In Remembrance

Nikola to Gong Gong

Gong Gong

愛你!

LOVE YOU!

Nikola Lee, 2

Gong Gong

Gong Gong

Gong Gong was my Grandpa. He loved swimming and he also loved taking me to swimming. Sometimes Gong Gong picked me up from school. Every year Gong Gong always brought me a birthday cake and he came to my birthday party. I love him and I will miss him very much.

Love

William Lee, 7

Lydia's Memories

Lydia’s Memories

Goan Goan pushed me on the swing at the park since I was a baby. He could push me very high.

He taught me to hold my breath underwater.

I always felt safe with Goan Goan.

I miss my Goan Goan.

My Grandpa

My Grandpa

Whenever I miss my grandpa I open my cell phone and look at one of the last pictures of him I have. He came up with the idea of us taking a picture together with my cell phone when we were waiting for my parents at IKEA. I took the picture of us. In the picture, my grandpa has a very happy smile, which reminds me of the good times we had together.

Here are some memories I have of my grandpa:

My grandpa holding my hand with me on a slide when I was very little.

Watching him ride a bike for the first time in 50 years.

Grandpa always catching me at the bottom of the pool slide.

Christine Lee

Dearest Dad

Dearest Dad,

There are so many things I still want to say to you, but you were taken from us too suddenly and quickly. There's also so much of your past and biography that is now lost. I really wish that you had written some of those things down.

I am so grateful that you were brave enough to bring our family to Canada, even though we started out with almost nothing. Life must have been hard and very stressful when you and mom first came to this new country. But you knew that we would have so much more opportunity here, and that with a little bit of sacrifice and hard work, we could be anything that we wanted to be.

Thank you for giving us a home that I always felt safe and loved. Even though we didn't always agree on things, I could always count on your support. It gave me the strength to be who I want to be, and to lead my life with dignity and respect.

You taught me so much about the importance of a good education for a successful future. I'm sure that I would not have gone to medical school and be a psychiatrist now if it weren't for your guidance and influence. I have a stable job and economic future thanks to you.
As I grow older, I see more of you in me: Like your commitment to maintaining lifelong friendships; your love of different types of food (especially spicy food!); even your stubbornness and respect for privacy. I see all those qualities in myself, and I know that I'm definitely your son, not only because we have the same slightly curved pinky finger.

I'm so thankful that you visited me in San Francisco this past June. I will always treasure those memories. And though it breaks my heart that we have lost you so soon, I know that you are resting in peace.

Your loving son,

Edward

Things a grandpa needs to know....

Here is a list of things from Christine Lee that goam goan to be's need to know.









Change diapers...

...push...HARDER...

...be a chauffer....

....ride a bike.....

....hot tubbing....

...don't act your age...

...babysitting...

...take us hiking....

...and most of all...

...take us swimming!!!

Dad, our hero

Your friendly neighborhood busy buddies

I had the privilege of spending some time with my father-in-law, Robert Lee, in the last month of his life. It all happened so quickly that I can’t quite process his passing. I will be okay and then a wave of grief will pass over me when something reminds me of him. My father-in-law, Robert, always had me call him “Dad” and out of respect for his request (no disrespect intended to my brother-in-laws) I will call him “Dad” for the remainder of this. In reality, my father-in-law really was a dad to me.
Dad’s visit to us in mid-June seemed like just another visit, which was always filled with fun for the grandkids and lots of chit-chat with Dave and myself. Something was wrong this time, though. Dad complained of stomach pains and no amount of begging on my part could persuade him to eat. For those who know Dad, this is something very unusual. He was still jovial and shared pictures with us from his childhood, but somehow the discomfort he had never left him. I took him to the fitness club several times, but he didn’t swim and only used the steam room. When Dave brought Lydia to swim with Dad, he sat in a chair and looked at Lydia, but made no effort to get up for the longest time. This never happened because when the grandkids wanted to swim, no one was more enthusiastic then grandpa. I felt like something was off and when I took Dad to get the ultrasound(s), they seemed to take much longer than normal.
The most shocking news came when the results from the ultrasounds were viewed by Dave. He shared the information with Dad gradually. Dad never once felt sorry for himself and we watched as he slowly processed the information. He got so weak that before we left for Canada he had to have 3 bags of IV pumped into him. Nevertheless, he did not complain on the long car trip up.
I have never seen anyone face death with so much courage. Dad never looked back on his short life with regret, but only looked forward. He said in Chinese that he was uncomfortable, but not in pain. Even when his pain was the greatest, he never admitted he was in pain. And that’s how my father-in-law approached everything in life. He always put others first and himself last and he never wanted people to worry about him. Robert Lee always served others and never expected others to serve him. He spent his living helping other people and never lived selfishly. This is how a Christian should live and in many respects it doesn’t surprise me much that he became one in the end. The legacy he leaves is one of always helping others no matter how difficult or how great the cost.
Finally, the one comfort Christine, Claire and Lydia have is of seeing grandpa once again in heaven. Claire said, “But it will be so long before we see him again!” I agree, but it will have been worth the wait.

Tammy

I'll see you in the sky

---------- by Claire Joy Lee

I love you goan goan, I really do.

I mean it! It is really true.

