40 分於美國達拉斯壽終正寢 ,子女隨侍在側(台灣時
間中華民國108 年6 月24 日中午1240,農曆5 月22
日午時),距中華民國16 年12 月8 日(農曆11 月
15 日)出生,享年九十二歲。膝下有子女(媳婿)
十人、孫子女(媳婿)七人、曾孫子女三人。
母親陳馮慧珍,籍貫廣州市,出生之日適逢中國共產
黨廣州暴動,廣州市區槍砲聲四起,由此母親隨著世
局動開始她奮鬥、飄泊、成長、茁壯的一生。
先母排行第四,父信誠公(歿)、母江氏諱笑馨
(歿)。母親家族經商,親族曾任廣州商會會長。幼
年喪母,因戰亂而失學,曾短暫從師學習助產,從而
在戰亂中助產無數,其自身由海南島避難台灣途中在
兵艦平遠號上自行為其次子接生,尤為命運之神的巧
妙安排。
1938 年日本侵華佔領廣州,次年母親在外祖父協助
下隻身逃離日軍佔領區到湖南衡陽與二姐慧賢會合,
一同在戰區保育院工作。1944 年外祖父遭日軍迫害
致死,姐妹都無法奔喪。
抗日戰爭勝利後,1947 年1 月1 日與先父興榮公在
二姐慧賢安排下由祖父學鵬公主持在鎮江成婚,次年
長子起憲出生,隨著中國共產黨叛亂局勢逆轉,自
1949 年起隨國軍輾轉經廣西、海南島到台灣,撤退
途中次子起帆出生。
抵達台灣時,已家無恆產、食無隔夜糧,爾後配居台
北金門街電聲一村眷舍,三男起翔、四女薏芬、五男
起行接續出生,當時台灣局勢風雨飄搖經濟衰蔽,尤
以軍眷生活異常艱辛,1973 年父親去世,自此母親
隻身操持家務,茹苦含辛教養子女。
1979 年搬遷至永和自宅,此時子女皆自大學畢業,
分別繼續出國深造、就業、成家後生活始漸趨穩定。
由於子女三人在美國發展,母親不諳英文卻毫不畏懼,
隻身奔波於台美之間,居住過南卡、俄州 、佛州、
加州最後定居德州達拉斯,此期間協助子女的家庭、
事業、學業成長,直至孫子女、曾孫子女相繼出世,
子女們家庭事業穩定,家族開枝散葉之後,終能享受
含飴弄孫之樂。
母親一生遭逢困頓,但始終勇敢面對,毫無一絲懼怕
退縮,勇敢堅毅。她天性樂觀進取、慷慨助人,雖生
於憂患,終能化險為夷、年登耄耋、樂敘天倫、安享
天年,可謂懿德堪欽、福壽全歸。
Mrs. Huey-Jen Ferng Chen passed away in peace at 23:40 on 6/23/2019. She was born on December 8, 1927 (lunar calendar: November 15) as the 4th of 5 children, and she passed away at the age of 92. She is survived by 1 sister, 1 brother, 4 sons and 1 daughter, 5 son and daughters-in-law, 5 grandchildren, 1 grandson-in-law, 1 granddaughter-in-law, and 3 great- grandchildren.
Mrs. Huey-Jen Ferng Chen was born in Guangzhou City during an era of chaos. At the time, the Chinese Communist Party was creating riots in Guangzhou City, and a season of violence and turmoil was beginning to take shape. Her life story - one filled with upheavals, struggles, wandering, growth, and perseverance - starts here.
Her family ran a business and one of her relatives used to serve as the President of the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Unfortunately, her mother passed away when she was very young. Due to the wartime environment, she dropped out of school, and engaged briefly in learning midwifery. This experience allowed her to assist many women in delivering babies in the midst of these very trying times. As destiny would have it, these skills would also later allow her to deliver her second son all by herself while on a warship en route to Taiwan from Hainan island in 1950.
In 1938, Japan invaded China and took over Guangzhou as part of what is now known as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The next year, under the assistance of her father, she independently escaped from an area occupied by the Japanese army and went to Hengyang, Hunan to meet with her second sister, Hui-Hsien. Together, they worked in a warzone nursery and orphanage in a rural area deep in the mountains.
After China won the War of Resistance, she married her late husband, Hsing-Rong Chen, in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province on January 1, 1947, after an introduction by her second sister. The wedding was officiated by her late husband's father. In the next year, she gave birth to her eldest son, Chi-Hsien. At the time, Hsing-Rong Chen was a member of the National Army. Due to the Chinese Communist Party’s rebellion against the national government in 1949, she and her late husband both followed the National Army in retreat from Guangxi and Hainan Island to Taiwan. It was during this time that she gave birth to her second son, Chi-Fan while on the Pingyuan warship on the ocean as mentioned.
As her young family arrived in Taiwan, they had spent every single penny and literally did not know where their next meal would come from. The National Army would eventually arrange for them to reside in Diang Sheng Village 1, a military dependent’s village on Kinmen Street in Taipei. She then gave birth to her third son, Chi-Hsiang, her first daughter, I-Fen, and her youngest son, Chi-Shing. At the time, Taiwan faced a difficult international political situation compounded by a period of poor economic development, and life within a military dependent’s village was particularly difficult. In 1973, her husband passed away. From then on, she raised her family alone and saw to it that all her children received a proper education.
In 1979, her family moved to a private residence in Yonghe. At the time, all of her children had graduated from university and had either traveled abroad for advanced studies or had already started to work. Her family life became increasingly stable, and three of her children emigrated to the U.S. Although she could not speak English, she was not afraid of travelling independently between Taiwan and the U.S. She even lived in several states including South Carolina, Ohio, Florida, and California. Eventually she settled in Grand Prairie, Texas, to help her children raise their families and grow in their careers. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were born one by one, and it was not until this time that she started to enjoy a more settled and peaceful quality of life.
Mrs. Huey-Jen Ferng Chen experienced all kinds of difficulties and challenges in her life, but she always faced them bravely, without any fear. Her courage and perseverance are truly remarkable, as she lived life with a spirit of fierce independence and self sufficiency in the midst of a highly patriarchal society. She was always optimistic and generous in helping people around her. Although born in an era of chaos, she enjoyed the last chapter of her long life filled with happiness and peace, surrounded by the love and company of her multi-generational family.
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