Mei Jean Yee 1940-2025

Mei Jean Yee passed away peacefully on November 26, 2025. She is survived by her son Lester Yee and his wife Lily Kuo of Wakefield, her daughter Jeanne Yee MacNevin and her husband Stephen of Wakefield, and her 7 grandchildren, Kenneth Chu, Carolyn Chu, Preston Yee, Calvin Yee, Sydney Yee, Ryan MacNevin, and Aidan MacNevin, and great-granddaughter Arden Chu. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 60 years Fee Quin Yee and her daughter Linda Chu. Mei is also survived by her oldest sister, Big Fong Cheong, of Toronto, Canada, and her older brother, Goon Foo SooHoo, of New York City. Her older sister, Rita Ng of Toronto, Canada predeceased her.

Born in Kaiping of Guangdong, China, she came to the United States when she was 21, married and raised a family in Massachusetts. She lived in Malden for over 35 years and moved to Wakefield in the early 2000s. Mei spent many years helping her grandchildren, picking them up from preschool and then elementary school, teaching them Chinese, and later, how to cook their favorite dishes. She enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening, traveling, crocheting and needlepoint, and spending time with her family.