Ms. May Mei-Chu Tsoi

With deep love and sadness, the family of May Mei-Chu Tsoi announces her passing on January 12, 2026 – Vancouver, Canada.

Born in Hong Kong, February 4, 1953 – to a large family of 12; her father was TSOI, Sik Yu (蔡適如) and mother SO, Lai Ngor (蘇麗娥).

She will be forever remembered as a devoted mother, gifted gardener, and a compassionate woman of exceptional strength and grace.

May Mei-Chu overcame early hardship after tragically losing her mother and father in her childhood years. The loss experienced with loneliness and helplessness fueled her determination to fulfill her dream of caring for others through nursing, transforming her pains into purpose.

On behalf of our family, we hold grace and gratitude to Sau Chu Lee (李秀珠) for her mentorship, and Dr. Edward C.H. Leong (梁智鴻) for performing a successful complex surgery that gave her a second chance to live. Both served as key role models with strong moral compasses that contributed to May's purpose driven life; thank you. May was a proud member of Hong Kong's Nursing Association.

She immigrated to Canada in the 1970s and soon married Paul Kin Keung Li. After his passing in 1999, she raised their children, Stella and Eric, with unwavering dedication. Her career of care—spanned from Hong Kong Sanatorium, to overseas, Riverview Hospital, and BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals—reflected her lifelong commitment to kindness, service, and care.

In her later years, dementia (bvFTD) and alzheimer's (PPA) increasingly affected her independence and relationships. Even so, she met each day with gratitude and purpose.

May & Eric were 2023's Alzheimer Society of BC Walk Honorees (alzbc.org/eric). Her life legacy will continue to grow awareness of dementia and caregiving through Eric. We are further honoured that her care story was 2026 Alzheimer Awareness Month featured story.

She showed him that “Dementia needs not to be dark, nor left in the dark, a colorful life is possible..." as witnessed and expressed in May's vibrant artwork.

Our family thanks the Alzheimer's Society of BC, Broadway Lodge and Fair Haven Homes, and every personnel that elevated her quality of life.

May's life values embodied compassion and resilience that will live on through scholarship student recipients of her award at Vancouver Community College (VCC) — The Li Family: May Mei-Chu Tsoi Resilience Award.

Our mother had a remarkable green thumb. As a gifted gardener, May nurtured a gardens that produced abundant harvests that she loved to share; sharing was a way to show care and spark conversation— many of which blossomed into lasting friendships.

May Mei-Chu Tsoi will be deeply missed by her children, family, friends, and the ever-growing community by lives she has touched in the past - present - and future, with her sunshine smile and quiet strength — a woman of resilience.

Thank you for teaching us that we have the power within ourselves to turn loss into growth and pain into purpose.

Dear mother — you have graduated life’s earthly lessons with honour and now advance eternally on to your soul's higher education in heaven.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to any of the charitable organizations. All links can be found below.

May Mei-Chu Tsoi Resilience Award

Alzheimer Society of British Columbia

The Broadway Group

Fair Haven Society

摯愛的媽媽——才華洋溢的園藝家．堅韌不屈的女性

我們懷着萬分不捨與深切的愛，謹此宣告——

李蔡美珠女士, May（May Mei-Chu Tsoi）於 2026 年 1 月 12 日，在加拿大溫哥華安詳辭世。

媽媽於 1953 年 2 月 4 日出生於香港，成長於一個十二口之家的大家庭。她的父親為蔡適如先生，母親為蘇麗娥女士。

媽媽的一生被家人銘記為一位摯愛的母親、才華出眾的園藝家，以及一位充滿慈悲、優雅而堅毅的女性。

媽媽在童年便先後痛失雙親，歷經重大傷痛。那段孤單與無助的歲月，並沒有擊倒她，反而成為媽媽以後堅定人生方向的力量。之後，她立志投身護理工作，照顧他人，把傷痛轉化為使命，讓生命有了更深的意義。

今日， 家人懷着感恩之心，特別鳴謝李秀珠女士對媽媽的悉心栽培與指引；家人亦感謝梁智鴻醫生成功以複雜的手術，給予媽媽第二次生命。二位都是母親人生中的貴人，以高尚的品德與正直的價值觀，深深影響了媽媽一生的方向。媽媽亦以身為香港護士協會會員為榮。

媽媽於七十年代移民加拿大，並與爸爸李健強先生結婚。爸爸於 1999 年離世後，媽媽母兼父職，獨力撫養一雙子女——Stella 與 Eric，以無比的愛與堅定守護他們成長。她的護理生涯橫跨香港養和醫院、海外醫療機構、Riverview Hospital，以及卑詩兒童及婦女醫院，充分體現她終身奉獻於關懷、服務與仁愛的精神。

晚年，媽媽先後受到額顳葉型失智症（bvFTD）及原發性進行性失語症（PPA）的影響，逐漸喪失部分自主能力與人際互動。然而，即使如此，她仍然以感恩與目標感迎接每一天。

媽媽與兒子Eric 獲選為 2023 年卑詩阿茲海默症協會步行籌款活動的榮譽人物（alzbc.org/eric）。她的生命故事，亦將透過 Eric 持續推動社會對失智症與照顧者的關注。我們深感榮幸，媽媽的照顧歷程更成為 2026 年阿茲海默症關注月的專題故事。

媽媽以生命教導兒女：「失智症不必是黑暗的，也不該被遺忘；即使在疾病中，依然可以活出色彩繽紛的人生。」這份信念，正如媽媽嗰啲色彩斑斕的藝術創作，清楚地被見證與傳達。

我們衷心感謝卑詩阿茲海默症協會、Broadway Lodge、Fair Haven Homes，以及所有悉心照顧媽媽、提升她生活質素的醫護與照護人員。

媽媽一生所展現的慈悲與堅韌，將透過溫哥華社區學院（VCC）設立的獎學金——「李氏家庭：蔡梅珠堅毅精神獎」延續下去，祝福一代又一代的學生。

媽媽亦是一位出色的園藝家，她悉心栽培的花園四季豐收，並樂於與人分享。對她而言，分享是關懷的方式，也是開啟對話的橋樑，許多深厚的友誼，正是在這些交流中悄然萌芽、茁壯成長。

蔡梅珠女士將永遠活在子女、家人、朋友，以及所有曾被她觸動過的人心中——過去、現在，甚至未來。她那如陽光般的笑容與內斂而堅定的力量，將長存於人間——一位真正堅韌的女性。

感謝您教會我們：人心之中，蘊藏着把失去化為成長、把痛苦轉化為使命的力量。

親愛的母親——

您已光榮完成此生的課題，如今靈魂昇華，邁向天國更高層次的學習與永恆的安息。