Stanley Shyuehsi Liang

On May 20, 1915 Liang Wing Yun and Wong Sum Fong celebrated the birth of their son (Stanley) Shyue Hsi in Meixien, China. Among his siblings Kay, Ken, Milly and Howard and numerous cousins, Stanley would continue to enjoy his status as firstborn son and eventually as patriarch in this traditional Chinese family for the next 100 years.

The importance of education was emphasized in the family and Stanley strove to make his parents proud. During World War 2, he was one of 19 high school graduates to be awarded full scholarships by the Chinese government to study engineering in prestigious universities not only within China but also in Japan and England.

After graduation, he met the love of his life, 19-year-old Seeying Yeung. One of Stanley's favorite quotes is "Family comes first," and he lived his life setting an example for the next generation. Even though money was tight at this early stage of his career, Stanley took on the responsibility of caring for his aging parents and also routinely sending care packages to his siblings in Communist China to help support them.

At his first post-college job at RCA in Hong Kong in the early 1950s, he specialized in radar, which was at its infancy. Despite being happy at this highly coveted job, Stanley moved his family, which now included May, from Hong Kong to Singapore in order to be closer to his sister Kay. In Singapore, where Jean was a welcome addition to the family, Stanley accepted a position as Professor of Electrical Engineering at Nanyang University, the only university on that tiny island at the time. To provide a better education for his daughters, he began to cultivate the idea of moving to the United States. Following the passing of his parents, he applied to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1966. That year he fulfilled his dream of having his family join him in the U.S. Due to his love for his family, Stanley's parents are now also interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale.

While Stanley worked in a large engineering firm as part of a team that designed and implemented an intercom system for the White House, his family continued to grow with the birth of Karl in Pennsylvania. By this time, Seeying had opened up her first restaurant in Philadelphia. Eventually, the business grew to a point where Stanley gave up his engineering job to help manage the restaurant. Being the creative engineer that he was, he introduced interesting dishes such as "Lobster with Flashing Eyes" and "Floating Fish with Moving Fins," to the delight of their customers.

In the late 1970s, he moved to the Los Angeles area with Seeying and Karl, settling in Rancho Palos Verdes and opening another restaurant in the city. In 1979, he sold both his houses in Newport Beach and Rancho Palos Verdes and the restaurant in order to place a partial down payment for a restaurant in Las Vegas, with the sole intent of helping support his younger brothers Ken and Howard, who by now had emigrated from China with their families.

Stanley did not retire until the age of 80. He enjoyed his sunset years as the patriarch of the Liang clan, mostly at home with his beloved wife. Although they became less and less mobile, they continued to enjoy eating out or spending a quiet day at home reading. Playing mahjong with family and friends was a favorite pastime, as was spending a day at the casino. Following retirement, he and Seeying also traveled within the U.S. as well as to Southeast Asia and Europe. At age 94, he welcomed Mel Smart into the Liang family at Karl and Mel's wedding in Hawaii. Two years later, he traveled to Boston to attend and bless the union of grandson Derek and Eleanor. He was unconditionally proud of his children and grandchildren and in the span of 100 years, lived to see all his grandchildren enter top colleges in the U.S. and launch successful careers.