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WEI YU LIAO (HUI)
Date of Passing: Oct 07, 2006
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryWEI YU LIAO (nee HUI) 1919 - 2006 It is with deep sadness that the family announces the passing of Wei Yu Liao on October 7, 2006 at the Health Sciences Centre. Wei Yu was predeceased by her husband, Rev. Steven Liao, and is survived by her younger sister, Wun Yu Leon. She will be lovingly remembered by her six children, Ruth and husband Jeff Liu, John and wife Judy, James and wife Judy, Grace and husband Greg Ma, Peter and Lorna, David and wife Simfay, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wei Yu was born in Guangzhou, China, immigrating to Canada in 1964. Throughout her life, Wei Yu's quiet determination, gentle persuasion and hard work enabled her to provide and care for her family. A viewing will be on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Monday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. at Thomson In the Park , 1291 McGILLIVRAY BLVD. The Interment will follow at the St. Vital Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army or the Chinese United Church.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 14, 2006
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When I was a teenager I learned to value my relationship w/her so much. I would go over to her place on Tunis Bay and mow the grass every Saturday… I learned how be respectful and how to run over an extension cord w/an electric mower. But when the grass was cut I would put everything away and wash my hands and then she placed a meal in front of me that was and is unparalleled to this day. It was one of those experience la w food that I could easily smell long before I would see the food. Oh the food. It’d be usually nothing w/an exact recipe but you don’t get to be her age and have her life experience and not know how to cook. What I really value is our time to talk. Talk about her family and what hi jinx I was up to as a teenager. Needless to say because of her…I learned to take pride in my heritage. Instead of being ashamed I wasn’t something else I learned to be proud I was Chinese and extremely proud to be part of her family tree. I respect who she was as a wife, mother, Nihnih (grandmother). To move to Canada w/no less than 6 children and a minister husband…is no small feat. Not a day goes by where I don’t think about our time together and how much love she poured out to her entire family over multiple decades until the very end. She was a preachy beat you over the head with advice Nihnih… she would just ask lil questions and really trust in you with her lil smile and subtle ways. Without exaggeration she was 1 of a kind and heart still yearns to be in the same room w her. Engaging in conversation adult to adult. - Posted by: Gary Liao (Grandson) on: Sep 10, 2025