Dina Chen

張葯庭女士生平 張葯庭女士在民國七年陰曆�月二�七日(西元1918年10月31日)出生於中國浙江寧波的愛國商人家庭。�親莊�，芳�詩舲，養育了6男7女，父�相敬，手足親，大家庭和樂��。葯庭女士在兄弟姊妹之中排行第四，上�有三�兄長。身為長女，葯庭女士備�器�，�年時期�接�西�養�教育，修習外語�鋼��馬術�汽車駕駛，�為當時的新女性。葯庭女士的父親是民�上海紙業巨擘張佩�先生(1890-1968) ，1920年開辦張佩�紙行，後�當�上海市紙業�業公會會長，在日本侵��後�極投入抗日�動，出錢出力。�使在上海淪陷時期也未鬆懈培養�女的愛國情�。 葯庭女士二兄張明國先生就讀滬江大學的�學陳緒寧先生(1913-2000)，在畢業�夕投筆從戎，轉讀筧橋空�官校，決心以生命報效國家。葯庭女士�家教耳濡目染，毅然放棄安逸生活，和以身報國的緒寧先生共譜愛曲。緒寧先生�為空�是戰時最�險的工作，��所愛變�寡婦，就已「國破何以家為�為由拖延，以致兩人訂婚長��年，�終於在�日抗戰�利後舉行婚禮，��連�，�就了這段中國�日抗戰時期「男忠女貞�的佳話。 葯庭女士與夫移居��後，憑藉精湛英語能力長期��於美��三航空隊，並在三�五歲以後生了兩個女兒，佩奇和�奇，一家四�，幸�快樂。1978年後葯庭女士由原美�單�贊助申請移民美國，來美後任�矽谷狄�多電腦公�到屆齡退休。葯庭女士在2000年夫��世後�入Milpitas 市Beresford Senior Citizen Home，�了這個大家庭裡活�的一員，Dina Chen。Dina心胸開闊，天性樂觀，處處與人為善，在那裡居�生活的�一年中，交到了許多好朋�，�到大家的喜愛。 葯庭女士一生相夫教女，�順父�，�愛手足，以家庭為�，�有中國傳統婦女美德，�也是開風氣之先的�業女性，崇尚�立自主。2011年8月2日葯庭女士自行�車�往醫院簽字��施行血管修復手術，�囑隨後趕到的女兒��大驚�怪，��手術�必勞師動眾。�幸手術後發生狀�，�日下�二進手術房，並�於8月4日清晨2:30在女兒�外孫隨�下�世，享壽94歲，留給親�無�懷念和追�。 Dina Chen was born on October 31st, 1918 in Ningbo, China – just south of Shanghai. She was the fourth child in a family of thirteen and the eldest daughter. In addition to a formal education, Dina also learned English, piano, horseback riding, and driving, which was revolutionary for Chinese women of the time. Dina met her future husband, Hsu Ning, through her brother who was attending the same university. When World War II broke out with Japan, Ning decided to leave the university and joined the air force to serve and protect his country. Ning was hesitant to marry Dina at the time because of the danger in the air force and possibility of leaving her a widow. After a long nine years and a Japanese surrender, they were finally married in 1945. After moving to Taiwan in 1949, they had two daughters, Peggy and Vicki. In Taiwan, Dina worked for the US Thirteenth Air Force for thirty years before immigrating to the United States in 1978. After moving to California, Dina worked as an executive secretary in the Bay area . After retirement, Dina lived out her days happily at the Beresford senior citizen home where she remained active in the community and made many new friends thanks to her outgoing nature and generosity. On August 2nd 2011, Dina checked herself into O’Connor Hospital in Santa Clara for an angioplasty. After a complication in the initial procedure, Dina suffered a heart attack and had to undergo a second operation. Unfortunately, Dina was unable to recover and passed away the morning of August 4th, 2011, surrounded by her loving daughters and grandchildren.