Pei LI

Pei was born on September 20, 1943, in Linhai, Zhejiang Province, China. She spent her childhood in Zhejiang and Shanghai and demonstrated an adventurous and independent spirit from an early age. At just 16, she traveled on her own across China to the western part of the country. At 18, she met her future husband, Xiang-Ming Sun, and at 20, she became a mother. Pei and Xiang-Ming later settled in Lanzhou, where they lived for more than 30 years and raised their three children, Haiying Sun, Yan Sun, and Jennifer Sun.

Pei worked as an accountant in China. In 1990, she immigrated to the United States with her husband and their youngest daughter, Jennifer, settling in Rockville, Maryland. Unable to continue her accounting career because of the language barrier, Pei worked as a restaurant helper and cashier, in hotel housekeeping, and later as a babysitter and housekeeper. She worked tirelessly to support her family and to provide her children with better educational opportunities and the foundation to build independent lives. Pei was intelligent, curious, talented, and a lifelong learner. She loved reading, puzzles and riddles, sewing, knitting, and drawing, and was admired for her beautiful handwriting. Her interests ranged from history, politics, and religion to science, geography, astronomy, poetry, and philosophy. When declining eyesight eventually prevented her from reading, she continued her love of learning through audiobooks.

Above all, Pei was devoted to her family. Her daughter Jennifer remembers a mother who always gave the best food to her children while saving less for herself, washed the family's clothes by hand through cold winters, made clothes for her daughter for school, and once ran through a storm in search of a better school for her. These acts reflected the way Pei lived her life: working, sacrificing, and always striving to give her children greater opportunities.

A serious car accident in 2002 greatly affected Pei's mobility. She also lived with Parkinson's disease for more than 20 years and faced many health complications in her later life. Her family mourns her deeply while finding comfort in knowing that she is now free from the pain and physical struggles she endured for so many years.

Pei is survived by her husband, Xiang-Ming Sun; her children, Haiying Sun, Yan Sun, and Jennifer Sun; her grandchildren, Yongrui Lee, and Ziyou Sun; and her great-grandchildren, Linda Lee and Daniel Lee. Her three children all live in Maryland, close to the parents who devoted so much of their lives to them.

Pei will be remembered for her strength, independence, intellectual curiosity, resilience, and deep devotion to her family. Her journey took her from a small town in Zhejiang across China and eventually across the Pacific to Maryland, but throughout every chapter of her life, her greatest commitment remained the well-being and future of her family.

Her funeral will be held on September 20, 2026—the day she would have celebrated her 83rd birthday.

May she rest in peace, free from suffering, and may her love, sacrifices, and strength live on through the generations of the family she worked so hard to nurture.

李蓓女士讣告

1943 年 9 月 20 日 — 2026 年 9 月 11 日

我们敬爱的李蓓女士，于 2026 年 9 月 11 日在美国马里兰州 Shady Grove Adventist Hospital 辞世，享年 82 岁，距离她 83 岁生日仅九天。

李蓓 1943 年 9 月 20 日出生于中国浙江省临海市，童年时期生活在浙江和上海。她从小聪慧好学，性格独立，有主见，也有一股敢于闯荡的勇气。年仅 16 岁，她便离开家乡，独自跨越大半个中国前往西部。

18 岁时，她与后来相伴一生的丈夫孙象明相识；20 岁成为母亲。此后夫妻二人在兰州安家，生活三十多年，共同养育了三个子女：孙海莹、孙焰和孙海青。

李蓓在中国从事会计工作。1990 年，她与丈夫孙象明和小女儿孙海青移民美国，定居于马里兰州洛克维尔。由于语言障碍，她无法继续自己的会计职业。为了支持家庭，她从头开始，先后做过餐馆帮工和收银员、酒店客房清洁，也曾为其他家庭照顾孩子和料理家务。

从专业会计到从事这些平凡而辛苦的工作，她始终把家庭放在首位。她希望通过自己的努力，让孩子们得到更好的教育，拥有更多机会，最终能够独立地走好自己的人生。

好学一生，心有天地

李蓓聪慧而多才多艺。她喜欢缝纫、编织、绘画、游戏、猜谜和解难题，也写得一手漂亮的字，清秀而独具风格，常常受到亲友称赞。

读书更是她一生最大的爱好之一。她涉猎广泛，从历史、时事政治和宗教，到科学、地理、天文、诗歌和哲学，都有浓厚的兴趣。她喜欢独立思考，对许多事情都有自己的判断和见解。

她虽然没有走遍世界，却通过阅读拥有了广阔的视野和丰富的精神世界。晚年视力衰退，无法再亲自阅读，曾令她十分难过；但她很快转而听有声书，用另一种方式继续学习、继续了解这个世界。

家人也记得，每当她终于解开一道难题或猜出一个谜语时，脸上总会露出满足而开心的笑容。

把最好的留给孩子

李蓓对子女的爱，更多地体现在日常生活中。 小女儿海青记得，小时候家里有什么好吃的，妈妈总把最好的留给孩子，把不好的留给自己。在没有洗衣机的年代，即使寒冷的冬天，她也用双手洗净全家人的衣服。

她爱干净、爱整洁，尤其每逢春节，总要把家里认真打扫整理一番。每到新学期，她还会亲手为女儿做衣服。

小女儿还记得，小时候最喜欢依偎在妈妈身边睡觉，因为妈妈的皮肤那么柔软、温暖。她更不会忘记，为了给自己寻找一所更好的学校，妈妈曾冒着暴风雨四处奔走；当她取得全班第一名时，妈妈脸上的骄傲和喜悦也深深留在她的记忆中。

这些平凡的小事，正是李蓓作为母亲最真实的写照。

坚强走过人生

2002 年的一场严重车祸使李蓓的行动能力受到很大影响。此后，她又与帕金森病相伴二十余年，并经历了其他健康问题。曾经无比独立的她，晚年不得不越来越多地依靠丈夫和家人的帮助。

疾病限制了她的身体，却没有带走她对知识的渴望和对世界的好奇。不能远行，她还有书；眼睛不能看书，她便听书。她依然关心历史与现实，依然思考着身边和远方的世界。

李蓓的一生，从浙江临海到上海，从中国东部到西北的兰州，再跨越太平洋来到美国马里兰州，经历了不同的城市、国家和人生境遇。无论环境怎样改变，她始终保留着自己的聪慧、好学、坚韧，以及对家庭深沉而朴素的爱。

如今，她的三个子女都生活在马里兰州，居住在父母身边不远的地方。看到子女成长独立、家庭延续至新的世代，是她多年辛劳与付出留下的珍贵成果。

李蓓女士身后留下相伴一生的丈夫孙象明；三个子女孙海莹、孙焰和孙海青；两位孙辈李永睿和孙自由；以及两位曾孙辈李天赐和李天毅。

她的离去给家人留下了深深的不舍和悲痛。但想到她终于可以卸下二十多年来疾病带来的痛苦，家人在万般不舍之中，也得到一丝安慰。

2026 年 9 月 20 日，我们将在她本应迎来 83 岁生日的这一天，与她作最后的告别。

我们会记得那个 16 岁便勇敢走向远方的女孩，记得那个一生爱读书、爱思考的女人，也会永远记得那个把最好的留给孩子、把辛苦留给自己的母亲。

妈妈，您辛苦了一辈子。

愿您从此卸下病痛与劳累，安然长眠。