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Thank you everyone for making Jack's memorial on June 1 so very special.

Special thanks to Pastor Kuo and all the church singers and musicians for the beautiful music and for the speakers for their heartfelt words.

My mother and I want to thank everyone for their attendance and we have shared some pictures from the day and some videos of the singing.

Also thank you to the many family and friends who have been sending us their support and love from near and afar. Your support has been so appreciated.

May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
Dear Jack,

My truly friend, thank for your care and concern for me when you when I met you. Although you are no longer here, I still remember you.

Dear Jack,
Today is May 17, 2021 and I want to tell you that the older I get, the more I will miss my old friends. You must be happier in heaven than in the world.



August 20, 2018
August 20, 2018
8/17, it already 3 months since your passing; the next day 8/18, we went to your resting Forest Lawn in the morning to change the flower. Still feel you are around always.
Next week 8/25 we will do your 100 days memorial at home.
Alice will be home that time!
July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018
7/1 we did your 7th weeks memorial lunch.
Lien, Annie and husband, Derek. GY Chang, Taiwan George and Itanis.
We will do your birth day memorial next year.
Your house is still full of your stuff, it will be there for long time.
We will visiting the Forest Lawn your grave side every Saturday.
For real, we all feel you are with us all the time!
June 28, 2018
June 28, 2018
6/27 is your sixth week memorial (42 days already)
George is very busy today. Only Lien and I have simple dinner together. Of course you are with us for sure!
June 21, 2018
June 21, 2018
6/20 is your 5th week memorial. (35 days already)
Alice already back to Portland.
We (Lien, George, Miki and me) have dinner together. Nothing fancy, we have Teriyaki Chicken, Fish and Chips, Onion Ring, fried Zucchini and Veggie Burger(for Miki)!
It was good meal! I am sure you were there with us all the time!
June 14, 2018
June 14, 2018
6/13 is your 4th week memorial! (28 days already)
We have some Chinese fast food (Orange chicken, Garlic Chicken, Mushroom Chicken, Broccoli beef, steam rice and chow mein) with 2 for 6 Burger King Crispy Chicken Sandwich. It was very nice with George, Miki, Alice and Lien. Feel you were there with us for small simple dinner!
June 6, 2018
June 6, 2018
6/6 is the third week memorial. Time swifts so fast! This is the 21st day already! Tonight we will have In and Out burger with French fries for dinner. George and Mike will attend as well. Forgot to mention they were in the 2nd week memorial dinner with us too! Uncle George is arriving dd 6/25. He is able to provide some support and assistance for Lien and Alice!
June 4, 2018
June 4, 2018
6/1 is your memorial service
Your friends and relatives attending with love;
It is so nice and pretty! you are in the blue sky now.
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018
5/30 is your 14th days memorial! I will have dinner with Alice and Lien again!! We will have your favor Beef & Tendon noodle soup and onion pan cake from Ma's Muslin restaurant! Lien and Alice both are working so hard for the 6/1 memorial service in Forest Lawn.
Nancy Chan/Evergreen called me yesterday! She will send some flower set to your home!
Bella from Yang Ming send me a very nice message the other day! You were just like a big brother for your co-workers! They will send a wreath to Forest Lawn!
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018
英治,
願你安息在主懷中,55年的情誼念在心中!
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018
Jack,
永睡主懐,
一切重擔, 主為我們承当.
May 28, 2018
May 28, 2018
posted by chingsen Chou on 29th May 2018
七載同窗歡樂聚 聚少離多千里遠
遠離塵世去九重 重新輪迴再續緣
May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018
Dear Jack,
Wish you go to beautiful heaven and surrounding with God and angels.
You will be remembered.
Rest in peace.
May 26, 2018
May 26, 2018
5/23 is your first 7th days memorial, we (Alice, Lien and me) had simple dinner together. We cooked some Dumpling (one of your favorite dishes)! Just hope you like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRBtTtP9f8
This is very nice song for you.
A thousand winds
Don't stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am the sunlight on the ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
I am a thousand winds
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glint on snow
I am a thousand winds that blow
Don't stand at my grave and cry
I am not there, I did not die
I am the swift rush of birds in flight
Soft stars that shine at night
I am a thousand winds
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glint on snow
I am a thousand winds that blow
Don't stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am the sunlight on the ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
I am a thousand winds
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glint on snow
I am a thousand winds that blow
I know you are with us always.
May 23, 2018
May 23, 2018
So sorry for the lose of long time true friend since 1963.
May 22, 2018
Dear A-Bo (the name by which we used to call you),
   We were very good next-door neighbors in Taipei since our childhood and we had a lot of fun playing together. Then you moved to America and began your career there, but your youngest sister often kept us posted on your happenings.
   On receiving the shocking news of your passing away, we felt deeply sorrowful. We still remember a few years ago when you came back to Taipei for a visit, we had a very wonderful time gathering together. You had such a vivid memory talking happily about our childhood life. Oh, those were the days—— We will always remember your humor and smile. Let us wish you a delightful journey to eternity and may you Rest In Peace.
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Hi Jack:
My best brother-in-law. Knowing you since I was teenager (year of wonders) , seeing you all these years (up and down, sad and happy); you are always there to provide your strong support and guidance.
Rest in peace! (I was there with you till the end of your life, you looked very handsome and slept just like an anger)
Keep smiling! (Your smiling face always shined the room when you walk in, It was like the rainbow after raining day)
You are just a little earlier than us to reach Father's Home! (Not far away at all)
You are now on the blue sky! I feel you are just transferring yourself to the morning sun light on my shoulder! And your KARAOK song is now go into the song of nature around my ears!
We will meet you one day maybe in the near future!
All the pains, anxieties, sufferance and wounds will be healed in His loving hands!
Please don't worry just move on! I will take care Alice and her mom! Bye!
We love you always! You are always in our minds!
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
感恩!従此自由了。無病無痛!安祥快楽!
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Dear Jack,
My truly friend, thank for your care and concern for me always when I met you. Although you are no longer here, I still remember you.

