Ida Yung (daughter)

Entered October 16, 2025 from Markham

Mom, thank you so much for such a great mother, you are not only my mother, you are my teacher, coach, mentor and friend. Thank you for showing me how to be a decent human being with integrity. Today is the first day without you... I already miss you so much... love you forever.

Lucia Rodriguez (Family friend)

Entered October 16, 2025 from Indianapolis

My deepest condolences to the family of Yuk Ying Ngai.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal”.

Dicky and Mabel Jung (Family friends)

Entered October 16, 2025 from Indianapolis,In.USA

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Auntie.
We will always remember the warmth and hospitality she
extended to us during our visit to Canada. Her long life and peaceful passing are truly a blessing. We will cherish her memory forever.
May her rest in peace.
Dicky and Mabel Jung

Marianna and Kelly Tuttle (Friends)

Entered October 16, 2025 from California

伯母一路好走

Marianna Yuet Tuttle (Friends)

Entered October 16, 2025 from Fremont

主懷安息、

“ My husband died on June 22, 2020, just a few months shy of our 70th anniversary. He was a devoted husband and father, an honest and dedicated man with integrity. He always put his family first, giving selflessly and wholeheartedly.

When we married, I was 23 and he was 28. We went through different life stages together. We experienced both happy moments and challenging situations. We were able to share and grow together, all because we shared the same faith. We knew God would lead us through all circumstances. Early in our marriage, we already had an agreement on how to build our family and raise our children with good character. We valued each other's opinion and we usually would agree with each other. When a disagreement or argument arose to a boiling point, I would choose to stand back, leave some space and time for both of us to cool off to reassess the problem. My motto is "be patient, be accepting, and slow to anger" and it works. Central to our almost seven decades of marriage is the belief that God brought us together, and he would nurture and bless our marriage. It is with this strong faith that whenever there were serious arguments, I would come to God, pray, seek and listen to His guidance.

We chose to forgive, not to resent, and to support each other. We encouraged each other with words of love and prayer. By genuinely reflecting on God's love and value in our relationship, God has blessed our marriage.

I would like to share with my children, grandchildren, and future generations a scripture from the Bible "Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." - Colossians 3:13 “

「 清輝在2020年6月22日安息主懷，離我們70週年結婚紀念日只差五個月。他是個盡責的丈夫，慈愛的父親，和一個正直忠心的人。他永遠以家庭為首，無私地付出

我們結婚時，我23歲，他28歲。我們共同經歷了人生的不同階段。我們共享過許多快樂時光，也曾攜手面對艱難處境並一同成長，這一切都源於我們擁有相同的信仰，深知上帝必引領我們走過所有境遇。婚後初期，我們在如何建立家庭、培養子女的品德之事上達成共識。我們會重視彼此的意見，通常都會能達成一致。當有意見分歧或爭執而雙方都不願退讓時，我會選擇退後一步，讓彼此有點空間和時間去思考和處理問題。我的座右銘「要忍耐、要包容、不要輕易發怒」確實奏效。我們近七十載婚姻的核心信念是：上帝將我們結合，祂必眷顧祝福這段婚姻。正因這份堅定信心，每逢面對重大衝突時，我便向上帝禱告、尋求並聆聽祂的指引。

我們選擇寬恕而非惱怒，彼此鼓勵，又用禱告互相扶持。當我們真誠去反思上帝的愛和恩典時，我們的婚姻便受到祝福。

我願以這節聖經經文作為對子女、孫輩及後世子孫的訓勉：「彼此包容，互相饒恕，正如主饒恕了你們一樣。」（歌羅西書3:13）」

“When I was a young girl helping my brothers in the farm and field in the village, I was very impressed by a family who every Sunday would carry with them a Bible and packed lunch, walk miles to a local church. I did not know what Christianity was at the time nor did I understand what Sunday service meant. I only longed to attend worship like them one day.

When I first arrived in Hong Kong to reunite with my husband, Ching Fai, he was working as a salesman in a men's retail tailor shop that also provided room and board. Because he did not have a place for me to stay, I stayed in the house of Ching Fai’s cousin temporarily until we found our own place. His cousin was the one who invited my husband to stay at her house while he was looking for a job after he moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong. This cousin's mother and my husband's father were siblings. She was a generous person with a good heart. Her husband was a partner of a very well-known department store in Hong Kong at that time. Her apartment was spacious, with enough space not only for her own family, but also a room reserved for visiting cousins and relatives since most of them did not yet have their own place or own family to stay with. My husband would also stay in this room when he visited me during my stay at Cousin’s place. Cousin was a devout Christian. Every Tuesday evening, she held home worship in her spacious apartment with about 20 to 40 people attending the worship regularly. Since I stayed in her place, I also attended the worship. She also held worship and gatherings for religious celebrations such as Easter, Christmas, etc.


