Lan Fong Chow

The oldest daughter of four children, Lan Fong Kwan was born in Hoiping, Guangdong, China, on October 13, 1925. She married Chi Kiu Chow in 1944, and they had eight children together. In 1953, the family moved to Hong Kong.

After her husband suffered a fatal asthma attack at age 51, Lan Fong moved with her three youngest children to the Allston neighborhood of Boston, where her eldest daughter and her husband were raising five daughters. While in Boston, Lan Fong reveled in being a grandmother and also worked as a seamstress in Chinatown.

In 1988, Lan Fong moved to Randolph with her four youngest sons and daughters. There, she took pride in growing flowers and vegetables for the family. In addition to having a green thumb, she was an excellent cook. Her grandchildren have many fond memories of the delicious meals she lovingly prepared for them. One never went hungry in the Chow home!

Lan Fong is survived by Anna Wong and her husband Tony of Quincy; Camilla Chow of Toronto, Canada; Grace Chow of Hong Kong; Irene Chow of Randolph; Kathy Chin and her husband Joe of Boston; Raymond Chow of Randolph; Joe Chow and his wife Wendy of Randolph; and seven grandchildren: Debbie Wong, Angela Haskell, Pamela Wong, Sandy Wong, Joey Chow, Troy Chow, and Leila Chow. Oldest son, Kent Chow, and a granddaughter, Patty Wong, predeceased her. Her siblings all predeceased her, but surviving nieces and nephews and their children live in California and England.

A funeral service will be held at Deware Funeral Home, 576 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02170, on July 13, 2026, from 10 am to 11 am. Interment to follow at Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Ave., Boston, MA 02130. Post funeral reception lunch will be held at China Pearl in Quincy.