Yim Shook Fong was born in Hong Kong China in 1921. She grew up with four brothers and one sister. She received secondary school education which was unusual at the time for girls. During war time, she moved between Hong Kong and her family home in Canton, China. 嚴淑芳女仕於1921 年在香港出生。她有四個兄弟和一個姊妹。女孩子在當時能讀書是困難的。而嚴女士曾罕有地接受中學教育。為了逃避戰亂， 她曾在香港和祖家廣東省居住過.

She married Yuen Cheung Ching in 1940's and had 5 kids. She was a home maker and never worked. Yet she understood the importance of education and was able to give her kids the support to pursue further education in North America. 她於1940 年和 袁昌正先生結婚 並育有五名子女。嚴女士從此主力家庭從未出外工作。但她深深明白教育的重要性。在她影響和支持下， 她的子女都能到北美留學，接受更高深教育。

She was active most of her life. She enjoyed morning exercise. In HK, almost daily, she walked from Robinson Road to Victoria Peak. Occasionally, she walked all the way to Aberdeen to have Dim Sum with her friends. She always played MaJong with the same group of friends. 她是一個充滿活力的人。喜愛晨運。在香港幾乎每一天。她會由羅便臣道步行至太平山。偶爾， 她會和朋友漫步至香港仔飲茶。又經常和好友麻雀耍樂。

She immigrated to Canada in 1980 and lived in Toronto ever since. Her husband died from a heart attack in 1988 and she stayed in her condo by herself at Don Mills road. Even with the cold weather in Toronto, she remained active and continued her morning exercise until her early 90's. She liked to go to Dim Sum restaurants and enjoyed quality Chinese food. During the 1990's and early part of the 21st century, we had almost annual family gatherings on cruises. She participated in close to 10 different cruises in the Caribbean, Central America, Alaska and North East America. She enjoyed most when all her kids and grandkids were sitting together in 2-3 dining tables fighting for food. 在 1980 她移民至加拿大並一直定居於多倫多。丈夫於1988 年因心臟病去世， 她便獨自居住在北約克Don Mills Rd. 的工寓大廈。她仍然活躍，無懼多倫多嚴寒的天氣， 繼續每天晨運直到她九十歲多。她喜歡去茶樓飲茶又喜歡品嚐精緻的中國美食。由九十年代至二十一世紀初， 我們幾乎每年都安排在郵輪上家庭聚會。因此她參加了近十個不同的郵輪旅遊，包括：加勒比，中美洲，阿拉斯加和東北美洲 等。而她最開心的是看到兒孫滿堂， 齊齊的坐滿了兩三圍枱， 開懷吃喝的樣子。

She was always exceptionally witty and earned much respect from her grand kids. Comments about grandma were usually - cool, amazing, unorthodox, smart and hero! She always made the kids laugh and they always wanted to visit her. 這位機靈的嫲嫲/婆婆特別獲得孫兒們的尊敬。認為她是冷靜的， 驚喜的，出眾的， 聰慧的，甚至是個大英雄！孫兒們很喜歡去探望她， 因為這位嫲嫲/婆婆常令他們開心大笑。

She attended her eldest grandson's wedding in 2008 in Toronto and her second eldest grand daughter's wedding 2012 in North Carolina. She was not able to attend her eldest grand daughter's wedding in 2016 due to traveling hazard. She enjoyed 2 great granddaughters and one great grandson. 在2008年她出席了大孫兒在多倫多的婚禮。在2012 年出席了第二大孫女在北卡羅連納州的婚禮。由於年紀太大致2016 年未有出席她大孫女的婚禮。她非常疼愛她的兩個曽孫女和一個曽孫兒。

She had signs of Alzheimer since 2012 and had different forms of heart failures since then. However, she always insisted on living independently and guarding her privacy fiercely and never wanted to burden anyone including her closest relatives - she was truly an exceptional and amazing woman. 自從2012 年她出現老人癡呆症的病徵， 之後出現過不同程度的心臟毛病。但她堅持獨立居住， 維護個人私隱。從不想加重親人， 甚至最親的親人的負擔。她真是一個優秀和了不起的人。