system in no time!

Dad placed nothing higher in value than education. His encouragement of our education began early on, and in many forms. While growing up, he would wake me up before dawn to run the 400-meter track with me so the oxygen charged fresh air would jump start the brain. He taught me to splash cold water on my face refreshing my mind when I got tired studying. One day, when I was 9-years-old, my curiosity for mechanical device had gotten out of hand. I burst into tears, even my sister was afraid for me. Because I disassembled a perfectly working clock. Dad came home, without a single word of anger, gathered all the parts into a handkerchief, and put me onto his bicycle. Off we peddled to the local clocksmith, who showed me how to organize the parts when working with complex machine. Dad turned my tearing crisis into a learning opportunity and put a big smile on my face.

In recent years, when dad lost the ability to care for himself. Yet, every day, he tried to summon up the strength to walk, even if it was stumbling and just inching forward. Watching Jing feeding him also was a bittersweet reminder of the days when he did the same for Jing. Back then, our dad had to chase after Jing under the table, behind chairs, into the corridor. Now it was Jing’s turn to hold the spoon, but he could not run away.

Dad was a devoted husband and loving father. His long life was rich in wonderful moments. Even to tragic events, he faced all of them with rigor and optimism. He fully lived his human experience on this earth.

Lena, the older daughter

给爸爸的悼词, 大女儿列娜

2023 08 26

站在这个礼拜堂看到这么多爸爸熟悉的面孔，我明白了那一年为什么留不住他在旧金山过圣诞。 他坚持要回来参加圣诞的表演，和教友们一起庆祝耶稣的诞辰。

我父亲的名字叫善能。善良，能干，是他人生最恰当的缩影。从年轻开始他就发展这样的品格。一生致力于这个实践，直到最终。

爸爸是个善良的人。总是把别人的利益放在首位。一次在丝厂实习，车间的蒸汽锅炉出了故障。 锅炉内压超高，蒸汽从接口喷出，嗞嗞的声响把车间里的工人和学生吓得本能地逃离现场。当地的报纸这么报道：一个年轻人却向相反的方向冲。他迅速爬上锅炉架，大力拧开紧急阀门，让蒸汽和压力冲出锅炉，避免了一场灾难。 这个年青人叫张善能。

爸爸是个能干的人。因为他一生不断在学习。他教了四十年书的母校从丝绸纺织工学院发展成了综合理工大学。一代又一代受有新教育，有更高学位的年轻教师加入师制队伍。爸爸总是不断进修学习，更新自己的知识。一直主持系里的工作直到退休。爸爸桃李满天下。 上周我们从微信上收到了他学校，以前同事和世界各地学生们的悼函。

爸爸的“我能干”精神让他无畏地走遍天下。 第一次来美国不久，他就带着妈妈去探游旧金山。那天他们回家时就像兴奋的孩子一样，告诉我－天的经历。”我们去渔人码头啦！那里的海狮在噢噢地叫。“ 爸爸激动地挥着双手。 其中一只还捏着我前一天给他的地图。 上面星罗棋布的写满了说明。 爸爸用有限的英语，很快地学会了运行于复杂的公交系统。

爸爸把教育看得最重。对我和妹妹的教育开始的很早，并以各种不同的形式。 我小的时候常常天还没亮，他就会叫醒我，去田径场跑400米，让含氧量高的清晨空气来启动大脑。 有时我会闭着眼睛拉着他的手，半醒半睡的跑头半圈。 爸爸还教我在读书困倦的时用凉水泼脸来清醒自己。 我九岁的一天对机械器具的好奇心过了头。妹妹听到我突然哭了起来，很为我害怕。 原来我拆散了家里好瑞瑞的闹钟，装不回去了。 爸爸回来，把桌上一滩另件用他的大手帕收了起来。带我骑他的自行车就去了钟表店。钟表师傅教了我如何将另件有顺序地排列，并组装回去。 爸爸将我闯的大祸变成了一个学习的机会，给我哭丧着脸换上了快乐的笑容。

近几年爸爸失去了生活自理的能力。谢谢秋华姐对爸爸多年的帮助。 但他每天还是坚持走路。那怕只是缓缓挪步。 爸爸进食变得困难。看妹妹给爸爸喂饭给我又苦又甜的感觉。 想起妹妹小时候爸爸追着她喂饭，追到椅子背后，桌子下，走廊里。 画面里的角色后来倒过来了。这次妹妹举着调羹。不过爸爸没有到处乱跑。

爸爸是一个敬业挚爱的丈夫和父亲。一生充满了动人美好的时光。 也有过困难的挑战。但他都充满活力，以坚刃和乐观的态度来面对。 爸爸活出了一个丰富有意义的人生。

感谢大家来送我爸爸人生最后的一段旅程。

爸爸再见！

魏卓跃，张善能姐姐的女儿，的回忆：

列娜，张晶你俩好！

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