Hsu-Chen Tung
November 3, 1925 — March 12, 2019
Hsu-Chen was born in 1925 in Taiwan. She married her husband, who came from China, in 1954. They had four children. They migrated to Los Angeles in 1979. By the time she passed away, she also had six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
She was a humble woman who seldom took credit for her own achievements. She believed in God and humanity. She was always grateful. She was content with her circumstances and easily satisfied by a few necessities. She enjoyed the good times and persevered through the bad. She preferred optimism over pessimism. She was determined to make the best of difficult situations.
She was intelligent. She managed to obtain the education required to become an elementary school teacher - in spite of her rigid and controlling father who disapproved of her attending high school. She had a great way of telling stories which taught morality and social skepticism. She was able to instill most of her values in her four children because of her tenacity. She possessed natural leadership and planning skills, gave clear instructions, and delegated responsibilities. She was fluent in Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Japanese. She was always learning. Even in her 80's, she continued to absorb information from the media, pick up English phases, and add up numbers on grocery receipts.
She experienced poverty and hunger in her teenage years in Taiwan during World War II. After that, she would never be in good health again. Nonetheless, she was devoted to her family every waking hour. Her teaching jobs brought her income to support her parents and her own family. She was frugal and wasted nothing. She hauled groceries home from miles away without transportation. She prepared meals daily for her family although cooking was never her hobby. She took odd jobs after she retired from teaching and after the family moved to the U.S. She babysat many of her grandchildren. She took care of her husband for years after he was disabled by strokes.
Although she rarely spoke of love or hugged her children, she continued to spend her time and energy finding ways to help them, especially when they were walking on thin ice. If that was not done out of true love, what else could it be?
Hsu-Chen Tung was my beloved mother and for this I am very grateful.
Hus-Chen is survived by her loving children, Tony Tung, Jesse Tung, Wendy Tung, and Wayne Tung (Yoshiko). She is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandson.
Condolences may be sent to the family through our website.
She was a humble woman who seldom took credit for her own achievements. She believed in God and humanity. She was always grateful. She was content with her circumstances and easily satisfied by a few necessities. She enjoyed the good times and persevered through the bad. She preferred optimism over pessimism. She was determined to make the best of difficult situations.
She was intelligent. She managed to obtain the education required to become an elementary school teacher - in spite of her rigid and controlling father who disapproved of her attending high school. She had a great way of telling stories which taught morality and social skepticism. She was able to instill most of her values in her four children because of her tenacity. She possessed natural leadership and planning skills, gave clear instructions, and delegated responsibilities. She was fluent in Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Japanese. She was always learning. Even in her 80's, she continued to absorb information from the media, pick up English phases, and add up numbers on grocery receipts.
She experienced poverty and hunger in her teenage years in Taiwan during World War II. After that, she would never be in good health again. Nonetheless, she was devoted to her family every waking hour. Her teaching jobs brought her income to support her parents and her own family. She was frugal and wasted nothing. She hauled groceries home from miles away without transportation. She prepared meals daily for her family although cooking was never her hobby. She took odd jobs after she retired from teaching and after the family moved to the U.S. She babysat many of her grandchildren. She took care of her husband for years after he was disabled by strokes.
Although she rarely spoke of love or hugged her children, she continued to spend her time and energy finding ways to help them, especially when they were walking on thin ice. If that was not done out of true love, what else could it be?
Hsu-Chen Tung was my beloved mother and for this I am very grateful.
Hus-Chen is survived by her loving children, Tony Tung, Jesse Tung, Wendy Tung, and Wayne Tung (Yoshiko). She is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandson.
Condolences may be sent to the family through our website.
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