Oi Yuk Chu Yee

余朱靄玉

November 1, 1933 – May 12, 2025

Oi Yuk Chu Yee, 91 of Brookline, passed away peacefully in the early morning of May 12,

2025 at South Cove Manor Rehabilitation Center at Quincy Point surrounded by her

loving family.

Oi Yuk was born on November 1, 1933, in Burma but came to China when she was a

little girl. While still in school, Oi Yuk was matched with her future husband Gen Yuen

Yee and married years later. They escaped to Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion.

In 1968, she immigrated to the US with 7 children in tow since her husband left Hong

Kong to the US a few months earlier.

While in the US, Oi Yuk worked as a seamstress in a garment factory. Because of her

friendly nature and eagerness to help others, she was well-like by her co-workers and

had developed many long lasting friendships. After the factory closed, she worked

alongside with her husband Gen Yuen in their Chinese Restaurant. It is during this time

that she perfected her children’s favorite dishes such as saifun with dried shrimp, fried

fish cakes and shrimp dumplings.

Oi Yuk was a loving mother and liked to indulge her children while her husband was a

strict but fair father. Both parents instilled positive values in their children and

emphasized the importance of education, hard work and helping others. She stayed late

at night with her many children and encouraged them while they were doing their

schoolwork. Although Oi Yuk was taught English in school, she claims to have forgotten

everything. When her children are speaking in English in front of her, she seems to

understand what is being said to our surprise.

Even though Oi Yuk was a tiny woman at 4 ft 11 inches, she will always be remembered

by her loud booming voice, her vibrant personality, her sweet and gracious manner to

everyone that she encountered. The family would tease Mom that she didn’t need to

use the telephone to talk to her friends in the next town over. She should just open the

windows and holler. Even with her last ounce of strength in the nursing home, she

acknowledges her visitors with a little smile and wave goodbye with her two hands.

She will be deeply missed by all who have the pleasure of meeting her. She was the

beloved mother of the late Steve and his widow Forra; Philip and his wife Annie, Lai Ha

and her husband Richard Leung; Lai Kuen and her husband David Chou; Greg; Lai Ngor;

Lai Wan and her husband Dominic Kwok; the late Lyla and Matthew Goldstein. She was

the cherished Grandma of 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Oi Yuk Chu Yee:

Check payable to : 

Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center

c/o Lai Yee

132 Mason Terrace

Brookline, MA  02446

Please contact family member if a donation was made thru their website

Thank you,

Lai Ha

Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from

9AM to 11AM

Monday – May 19, 2025

Wing Fook Funeral home

13 Gerard Street

Roxbury (Boston), MA 02119

Interment

Monday- May 19, 2025

Forest Hills Cemetery

95 Forest Hill Ave

Boston, MA 02130