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May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
Dear Jack,

My truly friend, thank for your care and concern for me when you when I met you. Although you are no longer here, I still remember you.

Dear Jack,
Today is May 17, 2021 and I want to tell you that the older I get, the more I will miss my old friends. You must be happier in heaven than in the world.



August 20, 2018
August 20, 2018
8/17, it already 3 months since your passing; the next day 8/18, we went to your resting Forest Lawn in the morning to change the flower. Still feel you are around always.
Next week 8/25 we will do your 100 days memorial at home.
Alice will be home that time!
July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018
7/1 we did your 7th weeks memorial lunch.
Lien, Annie and husband, Derek. GY Chang, Taiwan George and Itanis.
We will do your birth day memorial next year.
Your house is still full of your stuff, it will be there for long time.
We will visiting the Forest Lawn your grave side every Saturday.
For real, we all feel you are with us all the time!
His Life

Eulogy in Chinese from Memorial Service

June 6, 2018

曾英治先生,1943年出生於台灣彰化.他是家中的次子,在七位兄弟姊妹中他排行老四.他的父親是個醫生,母親是家庭主婦.之後全家搬到臺北,住在一間日式的小房子裏,樓下是他父親的診所,家人則住在樓上。

父親年輕的時候,喜歡運動也喜歡探險。有空時經常去游泳和爬山。國立臺灣海洋大學畢業之後,他開始在商船上工作,經常航行到歐洲和南美洲,累積了很多船運方面的經驗。1976年,長榮海運派他到紐約工作,次年改派到加州長灘,隨後他將臺北的家人接來加州定居。在船運界工作超過30年之後,2006年從陽明海運退休下來。他參與工作的這一世代,剛好是國際航運建立的開端,也為現在的全球化貿易鋪路。

1974年,他和周清蓮小姐于相識一年後結婚。1976年他們生了一個女兒,1979年定居於美國加州的Cypress市。在這裏,他們輔養了我和好幾隻寵物(總共3隻貓和7隻狗,最後的一隻狗Coco,  是我父親的最愛)。

我們家雖然只是一個普通的四房兩浴的樓房,但是經常都是熱熱鬧鬧的。我爸媽並不富裕,但是他們爲人慷慨,也很喜歡幫助別人。我們家多的兩個房間經常都有客人住,成了衆多親友們留學,或是移民來美暫住的第一個家。

