In memory of James Chung-Li Sun

October 3, 1933 – May 9, 2020

 

James Chung-Li Sun, a resident of Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewood NJ, Taiwan, and China, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at the age of 86.  He will be deeply missed by his loving wife Teresa; his children John and his wife Anne, Angela, and Eleanor (Reilly) and her husband Steve; his eight grandchildren, James, Olivia, Danielle, Michael, Christina, Jessica, Jack, and Allie; along with his siblings Amy, Irene, and Ruby, and Michael.

 

James was born in Shanghai, China.  In 1949, his family moved to Taipei, Taiwan.  In 1960, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Taiwan University.  He served in the Taiwan military as a translator.  He was the owner/president of a family run textile dyeing and weaving company in Taiwan.  In 1975, he moved to the U.S. with his wife and 3 children.

 

James had many passions including the arts, classical music, the ballet, literature, history, nature, travel, and hiking.  He loved talking about Chinese and Asian history in particular.  His photos of nature made all the subjects come to life. James also cherished all his friendships from college, his photography club and his hiking club in Taiwan. 

 

James’ grandchildren were the pride and joy of his life. The legacy of his kind spirit, passion for nature and the arts, love of reading, and zest for life will live on through them.

 

James will be deeply missed and will be forever in our hearts.

 

A private funeral service was held on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at the George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, NJ. 

 

Should friends desire, donations may be given to the following organizations:

www.pbs.org/foundation/support/

 

www.valleyhospitalfoundation.org/give

 

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日子過得好快，明天就是我哥哥離世後的六七了，每個“七”，我都有在家中為他特別遵照佛教的儀式念經祝禱，家嫂也有請神父在New Jersey每週為哥哥作一壇彌撒（縂共七次），他的葬禮很簡單隆重（有20分鐘的video留下來），他生前沒吃苦，為此我感到欣慰。謝謝您們主辦同學會編務的老同學們，能在離開學校後的那庅多年，依然能把大家的友情維繫得那庅好，真了不起，讓我由衷讚歎！

From 孫重立妹妹Ruby Liang 2020.06.18

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二十年前孫重立因為老母在臺北所以他每年都會回臺北住一段時間. 有兩次在中山醫院碰到他，問他怎麼了，他説他的血液太稠，要定時抽掉些，否則會出問題。沒法治嗎？他對我苦笑了一笑。他有位東吳大學的好友是我的親戚，因此在臺北的時候常常相約去國家音樂廳欣賞音樂表演。他真是低調得可以，會後我順路送他回家還堅持要在仁愛路對街下車，不肯要我大轉彎到他大樓下。

 

後來先母病了，住在中山醫院六樓三年，從護士口中知道孫媽媽也是長期住在六樓的VIP病房，護士告訴我孫媽媽的兒子好孝順，每天都來陪她，帶來乾淨衣服，把用過的㧱回去洗。我們在走廊上碰到過，互相苦笑搖頭，無奈之極。三年後，先母安息主懷，孫媽媽還在被醫院照顧，是有錢的福還是有錢的苦，誰能告訴我？

 

現在孫重立沒有痛苦地離開了煩惱人間 是他孝順父母積的德，留給同學們深深的懷念。

 

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