Born in the village of KaiPing in the province of GuangDong, China our beloved mother grew up in a loving and simple family environment despite formidable challenges all around, not to mention having to endure the brutal Japanese invasion of China during which the family nomadically moved among her home village, the cities of Macau and Hong Kong.

Through matchmakers in her hometown village, she married our dad around the year of 1949 and soon migrated to Hong Kong. A decade later they had their hands full, with six rambunctious sons who grew up fast. While she would often confess she did not possess much knowledge, our mother did manage to vastly improve her confidence and expertise through learning on her own. It is fair to say she was not well educated but ironically she became highly intelligent, complete with a gregarious personality, a generous heart and a good sense of humour adored by family, siblings, friends and Mahjong buddies. She taught us well, passing on inspiring values, instilling honesty, integrity, pride, independence and above all the pursuit of higher education for all of us.

Another decade later thanks to her sister (our Aunt Sue) and her husband Uncle Fred Hum, our family immigrated to Toronto in 1970 to start a new and rather prosperous chapter of our lives. This family grew from two initially to 45 immediate members (with 15 fabulous grandchildren and 11 gorgeous great grandchildren) today, a rather remarkable accomplishment considering a humble beginning with next to nothing but with sheer determination to do well for themselves and for the family, they overcame financial and health challenges to nurture and protect the family through thrift and wisdom.

It is excruciating to let go but recognizing mortality while taking into account her many extraordinary accomplishments, we are deeply appreciative and proud of our beloved mother. She will be with our beloved father and brothers Benny and Stephen in a world free of pain and suffering. May you rest in peace mom.

Your loving children Tony, Albert, Kenny and Danny.

我們心愛的媽媽出生於中國廣東省的開平縣，在一個普通但充滿愛心的家庭環境中長大﹒童年時環境惡劣(日本侵略中國時期), 家庭曾經由鄉村遷去香港及澳門等等地方求生﹒

經過家鄉媒人的介紹，在1949年左右結婚然後移居到香港﹒轉眼十年內已經建立了有六個兒子的大家庭﹒她經常自認掌握的知識不多，但她會通過自己學習去提高自己的信心和知識﹒可以說，她雖然未受過良好的教育，但絕對是位聰明的人﹐更具有慷慨的心和良好的幽默感，被家人，兄弟姐妹，朋友和麻將好友的喜愛﹒她永遠都是教導我們追求知識，傳授給我們做人要誠實，正直，有自豪和最重要的是要追求高等教育﹒

蒙恩她姊姊及姊夫(Aunt Sue and Uncle Fred), 我們全家在1970年移民到加拿大，開始了我們人生安定新生活的一頁。由兩人開始至如今有45 人 (包括15 個乖孫，11個得意的曾孫) 的大家庭，是一個了不起的成就﹒起初時是幾乎一無所有，但他們決心為家人着想，克服了財務和健康多方面的挑戰，用節儉和智慧去培育和保護家庭﹒

離別是多麼心痛，多麼困難，但是接受生命的安排，而又認同她的成就時，我們反為覺得有深深的感激，也為我們心愛的母親感到非常自豪﹒現在，我們知道她已和我們深愛的父親及兄弟國恩, 國亮同在極樂世界﹒

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國華，國立，國定及國禎 鞠躬﹒