In loving memory of Cu Ung

Hi, my name is Lisa Sy. I am the third oldest out of the five children that my mom raised. On Thursday 10/12, my mom was admitted to the ICU at Jeanes Hospital. She suffered from cardiac arrest and had severe brain damage due to the lack of oxygen in her brain. On October 17, 9:13am, she was officially pronounced brain dead, which basically means, she's gone. I would like to ask for help, as funeral and burial expenses are too expensive and my family would appreciate all the help we can get.

My mom was only 56 years old. We didn't expect any of these events to happen so suddenly. She was fine the day before she went to the hospital, going about her day and just harvesting her plants with my dad before she went to bed, doing her usual routine. It just happen so suddenly. We're still in shock and we don't know what to do. We don't even know how to go about planning things. Fortunately with the help from the hospital, we were provided options for funeral services and we were able to get started somehow.

My mom was such a kind and wonderful person. She would always go out of her way to help others even at the expense of her own. My mom worked long hours at the factory, slept at 10pm, waking up everyday at 2am just to put food on the table and make ends meet. She would even grow her own garden of asian vegetables on our lawn to sell at Asian grocery stores. These tasks are very hard to do, especially considering how fragile and weak my mom was. But she never complained. She kept working, pushing through to provide for her family of 7. She was a hard worker and someone I looked up to. I definitely got my hardworking traits from her. She was a selfless person and never asked anything from us. She didn't want to burden her own children with her own problems. Her last request was to my oldest sister, Ai, and that was to take her to the hospital. Her last words to her on the way to the ER, was "Ma is dying oi." She really waited until the last moment to ask for help and I just want to emphasize how selfless she was. My mom really didn't want us to worry about her at all and worked hard so that we could be happy. She was a strong role model and we all looked up to her.

The picture I chose of her for this page was from her birthday three years ago. We had to drag her out of the house so that we could celebrate it with her. She did not like it when we spend money on her. She wanted us to save our money and spend it on more important things. From that smile of hers, I can tell she really enjoyed having our company, and she felt loved. I really wish we got to spend more time with her.

My family is asking for financial help to cover the cost of funeral and burial services. We would gladly accept any amount possible. Anything will help. Even if it's just a dollar. We gladly appreciate any support that we can get. It will mean so much to us. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Sincerely,

Sy Family