Suey was born in Kaiping China on July 3, 1927, as the second daughter to her father Kwan Shun Tim and mother Wong Chun Chu. Suey married her husband Leung Jing Yee and started their family in China. They moved the family to Hong Kong and eventually immigrated to Calgary in 1967.
Suey found work as a hotel maid at the Calgary Inn where she worked until she retired. Once Suey retired, she was able to devote more time to her family. Suey continued to raise her youngest son Marshall as well as help babysit her grandchildren Jason, Jackie and Jenny while Nick and Salina started their new restaurant business in Airdrie.
Suey was an avid gardener and maintained a large vegetable garden in her backyard. She always had a good supply of freshly cut vegetables in her fridge, readily available for her children to pick up. She also enjoys looking after many house plants and flowers in her front yard.
Suey found Jesus Christ as her Saviour late in her life and enjoyed going to Pentecostal church in Chinatown every Sunday and attended many senior events offered by the church.
Her memory will be cherished in the hearts of her children, Brenda (Sherman) Pon, Eric (Judy) Yee, Gary (May) Yee, Nick (Salina) Yee, Thomas Yee, Carole Yee, Marshall (Mary) Yee; and grandchildren, Pamela Pon, Sarah (Gerry) Wong, Jonathan (Jenny Yu) Yee, Jennifer (Seward) Pon, Brian Yee, Jason (Alicia Zoobkoff) Yee, Jackie (Eric) Mugford, Jenny (Bao) Phan, Dylan Yee, Alex Yee, Kaitlyn Yee; and great grandchildren, Jaden Wong, Zoey Wong, Olivia Wong, Megan Wong, Jayden Chan, Jaela Yu Yee, Jace Yu Yee, Kenzie Pon, Gabrielle Pon, Brodie Pon, Sia Yee, Hedley Mugford, Stella Phan, Bennett Phan. She was predeceased by her husband, Leung Jing Yee in 1974.
A Funeral Service will be held at FOSTER’S GARDEN CHAPEL, 3220 – 4 Street N.W., Calgary (across from Queen’s Park Cemetery) on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. A Graveside Service to follow at Queen’s Park Cemetery, 3219 4 St NW, Calgary.
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