Hongliu Zou

To love, one must be loved first. My mother was the one who taught me how to love by
loving me first. Now looking back, I can see the evidence of her love all over our lives, but for
most of my life it was something I never fully understood. It wasn’t until she was in and out of
the house in these last few years, either traveling or in the hospital, that I realized how much
sacrifice and strength it took to love and serve this family like she had. For the last two and a

Hongliu’s Eulogy by Juemin:

Pastor Feng, Pastor Liu, Pastor Yang, Pastor Simon, Elders, brothers and sisters of CCC, Hongliu’s sister Jenny and her husband Roland. Hongliu’s classmates, colleagues, and friends, My brother Junmin just flown from China two days ago, my colleagues and friends, the classmates and friends of Tina, Grace, Faith, Kate, Matt, Grace’s boyfriend Kevin and his family, friends of the Tang family, the staff of the mueller funeral home, and families overseas...

Hi. My name’s Matt and I’m the youngest of the 5 Tangs and the only son. My mom meant a lot to me, I’ve always been aware that she could leave my life one day and never come back, but it was always in the back of my mind. Sometimes she would come home telling me she thought she wouldn’t come back next time. I always ignored her, she always came back before, why would it be any different this time?
I regret a whole lot of things that I never did with her, she deserved so much more than I...

I am Kate Tang, the second youngest of the Tang siblings. Thank you all for being so supportive and sending so much food these past two weeks and thank you to my friends for always being there for me whenever I needed it.
I can’t begin to express how strong and great of a person and a mother my mom was. We really did her no favor in being so stubborn and arguing with each other, every day, over the simplest things. Our household was always chaotic and my mom probably never got a second...

Hi everyone, my name is Faith, the 3rd Tang sibling. As I’m sure most of you have been able to witness, my mom's greatest love in life was her children. There’s nothing in this world that she dedicated more time and energy to than raising each one of us.

Cooking us our favorite meals and baking our favorite desserts, my mom showered us with her unconditional love on a daily basis. She always made sure that a full dinner spread with 4 or 5 different dishes was prepared for us. In...