You take me swimming, you make math fun,

rest now goan goan, your work is done.

When I look at the twinkling stars in the evening sky,

I know you're smiling down to say goodbye.

I miss you goan goan, I really do,

I mean it! It is really true.

Surviving Family

永遠懷念的家人

未亡人 李蘇清美
孝子/孝養女 李德昌 李德仁 李德尚 李意茹
孝 媳 洪惠莙 艾 琳
孝孫子女 李沁婷 李志元 李文婷 李芳婷 李惠婷


胞姊/ 胞姊夫 李錦香 / 連就元 李就香 李春香
侄子女/侄子媳（婿) 連志群/李青芳 連小蓮/張曉東 連小琴/黃立勤 連小燕
侄孫子女 連 君 張英輝 張愛娜 黃家基

胞姊/胞姊夫 李維香/鄭伯玉
侄子（女）/侄子媳（婿)鄭懷平/張靜如 鄭昭平/張靜宜 鄭蔚/周昆立
侄孫子女 鄭 植 鄭秉洋 鄭秉倫 周彥岑 周彥吾

胞弟/胞弟媳 李富能/張育琦 李富權/廖怡台
侄子女/侄媳 李德威 李德剛 李珮芬 李德儀/梁婉貞 李德厚
侄孫子女 李志倫 李雅婷

胞妹/胞妹夫 李迪香/劉延錫

Chinese Obituary

Dad's Obituary

Obituary

訃     聞

 

先夫 李富宏，廣東梅縣人，溯生於一九三七年（民國   二十六年）九月二十五日，慟於二00九年七月十一日上午十時四十分，仙逝於溫哥華聖保羅醫院，享年七十二歲。未亡人李蘇清美及不孝兒德昌、德仁、德尚隨侍在側，僅擇於二00九年七月二十五日（星期六）上午十一在海景墓園殯儀館舉行祭奠，隨即安葬於海景墓園。

聯絡處：3161 E. Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5M 1Z7 (604) 251-1348

    誼哀此訃

                          未亡人：李蘇清美

不孝子：德昌、德仁、德尚

                  同泣啟                        

 



Eulogy

李公富宏先生生平簡歷

 

李公富宏 廣東梅縣人， 1937年9月25日出生於印尼中爪哇德曼貢，中小學就讀於三寶瓏中華中小學， 1956年至台灣就讀於台南成功大學化工系，畢業後於亞航、中國石油公司、中華航空等公司先後就職。在成大讀書期間認識了他太太蘇清美小姐,於1966年結婚，夫妻恩愛，育有三子,生活幸福。1974年舉家移民加拿大多倫多後轉溫哥華定居，先工作於加拿大石油公司，後自行創業經營乾洗店 . 1996年退休後居家享天倫之樂，時常到世界各地旅遊。

李公富宏為人正直坦率，熱心公益與助人，廣結各行各業的朋友。他非常重視子女教育，三個兒子先後畢業於UBC大學,長子李德昌在美國俄州醫學大學取得醫學博士，目前在美國波特蘭市行醫，育有三女家庭美滿。次子李德仁，目前在溫哥華經營房地產投資事業，育有一子一女家庭美滿。三兒子李德尚也在美國俄州醫學大學取得醫學博士，目前在美國加州行醫。

李公平時非常重視養生，每天維持游泳、健行等運動，身體一向健康強壯，很少去看醫生。今年6月2日他前往美國探親訪友，途中身體感到不適,於6月25日返家，隨即住院檢查,才知患了胰臟癌，數日內病情惡化。他早年曾聽過福音，但並未接受神的呼召，臨終前在醫院接受耶穌成為他的救主，於 西元2009年7月11日上午10時40分蒙召回到神的身邊，享年72歲。

Obituary

LEE, Robert Fu Hung, September 25, 1937- July 11, 2009. It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our Dad and Grandfather, Robert Lee, as a result of pancreatic cancer. Born in Indonesia, he was the son of Hai Seng Lee and Lip Seng Lio. In 1965, Robert graduated from Cheng Kung University in Taiwan with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering. That same year, he married (Suzy) Ching Mei Su. He worked as a chemical engineer for Air Asia, then later China Airlines. In 1974, he immigrated to Canada with his family where he worked in the oil industry. Later, he owned and operated Reliable Cleaners. After putting his children through medicine and engineering, he retired in 1996. During his retirement, Robert pursued his passions for travel, videography and physical fitness. He enjoyed corresponding with family and friends all over the world. He has passed on his love of learning to his grandchildren, instilling in them an appreciation for academics, music and Chinese culture. Robert is survived by his wife, Suzy; sons and daughter, David (Tammy), John (Irene), Edward and Emily; sisters, Wei Shung and Di Shung; brothers, Fu Nen and Fu Kian and five grandchildren, Christine, William, Claire, Lydia and Nikola. The funeral will be on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 11 am at Ocean View Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC.

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Dad training Lydia to do monkey bar

One of our favorite things to do...dim sum!

Lydia, age 5

Dad loved to watch his grandkids play and the kids love to show off for him.

Christine, age 10




Claire, age 7





Dad taking pictures

My father's visit to SF last June

I was able to host my father for a short San Francisco visit last month. I'm so grateful now that we had that time together before he felt sick.