Through this cousin's testimony, and her love and care to others, my husband and I both accepted Christ as our personal savior and were baptized at the Hong Kong Swatow Christian Church at Caine Road. I did not have time to attend Sunday worship in the early years while my children were still young, however, this cousin and church brothers and sisters visited us regularly to make sure we stayed on track with our spiritual life. During their visits, they would read bible scriptures, sing hymns, and deliver a short message. Over the years, I started reading the Bible and learned how to pray, and my faith grew. I learned to trust in Him for everything, and I know God cares about me and my family. God's abundant love is unlimited because He sent His son to die on the cross for our sin. I know I can rely on Him forever.”


「 在我大概十五、六歲時每日都要騎牛下田幫助兄長們耕種，星期天也不例外。每個星期日當我騎在牛背時總會見到同鄉的某家人手拿一本厚厚的聖經說要去教堂做禮拜，據說要行十多哩的路程才到教會，所以這家人都是一手聖經一手拿着午飯的籃子。我看在眼裡，心中羡慕不已，十分渴望有一天可以像他們一樣去做禮拜。直至後來到了香港有機會再深入認識基督教才恍然大悟，明白到主耶穌早巳向我召喚。

初抵香港時，丈夫在一家提供食宿的男裝零售裁縫店擔任銷售員，因此我便無處容身。於是他把我安置在他表姊家，暫居其處直至覓得居所。這位表姊正是當年丈夫從上海移居香港求職期間，收留他暫住的恩人。這位表姐的母親與我丈夫的父親是兄妹。她本人慷慨大方、心地善良，其丈夫是當時一間香港知名百貨公司的合夥人。她家十分寬敞，除了家人自住，更能預留一房間以用作接待來訪的表親或親戚，因當時多數親屬尚未擁有自己的住所或可投靠的家庭。在我寄居表姊家的那段時間，每次丈夫來探望我也是住在這間客房。表姊是位虔誠的基督徒，每逢週二晚間，她總在寬敞的寓所舉行家庭聚會，固定參與者約二十至四十人。而我因寄居於此，也常參與這些聚會。每逢復活節、聖誕節等宗教節慶，她更會籌辦特別的敬拜與聚會。

透過這位表姐的見證，以及她對別人的愛心與關懷，我和丈夫都接受基督為個人救主，並在香港堅道的潮人生命堂城受浸。當孩子仍年幼時，我無暇參加主日崇拜，但這位表姐和教會的弟兄姊妹會定期探訪我們，確保我們的屬靈生命持續成長。每次探訪時，他們會誦讀聖經經文、唱詩讚美，並分享簡短信息。這些年來，我開始閱讀聖經、學習禱告，靈命日漸成長。我學會凡事信靠上帝，深知祂眷顧我與家人。神的慈愛豐盛無量，因祂差遣獨生子為我們的罪死在十字架上。我確知能永遠倚靠祂。」

“I was born in 1928 in a small rural village in the southern part of China, and lived there until 1953. Then I moved to Hong Kong, one of the busiest cities in Asia and in the world. In 1989, I immigrated with my husband to Canada, an English speaking country with a completely different culture and lifestyle. There were hardships and difficulties at each life stage (e.g. living through the wars, experiencing poverty and living in poor conditions, adjusting to a new life style in different cities/countries, the death of loved ones etc.), but with God's abundant grace and provision, I was able to walk through all the challenges. There were times God answered my prayers; other times I thought God was not listening to my prayers only to find out that He had better plans for me in His time; of course there are also times when my prayers were not answered, but I still praise the Lord because I trust He knows what is best for me. I always give thanks with a grateful heart.

What I hope I can do more at this stage of my life is to learn a few more English words, such as "love you", "hug", "miss you".... so that I can communicate more with all my non-Chinese speaking granddaughters-in-law, grandson-in-law, and also my great grandchildren. I would love to be able to communicate with them.”

