Feng S. Shu-Ching Lee

THE FENG FAMILY LIVED IN SHENG-YANG, SOUTHEAST OF WANG CHI VILIAGE, AND HAD SEVEN CHILDREN. OUR MOTHER WAS THE FIFTH CHILD; SHE HAD TWO OLDER BROTHERS, TWO OLDER SISTERS AND TWO YOUNGER SISTERS. AS A CHILD, OUR MOTHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT AND AMBITIOUS. SHE LEFT THE COMFORT OF HOME DURING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS TO PURSUE EDUCATION NEAR THE CITY OF SHENYANG. INSPITE OF HARDSHIPS AND BEING AWAY FROM HER FAMILY, SHE PERSEVERED TO ACHIEVE HER EDUCATIONAL GOALS. LATER, SHE ATTENDED THE WELL-KNOWN NORTHEAST UNIVERSITY. SHE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF HER FAMILY TO ACHIEVE HIGHER EDUCATION.

DURING OUR MOTHER’S EARLY CAREER, SHE WORKED IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, THEN, MADE A CAREER CHANGE TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE COMMITTEE. WHEN THE LOCAL REBELS STARTED TO CAUSE A LOT OF DISTURBANCES, SHE MOVED TO BEIJING TO FURTHER HER CAREER.

IN 1948, SHE RELOCATED TO TAIWAN TO TEACH AT THE MIAO-LI HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1952, SHE MARRIED OUR FATHER, TSUN CHIA LEE. THEY LIVED IN KAOHSIUNG FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEN MOVED TO TAICHUNG, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER MOVE TO TAIPEI, WHERE THEY RESIDED PERMANENTLY. SHE WAS OFTEN PRAISED BY HER NEIGHBORS AS BEING A GOOD WIFE AND MOTHER.

OUR FATHER, TSUN CHIA LEE, AFTER GRADUATING FROM BEIJING UNIVERSITY WITH A CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE, WORKED IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD. HE HELD THE POSITION OF VICE BUREAU CHIEF AT DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF TAIPEI CITY GOVERNMENT IN TAIWAN. MY PARENTS RAISED ONE GIRL AND TWO BOYS. YE LEE IS THE OLDEST OF THE THREE, THEN, SHU LEE AND YU LI. AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGES IN TAIWAN, ALL THREE OF US CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, WHERE WE OBTAINED OUR MASTER DEGREES AND PURSUED CAREERS IN OUR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO MOM FOR HER DEDICATION AND DISCIPLINARY TEACHINGS.

IN 1996, OUR PARENTS IMMIGRATED TO HOUSTON TO LIVE WITH YE LEE. EVEN THOUGH WORK IS VERY DEMANDING, OUR PARENTS’ WELL BEING IS ALWAYS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. SHU LEE LIVES IN NEW JERSEY, BUT HE VISITED OUR PARENTS OFTEN. YE LEE AND YU LI, BOTH LIVE AND WORK IN HOUSTON. WE HAVE A HARMONIOUS FAMILY LIFE AND ENJOYED EACH OTHER’S COMPANY.

OUR MOTHER TREATED PEOPLE WITH WARMTH AND RESPECT. SHE WAS GENEROUS TO HER PEERS AND CARING TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. SHE WAS EXTREMELY LOVING TO OUR FRIENDS’ GRAND-CHILDREN.

IN 1999, OUR PARENTS WERE BAPTIZED IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, OUR MOTHER’S APPETITE BEGAN TO DIMINISH. ABOUT MID-JULY OF THIS YEAR, HER CONDITION GOT WORSENED. BEFORE SHE WAS CHECKED IN HOSPITAL, SHE HAD TROUBLE SWALLOWING FOOD. AFTER A MEDICAL EXAMINATION, WE WERE INFORMED THAT SHE HAD TERMINAL STAGES OF STOMACH CANCER AND IT HAD SPREAD TO HER SPINAL CORD. KNOWING THE CANCER TREATMENT WILL NOT DO HER ANY GOOD, MY MOTHER AGREED TO UNDERGO STOMACH BYPASS SURGERY. HER WISH WAS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THE FAMILY. WHILE SHE WAS COURAGEOUSLY FIGHTING WITH CANCER, SHE WAS ALWAYS IN GOOD SPRIT AND NEVER COMPLAINED. SHE ALSO COMFORTED US NOT TO BE SAD FOR HER BECAUSE SHE LIVED HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST ALREADY.

AFTER HER STOMACH BYPASS SURGERY ON AUGUST 9, MOM HAD A STRONG WILL TO FIGHT, BUT HER BODY JUST COULD NOT ENDURE THE COMPLICATIONS DUE TO HER OLD AGE. ON AUGUST 30, MOTHER LEFT US TO BE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN AND ENJOY EVERLASTING ETERNAL PEACE.

Arrangements under the direction of Memorial Oaks Funeral Home, Houston, TX.