父親特別喜愛大自然和探險,他經常開車帶著每個從台灣來的親友們去旅行,他們的足跡遍布美國西部各州。

父親出生于日治時代,在國民黨的戒嚴統治下長大。他移居美國多年後,一直渴望他的台灣同胞能夠體驗到民主制度。1996年他和妻子一起返台投票,參加了台灣第一次公開民主選擧,對故鄉的未來充滿希望和樂觀。親身參與這次選舉是他政治生命中的一個重要時刻。

當父親個年紀漸長,開始變得比較感性。那位被家人們公認愛開玩笑的父親,成了一位虔誠的基督徒和教會唱詩班的歌手.帕金森氏症雖然讓他失去了行動能力,卻也發掘了他情感精神的一面.

在過去這18個月臥床療養的日子雖然辛苦,但卻也充滿了朋友之間的快樂喜悅。教會唱詩班來家裏唱歌給他聽,長老每晚打電話來為他祈禱,老朋友們帶來他最喜歡的台灣歌曲,許多親友們來看他,鄰居們也時常來幫忙,看護和醫療人員們所幫忙做的,遠遠超過了他們的工作範圍。還有在特別的節日,親友們約好一起來家裏探望他,鼓勵他,讓他知道有這麼多人關心他。從他們對我父母親的關愛和幫助中,我見證了大家慷慨支持的力量,不但分擔了母親照護的重擔,也撫慰了父親的病痛。

在這段父親臥病的艱難歲月裏,始終陪在他的身邊的,是他的妻子清蓮,她不但是永遠支持他的伴侶,也是忠誠的工作夥伴和主要的護理師。她挑起了這份艱巨的工作,庇護父親直到最後。

父親為人忠心耿耿,誠實,有原則。對自己節儉但對朋友慷慨,具有獨特的幽默感,熱愛動物和大自然。他既是丈夫,也是父親,兒子,兄弟,伯叔,舅舅,同事和朋友。大家將會記得,父親這一生中曾經善心幫助過許許多多的人。而在帕金森氏症讓他最難受的時候,許多親友也聚在一起為他打氣。他的經驗告訴我們,即使在人生最黑暗的時刻,衹要有摯愛的親友們支持,所有的痛苦都可以忍受。

現在他不再受到疾病的痛苦折磨,平靜的回到主的身邊。讓我們效法他照顧親友們的精神,互相幫忙和保持友誼 - 讓我們 一起走向未來,分享生命的喜悅與重擔。


Eulogy in English from Memorial Service

June 6, 2018

Jack was born in Changhua, Taiwan in 1943. He was the 2nd son, and 4th child of 7 siblings. His father was a doctor and his mother a housewife. Later, the entire family moved to Taipei.  They lived in a small Japanese style house. The downstairs served as his father’s clinic and the family lived on the second floor.

As a young man, he was athletic and adventurous. He spent his free time swimming in rivers and hiking. He studied at National Taiwan Ocean University. After graduation, he joined the merchant marines and sailed to Europe and South America. From these early days spent crossing the oceans, Jack established a career in the shipping industry. A job with Evergreen brought him to New York in 1976 and then, with his young family, moved to Long Beach in 1977. He retired from Yang Ming in 2006, after over 30 years in the industry. Jack was part of a generation that facilitated international transportation, paving the way for globalized trade as we know it today.

In 1974 he married Ching-Lien Chou after dating for one year. They had one child, a daughter in 1976. The family settled in Cypress in 1979. Here they would raise me and several beloved pets (3 cats and 7 dogs), with their last Coco, my father's favorite).

The house was a modest 4 bedroom, 2 bath split-level but for most of their lives it was filled with people and activity. My parents were not wealthy, but they were generous and community-minded. The two extra bedrooms were often occupied by visitors, nieces and nephews studying in America and various friends and family who needed a first place to call home in new lands.

Jack's enthusiasm for nature and adventure continued as frequent road trips across the western United States. Every family member or friend visiting from Taiwan would be taken on one of his trips.

He was born in Taiwan under the Japanese occupation, lived through the martial rule under the Kuomintang, and participated in the first democratic elections in Taiwan. All the years he lived in the U.S., he yearned for his Taiwanese countrymen to experience democracy. In 1996, he and his wife returned to Taiwan to vote in its first democratic election, beaming with hope and optimism for the future of his homeland. Taking part in this monumental political moment was a highlight of his life.