「 我於1928年出生在中國南部一個偏僻的鄉村，並在那裡生活至1953年。隨後我遷居至香港，這座亞洲乃至全球最繁忙的城市之一。1989年，我與丈夫移居加拿大，這個英語國家擁有截然不同的文化與生活方式。我的人生每個階段都充滿艱辛與挑戰，如歷經戰火、貧困與惡劣環境、適應不同城市/國家的新生活、至親人離世等等。但倚靠著上帝豐盛的恩典與供應，我得以走過所有難關挑戰。有時神應允我的禱告；有時我以為祂不聽禱告，後來才明白祂在祂的時間裡為我預備了更美好的計劃；當然也有禱告未蒙應允的時候，但我仍讚美主，因我深信祂知道什麼最適合我。我始終懷著感恩的心獻上感謝。

我最希望能夠多學幾個英文單字，例如「愛你」、「擁抱」、「想念你」……這樣就能與所有不會說中文的孫媳婦、孫女婿，以及曾孫們溝通。我真渴望能與他們溝通呢！」

“I have 4 children - Ida, Rudy, Sammy and Christine. There is a two to three year age gap between each child. My husband was the main bread-winner. He also shared the responsibility with his older brother to support their mother financially. His salary was barely enough to feed the whole family.

I didn't go out and work because my husband and I strongly believed that children should be brought up by their parents. In order to earn some extra money to lessen the financial burden, I would get some take-home piecework from local factories. These included embroidery work, stitching garments, assembly of plastic flowers, toys and dolls etc. (Note: take home piecework was very common in the 1960s and 1970s in HK, thanks to the burgeoning assembly sector in HK, and many families benefited from the extra income generated). My children would also help out by cutting threads from stitched garments, folding the finished garments or assembling/connecting body parts of plastic dolls etc.

My husband worked long hours every day, and most of the time when he was home, the children were asleep. There were only a few occasions in a year that the whole family could be together doing something fun. One of these occasions is Chinese New Year. My husband had a few days off and the whole family would celebrate Chinese New Year by visiting our relatives and friends. There was also a big family gathering every year on New Year day. On that day, we would go to City Hall to take pictures. City Hall is a government building located in the Central District of Hong Kong. The building was, at that time, a landmark in Hong Kong, standing tall along the Victoria Harbour with a beautiful garden adjacent to it. This big annual gathering included multiple households - our family, my mother-in-law, my husband's older brother's and younger sister's families. The highlight of the day would be a dim sum lunch at the City Hall restaurant.

These are some of the fondest memories that I treasure - being with the whole family was the best time.”

「 我有四個孩子，每個孩子之間相差兩到三歲。丈夫是家中的主要經濟支柱，他與兄長共同承擔供養母親的責任。他的薪金勉強夠養活全家。

我沒有外出工作，因為我和丈夫堅信孩子應該由父母親手養育。為減輕經濟壓力，我常從本地工廠接些手作帶回家做，例如刺繡、縫製衣物、組裝塑膠花、玩具及洋娃娃等。（註：1960至1970年代香港組裝業蓬勃發展，從工廠帶手作回家十分普遍，許多家庭因此獲得額外收入。） 孩子們也會幫忙修剪裁縫製好的衣物線頭、摺疊成品衣物，或是組裝塑膠娃娃的身體部位等。

丈夫每日工作時間很長，他回家時孩子們大多已入睡。一年中全家能齊聚同樂的日子屈指可數，農曆新年便是其中之一。丈夫在農曆新年有數日休假，全家便會走訪親朋好友共慶新春。每年正月初一更有一場盛大的家族聚會，當日我們會前往大會堂合影留念。大會堂是位於香港中區的政府建築物，當時是矗立維多利亞港畔的地標，附設美麗花園。這場年度盛會匯聚多個家庭 — 我們家、婆婆家、丈夫的兄弟姐妹家，眾人齊聚一堂。當天的重頭戲是在大會堂酒樓享用點心午餐。

這些都是我最珍貴的回憶 — 與全家人共度的時光是最美好的。」

“My sister 2 married into the same village where Ching Fai's maternal grandparents lived. They were neighbors. Sister 2's husband was not always home as he worked in another city, leaving Sister 2 and her mother-in-law home most of the time. I was in my late teens and always helped out at Sister 2's house doing chores like cooking and baking for special festivals. Ching Fai's mother often visited her parents (who lived in the same village as Sister 2). She knew my Sister 2 very well, and got to know me while I was visiting. She was impressed by my housework skills and my diligence in helping Sister 2 in many chores. She and her parents started asking my mother through Sister 2 if they could match me up with their son / grandson who was working in Shanghai at the time. My mother was not keen on the idea because mother thought I was too young for marriage, and Ching Fai was working in Shanghai which was so far away. Plus, we didn't know what he looked like. My mother, who didn't want to appear impolite, suggested they could revisit the idea when Ching Fai came home.

