Alton and family bringing Grandma Lien along to Florida, like whenever Ba Lien would bring photo of her parents with her on her travels.

Hello all family & friends. Sorry if it was not clear (we should have put up a sign indicating “Please feel free to take this memorial keepsake card to remember Lien Nguyen Dinh”) the El Camino Memorial created provided laminated photo cards of Mom Lien in Loving Memory on one side, and a Buddha prayer for her on opposite side, to offer to family and friends visiting Mom’s funeral event. We have many cards left. 

If you would like one or more of these In Loving Memory keepsake cards, please reach out to me via email longdinh at Gmail .com and let me know how many cards and First/Last Name, Address to send to you.

I will be out of town starting today July 30 until mid August, so please bear with me, and upon my return I will get to sending you the card(s).

Thank you again for your love and support for Mom Lien and our family during and after the funeral ceremonies to bond and celebrate Mom’s life. 

We all will miss her gentle, charismatic, and giving beloved soul.

LHD

I would like to make an honorable mention to a great friend of our Mother.

As you have been touched by our angel our Mom, often my brother Steven Hai Tu and I have been told by our Mom about a special someone who blessed her in her life. 

We thank and love you always Co Hieu. Thank you Hong Van for sharing memories and photos of your experiences with your Grandma/our Co Hieu & Mom Lien. Angels on and beyond Earth.

4yo Latania Tuong Vy loves her Ba Noi so much. On Ba Lien's funeral, Latania read her 6yo brother Alton's speech for him as he had stage fright, although Latania has never learned words or writing yet (she watched Alton read out loud his speech a couple of times a week ago, and somehow with her visual memory she read every word for word correctly from Alton's handwriting her brother's message to their Grandma). Then Latania even sang in front of entire room audience two songs in Vietnamese for Ba Noi.  Everyone was clapping along while she sang her heart out.  Incredible.  Can't wait to see that video. But here is a video of Latania two weeks ago.

Mama... Yesterday was San Diego Comic Con weekend--the biggest weekend of the year for our America's Finest City--and we likely would have been roaming the streets of Downtown SD for all the fun as we often have done together. But Yesterday we have witnessed the greatest show on earth--your life story--for you, me, and the rest of our extended family and friends.  I will remember forever our walks together. Love you eternally Me Lien

Bà Liên and her friend Cô Hiếu strolling Leo around 3Roots Mira Mesa. September 15, 2023.

Bà Liên và Cô Hiếu đưa bé bi Leo đi bộ.

Bà Liên and baby Leo (first son of cháu Hồng Vân). September 15, 2023. Visiting our family in the new home we just moved into at 3Roots Mira Mesa.

Bà Liên đi thăm bé bi Leo và gia đình cháu Hồng Vân ở nhà mới.

Bà Liên and Cô Hiếu at Hai Di Lao enjoying hot pot. May 24, 2024. UTC La Jolla.

Bà Liên và cô Hiếu đi ăn lẩu ờ Hai Đi Lao.

Bà Liên at Leo’s first birthday party with her friend, Cô Hiếu (Leo’s great grandma), and family of cháu Hồng Vân. October 22, 2023. 3Roots Mira Mesa.

Bà Liên đi sinh Nhật một tuổi của Leo, con trai đầu của cháu Hồng Vân.

We love you Bac lien. Thank you for being an angel to us. We’ll miss you so so much! -Thao

Vĩnh biệt chị Liên. Nơi cõi vĩnh hằng em mong chị luôn được bình an.

Rest in Peace and Happiness Mom, I love you forever and always...
I miss you everyday.
Your Em Bé,
Tu

I’ll miss you. Rest in peace Chi Lien❤️

Mai Lien Ly

Today a gift at work from boss & staff, thanks for the love and support.

Also today at work in La Mesa CA:  A patient I examined this morning identified herself as a Mira Mesa resident and a dissatisfied cataract surgery patient, who was told by somebody to go down to La Mesa Costco (25 minutes away from Mira Mesa) to do eyeglass exam. She found me.  I mentioned about our Mother recently passed away.  She said her friend who knew our Mom from exercise group at a Mira Mesa park told her last week they were sad to be informed about Mom’s passing. I provided her online obituary link to share with the friends who knew our Mom. Crazy small world. Mom will be missed by many near and far in more ways than imaginable. 💔🙏

Dearest Chị Liên,
I still can’t believe you’re gone. We met back in 1976 and from that moment on, our friendship became one of the most precious parts of my life. So many years of laughter, long talks, shared dreams, and quiet understanding—those memories will stay with me forever.

What I’ll miss most are our conversations. We never ran out of things to say—especially when it came to our children and families. We shared stories, worries, and proud moments like only best friends can. You always spoke with such warmth and pride about your loved ones, and it reminded me just how deep your heart was.

Thank you for walking through life beside me for all these years. Thank you for your kindness, your strength, and your unwavering friendship. You were more than a best friend—you were family. I will carry you in my heart always. Sleep well😢
Lan Quach

Our families met up in the restaurant in San Diego after many years that we had not seen each others (November 23)

We did selfie after dinner at CPK restaurant 

Chị Lien, you were a beautiful person in and out, and I am going to miss you so much.
Thank you for always checking up on me after the pass  of my husband. 
Sleep well Chị Liên. You will be forever in my heart.❤️

OBITUARY

Liên Nguyễn Đinh - Pháp Danh Nhuận Ngọc Hoa

September 18, 1948 – July 7, 2025

El Camino Memorial - Sorrento Valley & Memorial Park

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