Dear Family and Friends,
Our beloved mother Madam Situ Shuang passed away peacefully in the night of March 11, 2019 at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, at the age of 84. After spending a lovely Chinese New Year with her son and daughter at her home in Beijing, her health deteriorated rapidly within a month. She finally succumbed to the stomach cancer that she had been battling for years and spent her last few days cared by her family, her nanny and the wonderful doctors and nurses at PUMCH. Not too long ago, Mother has planned for the inevitable and instructed not to hold a public funeral proceeding after her death. She decided to donate her body for medical education on anatomy. Being a dedicated educator her whole life, her last wish was to make her own body a tool for education. We are proud to have such as great mother and we believe that she has made the world a better place with her contribution.
We feel deeply saddened by losing our mother and we are proud of the many achievements she had made. Mother has left so much to us all, and it will take us a life time to reflect on. Besides mourning our collective losses, we hope that through reminiscing and remembrance we will find the joy, inspiration and encouragement that she has afforded us, so that we will all have a more fulfilling life of our own. This is the best way to pay respect to our beloved mother and teacher.
Qiang “Ching” Wan, Son
Marianne Situ, Daughter
March 2019