A couple years later, Japan was defeated in World War II, but civil war broke out in China between the communists and the nationalists. Ching Fai came back to the village from Shanghai for a visit. An initial meeting was arranged through his mother, grandmother, my Sister 2 and other elderly ladies. They brought Ching Fai over to my house to meet up with my mother, Brother 3 and other elderly people in the family. We just nodded our heads to each other, and didn't exchange any words. He dressed nicely and looked very gentlemanly and decent. He did not talk much. He was very different from the young men growing up in the village. After serving tea to everyone, I excused myself to another room. It was considered very liberal and non-traditional at that time for a girl to be present in a pre-arranged dating meeting like this. A lot of girls in those days would try to hide themselves. The initial meeting went well, and I had a good impression of Ching Fai.

A few days after the initial meeting, Ching Fai's family hired a professional "match-maker" to propose an engagement with my family. With my mother's blessing, the match maker brought an engagement ring and two big baskets full of traditional engagement gifts to our house on behalf of Ching Fai's family. We were officially engaged! He was 25 and I was 20. After the engagement, we met again at my Sister 2's place while I was helping out. There wasn't much conversation. We only chatted about the weather, etc. He just sat there quietly watching me making dough and rice cakes. I remembered I made the dough of a little bird and he painted two dots as the eyes of the bird to add a finishing touch. Very impressive!

He stayed in the village for about twenty days. We met one more time when he was about to return to Shanghai. He came to say goodbye! That would be the last time we saw each other until we got married three years later. We maintained our long distance relationship through letter writing during this time.

We got married in 1950. Nineteen days after our wedding, Ching Fai returned alone to Hong Kong to continue his work while I stayed with his mother in the village. I reunited with Ching Fai in 1953 in Hong Kong.

「 我的二姐嫁進了清輝外祖父母居住的村莊，兩家人成為鄰居。二姐的丈夫長年在外地工作，甚少回家，因此二姐與她的家姑多數時間獨居家中。當時我還是個少年，總會去二姐家幫忙家務，烹煮飯菜，逢節慶時更會烘焙糕點。清輝的母親常回娘家探望父母，因此她與二姐交情甚篤，逐漸認識我。她對我的家務能力印象深刻，更讚賞我勤勞地協助二姐處理各種雜務。於是她與她父母開始透過二姐向我母親提議，希望將我許配給當時在上海工作的兒子。母親對此並不熱衷，因她認為我年紀尚輕不宜婚嫁，況且清輝遠在上海工作，相隔甚遠。更何況我們連他的長相都不知曉。為免失禮，母親提議待清輝返鄉時再行商議。

數年後，日本在二戰中戰敗，中國卻爆發共產黨與國民黨的內戰。清輝從上海返鄉探親，經由他母親、祖母、我二姐及其他長輩牽線，安排了初次見面。他們帶清輝到我家，與母親、三哥及家族其他長者會面。我們僅是互相點頭致意，沒有交談半句。他衣著得體，舉止紳士端莊，話語不多，與在村裡長大的青年截然不同。待奉上茶水後，我便退到另一房間。當時女性參與這類相親聚會，實屬相當開明及非傳統。當年許多女孩都會刻意躲藏。初次見面相當順利，我對清輝印象頗佳。

初次見面數日後，清輝家聘請專業媒人向我家人提親。在母親同意下，媒人代表清輝家攜訂婚戒指與兩大籃傳統聘禮來到我家正式提親，我們正式訂婚了！當時他二十五歲，我二十歲。訂婚後，我們在二姐家再次相見。交談不多，只閒聊天氣之類話題。他靜靜坐在那裡，看著我揉麵團、做年糕。我記得我捏了隻小鳥麵團，他為鳥兒點上眼睛，令人印象深刻！

他在村裡住了約二十天。臨行前他特地來道別，那是我婚前最後一次和清輝見面，直至三年後在1950年我們正式成親時再次重聚。在這三年分開的時間，我們是透過書信維繫著這段異地情。

1950年我們結婚後，清輝很快便需要獨自回港工作，而我則與家姑同住，直到1953年才與清輝在香港團聚。」