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Xiaodong, our dear friend and sister, was injured and passed away due to a sudden accident. Her warm voice, bright smile and enthusiasm will always remain in our memory until the day we reunite with her!

The family and friends have set up this memorial website and invite Xiaodong's relatives and friends to contribute their tributes, stories and photos. This website will be a permanent memorial for our beloved Xiaodong. Let’s keep her memory alive.


Funeral Service Information:

Friday, March 13, 6pm—8pm
Volpe Funeral Homes
707 W Germantown Pike, Norristown, PA 19403

Donation to Education Fund for Allie and Eric:

Xiaodong is the most proud and devoted mother. Please help us set up the education fund for her young children, Allie and Eric.

If you will attend the funeral service on March 13th and would like to give the donation in person, please make the check payable to "Alexandria Jiang" (Allie) or "Tao Jiang".

Or Click here to go to the GoFundMe Page which will be withdrawn to children's custodial accounts.

Or Click here to go to the PayPal Page which will be withdrawn to children's custodial accounts.

 

Your support at this difficult time is very much appreciated and a great comfort to all of Xiaodong's family!



March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
嘻嘻哈哈的坐在一起打牌聊天,仿佛还在眼前。转眼,物是人已非,更作死生分。庄子说得好:载我以形,劳我以生,佚我以老,息我以死。

晓东,一路走好,愿天堂没有烦恼。
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
Xiaodong share the same enthusiasm with me about edible gardening. During the season we share the seed, seeding and also the harvest. She is a such nice, wonderful human being. She will be missed forever. 
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
Dear Xiaodong, how I missed you! It has been six years since we left Pennsylvania, but every time I thought about old friends there, your warm smile always filled my heart. You are the most capable lady I have ever seen. I remember the days YouYou slept on your back, the secret recipe of your delicious pasta and the little apron you made for every kid on YaYa’s birthday. How I wish I could talk to you again. RIP, my dear friend!
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
California sunny days hurt the most.
Everywhere I go,
A familiar figure came into vision.
Always cheerful and lively,
She stood out in any crowd.
Dark, short hair fluttered up and down,
Charming smile, perfect teeth,
Cross shoulder bag is the signature.
Forever young, like a college kid.
Why?
Steady pace suddenly quickened…
My eyes couldn’t keep up.
Wait!
Wait!


She is gone.


Hope you rest in a better place,
Knowing our Love, gratitude and admiration will never fade,
the way we care for the footprint you left on our hearts.


R.I.P Xiaodong
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
Nothing can be compared, to the priceless memories we shared. It is so painful to lose a close friend like you. You will live at the bottom of my heart forever. Miss your smile, miss your warmth and miss you as such a wonderful friend! R.I.P. Xiaodong!
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020
Not a sister by blood, but definitely a sister by heart!

RIP, Xiaodong. We love you!
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020
I still cannot believe that we lost Xiaodong, such a dear friend. I will miss you, miss your vegetable, miss your veggie seedlings. You are such a informative person, always brought so much convenience to the friends around you. Almost everybody I know ate something from your vegetable garden. Without you, there is that hollow forever.
S M
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020
sorry for your loss. would love to read the life stories, but they are not in english.
March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020
We were so deeply saddened to hear the sudden passing of Xiaodong. She was such an amazing and fantastic friend! We will always miss her warmth and bright smile, her garden, her chickens and her warm house.
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纪念未曾谋面的学妹

April 17, 2020
晓东跟我是在国防科大海外校友群认识的,她大学计算机系88级,小我三届。从不多的发言中,可以感觉到她是一个睿智、爽朗、善解人意和热爱生活的人。印象最深的是她在后院养鸡种菜,其摘瓜蔬捡鸡蛋其乐融融的田园生活让人佩服和羡慕,记得康州383的叶学长还夸过她菜园规划整齐的像电路板。我家每年的感恩节基本都在费城好友家过,所以经常想着要去晓东家参观,可惜每年都有冲突,每年都以为还有下一年,没想到我们今后就再也没机会见面了。。。

人生无常,非常遗憾没有能够真正地认识你。其实脑补过多次我们见面的场景,现在想想忍不住泪眼婆娑了。

Rest In Peace。 

- 李红

那个在长廊尽头读书的女孩

March 22, 2020
我们高中一个班最初有五十多位同学,最少时女生只有八个。温晓冬是其中一位,好像是坐在第一排。晓冬的脱颖而出是在后来的一次考试,她轻而易举地拿了全班前三名。说轻而易举是因为大家看不到她学习有多刻苦努力。那时候的学生生活每天早晨五点多起来跑步做操上自习,白天忙着上课,晚上有晚自习---自己看书学习,有点儿像美国的study hall。10点半晚自习结束以后,很多同学还点上蜡烛,再看一会儿书。晓冬不住校,早自习和晚自习通常是看不到她的。只是在课程紧张的时候,偶尔会看到她站在教室前面长廊的尽头,手里拿着书读。我从走廊经过,有几次注意到在远处读书的她。

