Xueyao Yang

He was born on April 29, 1935, in Jinzhou, China, to the late Chunshu Yang and Guilan Zhang.

In his childhood, Xueyao endured through the second World War and witnessed the birth of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. He joined the Navy, where he completed his college education and later found work as a mechanical engineer. In 1962, he married his wife, Guihua Li, and they relied on each other to make it through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. After retiring in 1993, he and his wife joined their elder daughter, Jing, and her family in the United States of America to begin the next phase of his life. He loved gardening, fixing things, and, most of all, meeting new people and seeing new places. He was loved by his family and everyone he met.

Predeceased by his parents, one daughter: Jing Britton; one sister: Xuejie Yang and one brother-in-law: Xiang Zhang.

Survivors include his loving wife, Guihua Li; one daughter: Ling Yang (Chuanxue Bi) and their children: Alexander and Eric; son-in-law: Greg Britton and their children: Emily, Adam, and Henry; two sisters: Xueqin Yang (Dong Liang) and Xueyun Yang.

All services will be private.