Julia Renwei Zhu

1945 - 2017

Julia Renwei Zhu
July 15, 1945 ~ August 6, 2017
Resident of Walnut Creek, CA
Julia Renwei Zhu passed away in her sleep peacefully after a courageous battle of 8 years of Lung Cancer on 6 August, 2017 in Walnut Creek, CA. She was born in Shanghai, China on 15 July, 1945. In China she completed a major in Chinese Linguistic Literature. She also attended the Shanghai Administrative Management Institute in Shanghai, China. As a Director for the teaching group, she taught courses in "Management of City Population" and "Population Sociology". While working with the Shanghai Family Planning Committee in Shanghai she did Policy Research; wrote speeches for the Vice Mayor of the City of Shanghai within the Family Planning Field; drafted different Policy's for the country of China then directed and researched the Policy after being implemented.
After coming to the United States, she taught Chinese to Chinese born in the United States as well as teaching Chinese to Americans.
She eventually opened a restaurant in the Moraga Rheem Center under the slogan "here is your kitchen". She created a small restaurant with a big reputation.
From 1999 through her retirement in 2006 she worked at AIS Insurance in Oakland, CA where she completed her license as a California Health and Life Insurance Agent.
Julia was preceded in death by her father; Master Artist Zhu Qizhan (died at age 105) of Shanghai, China. She is survived by her mother Chen Ruijun of Shanghai, China; Jerry M. Womble, Long Time Partner of 19 years of Walnut Creek; her son Michael Hwang and wife Linda of Los Angeles; her brother Renhe Zhu and wife Linda Xu and son Liyan Zhu of Los Angeles and son Leo Zhu of New York; her sister Renzhang Zhu and husband William Zhou and son Ian Zhou, and wife Dong Dong and their son Logan Zhou of Vancouver Canada; sister Renmei Zhu , husband Jianguo Zhu and son Ming Zhu of Shanghai, China.
Over the last 19 years in Walnut Creek, Julia enjoyed Ball Room Dancing at the Concord Senior Center as well as in Rossmoor on the-Sundays and Tuesdays. She enjoyed-going to the different restaurants in the Bay Area as well as up and down the coast. She especially enjoyed going to South Lake Tahoe.
On traveling, Julia visited many states throughout the United States; however, her favorite passion was for Cruising throughout Europe and Asia. Her favorite places were Santorini, Rhodes, and Athens Greece; St Petersburg Russia; Estonia; Brugge Belgium and Copenhagan Denmark. In Asia and Pacific areas she loved Sydney Australia and of course the many places in China that she visited.
While Julia was loved by everyone who knew her she always said it was her gym friends who gave her the confidence to keep on going. Her friends will greatly miss her wonderful smile, great personality, undeniable strength and the radiance she generated when around. It is hoped that she can now rest in peace after her long 58 days in Hospice.
The life of Julia Renwei Zhu will be celebrated at 11:00 am on September 30, 2017 in a memorial service at Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive in Lafayette, Ca. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Cancer Support Community at 3276 McNutt Ave., Walnut Creek, CA. or a charity of your choice.


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