高三的一天,班主任把我们俩从教室里叫出去。在办公楼见了国防科大负责山东招生的老师,一位满头白发的离休老干部, 他向我们介绍了计算机系建造当时中国最快的银河机的成就。虽然一起参加座谈的还有其他班的同学,但最终坚持报考国防科大的只有我们两个。高考以后,同学们都轻松了,开始一起玩儿。有一次几位同学聚在一起吃饭,男生都喝了一点酒。散场的时候已经晚上,姜涛坚持要骑车送晓冬回家。我们左等右等姜涛也不回来。第二天传来消息,晓冬和姜涛谈恋爱了。那时晓冬只有15岁。

晓冬、我、还有早一年在科大的一位学长约好一起走。晓冬的父亲陪我们坐汽车到邯郸。然后我们三个乘火车到长沙。那趟火车很拥挤,我们没买到有座位的车票。人和行李都挤在车厢中间狭窄的过道里,晃晃荡荡一直站了十几个小时才到终点。那是我乘火车的经历中最疲劳的一次。晓冬作为一个女孩子,没有显示出一丝我后来所了解的女孩子的柔弱。她一直是一个能坚强前行的人。多年以后,我把晓冬送上从纽约开往普林斯顿的火车,看着她小小的身形和旁边两个大大的行李箱,心中不禁替她作难而又感慨她的坚毅。

晓冬是一个非常聪颖的人,脑筋转得很快。有一次几家人在一起散步,晓冬给我提了一个问题。她说有一座1米长的桥,怎样走直线距离最长。我一时卡住。她欢快地告诉我答案:走对角线。我现在回想起来,清清楚楚记得的是桥和对角线,具体的问题已变得模糊。晓冬向来都不是一个拘泥于寻常答案的人,虽然高中大学研究生一路走来我常常能理解她的想法。只是这一次,她清清楚楚地给我展示了她的回答,却再也没有对我说出她心中的问题。我无能为力,却又妄想早先能做点什么。我缺少勇气去一页一页慢慢翻开三十几年来的记忆,脑海中却不由得浮现出最初一幕那个在长廊尽头站立读书的小姑娘。

顶雷

March 21, 2020
by Ming Li
终于只能我讲你来听的机会了,你是一个才思敏锐,说话语速极快的人,我最惨的记忆就是92年初去公司报到的时候,绕道长沙去看方哲和你,在你的宿舍,碰到了你的两个好友,胡滔,史媛媛,你们三个伶牙俐齿,每个人都是说话嘎嘣脆,语速极快,说话就像机关枪一样,让我在那里连说话的机会都没有,几乎每讲一句,你们每一个人都有十句以上的话在等着我,以至于到现在都记忆尤新。

不过现在你没有解释的权力,只能听我说:

88年我们高中毕业,高考过后,我们一帮同学跑到油泵厂路南家属院小贾同学亲戚的宿舍里聚会,那是我们同学的第一次聚会,喝了不少啤酒,大家边喝边聊,到结束的时候,已经是深夜,姜涛同学自报奋勇去送你回家,我们一帮弟兄在那里左等右等,后来都睡着了,也不知道姜涛是几点钟回来的。事后大家自是拿着姜涛取笑一番,然后各自散去,以为什么事都不会发生。

没成想,过了几天,大中午,谢晓冰跑到我家递给我你写的一封信,她告诉我说,她去你们家找你玩的时候,你悄悄地递给她的,说是你爸爸特别生气,把你关在家里不让你出门。打开一看,几颗斗大的字,写着:快来救救我,要不然我和你二弟就完了!(虽然我们家后来几次搬家,这封信竟然和我其他的一些书信都被我的父母保留下来,我曾经开玩笑说,将来要拍卖这封信...)

看完之后,我赶紧骑车到红旗小学你家去认错,那天,在那个小院子里,你爸坐在小凳子上,我在那里傻傻地站着,被你爸训了将近两个小时,我一再承认,是我组织的活动,玩的太晚了,忘了时间,保证以后不再这样了,如何如何,曾经在我心目中和蔼可亲的叔叔就那样变成了凶神恶煞,以至于现在我见了他还是心惊胆颤...那时你十五,姜涛十八...

晓燕姐说,你15岁谈恋爱,一生只爱一个人,希望这份感情能陪你走一生..

那时候,老哥哥年轻,可以去替你们抗雷。现在你说,这么大的雷,你让老哥哥怎么抗?!

再一个,你还来参加拍卖你的这封信吗?疫情过后我回国的时候,把它烧了吧!怎样?

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