Andrew Chong Hong Lei passed away suddenly but peacefully on March 31, 2017.

Andrew was the devoted husband and 24/7 companion of Dip-Man Leung Lei, loving father to Eugene and his wife Jennifer and Adrienne, and cherished YeYe to Sophia and Ryan. He is also survived by his sisters Yolanda (Eduardo), Nancy, Diana and Fong and brother Robert (Lucia). He is predeceased by his older brother Chong Kit.

Andrew was born in Macau, the second eldest child of Lei Chio and Chan Chong Chu. He arrived in Canada in 1966 to study at Ottawa University and obtained his B. Comm in 1969. After achieving his Chartered Accountant designation and working at Thorne Riddell (now KPMG), in 1978 Andrew co-founded his own accounting business Axmith, Lei & Redmayne, Chartered Accountants and in 1987, he became a sole practitioner (Andrew C.H. Lei, Chartered Accountant). Andrew retired in 2010 having provided not only accounting services, but sage business advice to his clients for over 40 years.

Although a C.A. by trade, Andrew was creative at heart. He was a voracious reader and held a lifelong appreciation of film and music. Andrew was equally passionate about Toronto sports and he was a proud member of Leafs Nation, decades before that identity was coined. He also demonstrated a deep commitment to community service serving as a Board Director of numerous non-profit organizations.

The fundamental focus of Andrew's life was his family. Planting roots in Toronto in the early 1970s, he pioneered a new family home that would soon welcome his sisters, brother, cousins, and eventually, his parents, from Macau.

After marrying Dip-Man in 1976, Andrew rarely left her side. He was a wonderful father to Eugene and Adrienne and unfailingly supportive of them. In recent years, his greatest joy were his grandchildren, Sophia and Ryan, and doting on them with his trademark love and kindness and sharing their zest for life.

Andrew enriched our lives with his thoughtfulness and wisdom but also his love and compassion. His warmth, generosity and humour will be remembered by all those who knew him.

Instead of flowers, he would have preferred memorial donations to the United Way of Greater Toronto, Doctors Without Borders or the Toronto General Hospital.