Shoei-Sheng Chen

Shoei-Sheng Chen was born in 1940 in Ko-Lin village in Dong-Shan County of I-Lan, Taiwan. He was the youngest of five girls and two boys. While his family tended to their farm, S.S. had a love and gift for studying. He was the first in his town to attend high school and eventually graduated at the top of his class in engineering at National Taiwan University. After receiving a scholarship to study in the U.S., he completed his PhD at Princeton University in 1968. He took a job shortly thereafter as a civil and mechanical engineer at Argonne National Laboratory in Darien, Illinois, and would hold this position for over 30 years. In 1987, he published a technical book about fluid dynamics that is still being used in the profession today.

He met his spouse, Ruth Cha-Fang Lee, in the U.S. and they were married June 28, 1969. They settled in Willowbrook, Illinois, and had three children, Lyrice, Lisa and Steve. In 1987, S.S. was diagnosed with nasalpharyngeal cancer. It was during this crisis that S.S. accepted Christ and was reborn with new life. He entered into the busiest period of his life, with his active participation in various communities and organizations. He was heavily invested with his professional society, ASME PVP division, chairing the national conference in 1995. S.S. and Ruth also owned and ran United Investment Realty, the most prominent of various entrepreneurial ventures he undertook throughout his life. His primary spiritual community was Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, where he served as a deacon.

In 2001, S.S. and Ruth retired to Laguna Niguel, California, and S.S. began the next chapter of his life devoted to health and natural methods of disease prevention. Though he suffered a number of physical setbacks during this decade, he was committed to spreading his research on natural health. He merged all of the years of his research in science, health, and faith, combining mind, body, and soul. The culmination was a miracle recovery from a host of diseases and hospitalization in 2010. During these years, S.S. and Ruth shared in the community and fellowship of Peace Evangelical Formosan Church of Saddleback Valley.

Despite the physical adversities he constantly faced, he would always remind those nearby that he was living in "heaven in the real world." Now he is truly at peace in eternal life.

S.S. is survived by his wife Ruth; his three children Lyrice, Lisa, and Steve; five grandchildren Elizabeth, Jessica, Anna, Claire, and Isaac; and one grandchild about to be born any minute now.

A funeral service will be held 10:00am on Friday, Februray 17, 2012 at Pacific View Mortuary Chapel with a graveside service immediately following at Pacific View Memorial Park.

Arrangements under the direction of Pacific View Memorial Park and Mortuary FD1176, Corona Del Mar, CA.