As Jack grew older, a more sensitive side emerged. The man who was known widely in his family for practical jokes became a devout Christian and singer in the church choir. Parkinson's, which took away his mobility and motor control, brought out a more emotional and spiritual side.

The last 18 months at home was a difficult time–but also a time filled with much joy and community. I remember his church choir coming to sing for him, the elder calling him nightly to pray for him, old friends bringing him favorite Taiwanese songs, neighbors assisting, caring caretakers and nurses, and special times when friends and family gathered back at this house to see him, encourage him, and let him know how much he was loved. Through their kindness, their support of him and my mother, I witnessed the generosity and strength of community and how many shared hands can help to carry the burden and comfort the pain of illness.

Throughout this difficult time, always by his side, his devoted wife Ching-Lien was his constant companion, primary care-taker, partner and support. She shouldered the greatest burdens and sheltered him through to his last days.

Loyal and devoted. Honest and principled. Frugal but generous. A unique sense of humor. Lover of animals and nature. Husband, father, son, brother, uncle, colleague and friend. Jack will be remembered for his kindness and his helpfulness to many throughout his life. And in his most difficult times with Parkinson's, by the many people that came together to uplift him. His life serves as a reminder that all of us can endure the darkest times with the kindness and support of our treasured relationships.

Today he is at peace, no longer wearied by the pain of illness, returning to the Lord that he found serenity in. Let us who remain, remember him in fellowship–that we continue to walk with one another and share life's burdens and sing its joys, together.

Early Childhood

May 20, 2018

Jack was born in Changhua City, Taiwan in 1943. He was the 2nd son, and 4th child of 7 siblings. His father was a doctor and his mother a housewife. He has 2 brothers and four sisters. The household included 17 people. They lived with their extended family, including uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents. When he was 5 years old, the family moved to Taipei.

Recent stories

My first Sleeping bag

June 27, 2018

Jack loved to bring us to road trip and camping.

He bought me a Sleeping Bags back to 1987 when I just settled down at US. 

It was sky blue color with a lot little cute poppies images on it. I still have it in my garage to cover George's antique car. . 

He is such nice and thoughtful guy! It was keeping me worm for several years, I used it as my blanket most of the time not only in camping.

Song was always with him

June 6, 2018

As I was digging through old photos I found this one of my parents singing together in the early 1980's. It reminded me that singing was always a big part of his life. I remember especially during the 90's when they and their friends got really into karaoke--every weekend during that decade was filled with people gathering together to sing. 

Later in life he joined the church choir and I'm a little sad that I was living in New York at the time so that I never got to see him sing with his choir. 

The last year of his life, it was hard for him to sing, but his choir friends would stop by the house to sing for him. The last 2 weeks he was on hospice, his friend Simon came one day and they sang some of his favorite Taiwanese songs together. 

A few days before he passed I witnessed the most touching and lovely moment. The hospice music therapist came to the house to sing and play the guitar for my dad. Arriving at the same time was his church choir friends, who also brought their instruments. They ended up doing a jam session and everyone played together and sang together. It filled the house with beautiful sound. I will never forget that day.

Nature Lover

June 6, 2018

Jack was a lifelong nature lover. I remember my childhood filled with endless road trips to every national park in the Western United States. I didn't appreciate it much as a kid (at that age I think I'd rather spend time in front of a TV or in a mall). As I became an adult, I realized what an impact that made in me and formed my own love of camping and hiking. It still didn't connect fully until in 2013 when I took my dad back to Taiwan and I got a chance to meet his college buddies. Listening to their adventure stories from when he was a young man, I started to connect those family road trips to something larger; to an essential part of who he was as an individual. 

One of his favorite places close to home was the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, known fondly in our family as "the bird place". It's a wetland that's between Huntington Beach and the interior marshes and a place where several endangered species of birds nest during their migratory routes. Dad loved this place and would take us frequently and make regular trips out himself (with Coco, when she was alive). 

The day after the memorial, my husband and I went out there to take a walk in memory of dad. We saw this lovely little bird there. He let us get so close to take the photo--too busy with the fish in the water (its next meal) than to be scared off by us. We also saw a few sting rays in those waters! A lovely day out and a nice remembrance of Jack's love of the birds.

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