Mei Yun "Jeanie" Henry

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend Mei Yun “Jeanie” Henry passed away Saturday, September 26, 2009, a day before her 70th birthday, at La Jolla Scripps Memorial Hospital following a short but brave battle with liver cancer.

The second of three children, Mei Yun Lee was born on September 27, 1939, in I’Lan, Taiwan, Republic of China, to Yan Tsao and Jin Tzao Lee. Surviving the Japanese occupation of her country during WWII, Mei Yun endured a difficult and impoverished childhood as Taiwan transitioned from Japanese to Chinese nationalist rule.

Despite only completing six years of prima...