Lai Yoon Yee

It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we mourn the peaceful passing of Lai Yoon Yee on July 31, 2025 in Sacramento, California at the age of 90 with her family by her side.

She is survived by her daughter Wai Mui (Idy) Kwong, son-in-law Kwok Leung (Alan) Chu, grandson Pok-Chung (Chester) Chu, and granddaughter Wing Man (Melanie) Chu. Lai Yoon was born in Taishan, China on August 13, 1934. After her marriage in 1953, she emigrated to Hong Kong, where she worked as a salesperson in a department store for 26 years. Always elegant and hardworking, she was beloved by her supervisors and colleagues at her workplace. To pioneer a better life for her future generations, she immigrated to America in 1988 and settled in Sacramento. Welcomed by relatives who came before her, she embraced the opportunities to help her adapt to the trials and tribulations of American life in the years that followed. She worked diligently between various seasonal jobs at restaurants, fruit farms, and sewing factories around Sacramento to fulfill the American dream for her daughter and her grandchildren, who later joined her in America in the next decade.

Behind her reserved and quiet persona was a resilient, independent woman who held her family members, relatives, and friends close to her heart. She would always put others first and would work behind the scenes to care for everyone around her. She will always be remembered as a devoted daughter, caring mother, and affectionate grandmother who brought warmth and kindness to all who knew her. We will forever miss her heartwarming presence, her gentle smiles, and her wonderful homemade soups. May the memories of Lai Yoon live on in our hearts forever.

The funeral service for Lai Yoon will be held on August 18, 2025 at 10:00 am at the chapel of East Lawn Memorial Park, followed by the interment at East Lawn Memorial Park. Family and friends are kindly invited to attend.

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顯妣鄺余麗媛太夫人慟於公元二零二五年七月三十一日壽終正寢，距生於公元一九三四年八月十三日，享壽九十歲。孤女慧梅率國良、博聰、穎雯等隨侍在側，親視含殮，遵禮成服。謹擇於八月十八日上午十時在East Lawn Memorial Park舉殯及安葬。

先母鄺余麗媛一九三四年生於中國台山，一九五三年婚後移居香港，於恒生百貨當零售員廿六載，其人工作勤奮、舉止優雅、平易近人，深得上司及同事愛戴。一九八八年為了恩澤後代，孤身來到美國沙加緬度定居，幸得美國眾親友助其適應新生活，終在餐館、果園、衣廠等工作十載後，與其兒孫重逢，共享天倫廿六載。

先母雖含蓄少言，但平生堅忍博愛，時常念掛各地的親朋戚友，不畏苦地在背後為眾人奔波勞碌、無私的照料。無論作為孝女、慈母和外祖母，先母體貼入微、仁愛善良的言行都燃亮了我們的人生。我們將毋忘先母慈藹的笑容、窩心的相處、以及為我們烹調的家鄉佳餚。願先母的恩德與事跡能長存於世。 

叨在友、寅、年、世、鄉、戚誼，哀此訃聞。 

孝女慧梅、女婿國良、外孫博聰、外孫媳芷、外孫女穎雯 泣啟