In Loving Memory of Seith Seing

Thank you for considering a donation to help my mother, Seith Seing, transition to an ancestor.

Seith Seing, took her last breath alongside her loved ones on Sunday, February 18th, 2024. She was an immigrant-refugee from Cambodia and resettled in the United States in 1980 after escaping genocide and war in her homeland. She escaped Cambodia with her husband while carrying her infant son (Sean, our eldest brother) and was the only one in her immediate family who escaped. Seith Seing was a very warm-hearted, nurturing, and loving person. During her time at a refugee camp before her resettlement to the United States, she took in several children whom she cared for, loved, and fed until they were reunited with their families. She had dreams of safety, stability, and joy for her life and her new family in the United States.

Even with limited English, Seith Seing worked as a blue-collar worker performing physical labor building cabinets in her early twenties to put food on the table and a roof over her family’s head. Despite suffering health complications throughout her life ranging from diabetes, heart disease, post-trauma stress disorder, and early onset dementia, Seith persevered and invested her whole heart and being to her family. Her incredible resiliency through life’s challenges is nothing short of amazing. She provided unconditional support to all four of her children to be educated, as she was never provided a chance to become educated herself due to the war. All four of her children went and graduated from four-year universities and her youngest will be the first Cambodian-American to receive a PhD in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

At 57, she was diagnosed with early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s. We slowly began to see our mom deteriorate after suffering a critical stroke at 58, leaving her non-verbal and bedridden. However, she never stopped smiling and stayed strong for her children and her grandkids. At 63, she begins her journey as an ancestor.

We are seeking your support in the costs of medical and funeral expenses. All offline donations (such as Cash, Zelle, PayPal, and Venmo) will count towards this fundraising goal.

You can Zelle & PayPal me at sevlysnguon[@]gmail.com

You can Venmo or CashApp me @epihoodscholar

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Total Funeral Costs: $20,000

Community Fundraising Goal: $15,000

Please help us meet our goal by Sunday, March 17th, 2024. Thank you for your continued love and support for our family during this time.

Sean, Mary, Vitave, and Sevly Snguon