Pauline L Tang

September 29, 1935 - January 27, 2021

ON A SNOW-COVERED SANTA CATALINAS MORN, PAULINE LEE TANG PASSED PEACEFULLY ON JANUARY 27, 2021 FROM ALZHEIMER’S AND COVID-19. BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1935, THE ORIGINAL HONG KONG GIRL CAME TO TUCSON IN JULY 1955, FOLLOWING A WHIRLWIND COURTSHIP WITH AH LING “DON” TANG, WITH WHOM SHE SPENT 37 YEARS UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 1991. THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN, WILLIAM IN OXNARD, CA, PAUL (RAQUEL) AND SUZIE (ERNEST) IN SOUTH PASADENA, CA, ALONG WITH GRANDCHILDREN, ALEX (SHRIJA) IN CHICO, CA; NICOLE IN CHICAGO, ILL; JENNIFER (MIGUEL) AND HER MOM, AIDA, SISTER, CECILIA (JOEL), AND BROTHER, JOSE (NADINE) IN LOS ANGELES, CA; MICHAEL, AND SELENA, IN ADDITION TO GREAT GRANDSON, MIGUEL JR. AND STEP GRANDCHILDREN MARC, NOAH, ISABELLA, MICHAEL, ANDREW AND DIEGO ALL IN LOS ANGELES -- AND ALL WHO SURVIVE HER. ‘G’MA’ WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST, A LADY OF SIMPLE TASTE, YET FIRM CONVICTIONS AND VALUES. SHE MANIFESTED LOVE BY COOKING GOURMET-QUALITY CUISINE LIKE SUI MAI PLATES AND ASIAN FUSION TACOS MADE FROM CANTONESE BRAISED BEEF, AND BAKING SPECIALITIES INCLUDING CREAM PIES CHERISHED BY LUCKY TICKETHOLDERS AT THE CONTINENTAL SCHOOL CAKEWALK, IN ADDITION TO TOLLHOUSE TREATS AS WELL AS HOLIDAY SNOWBALLS AND ICEBOX COOKIES, ALL FAVORITES SHE LEARNED TO MAKE WHILE WORKING ALONGSIDE HER SPOUSE IN THE LATE 50’S IN THEIR MARANA CAFÉ LATER RAZED BY I-10’S CONSTRUCTION. HERS WAS A TRUE AMERICAN STORY. SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRST AT ST MARY’S HOSPITAL A MONTH AFTER ARRIVING HERE, HAVING BEEN AIDED BY ARIZONA’S U.S. SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER WHO CUT THROUGH BUREAUCRATIC REDTAPE TO EXPEDITE HER PASSAGE AS A CITIZEN’S BRIDE. THE FAMILY EXPRESSES ITS GRATITUDE THOSE AT CANYON VIEW FOR THEIR COMPASSION AND KINDNESS, INCLUDING WES, BLANCA, BETSY, JENNIFER, TAMARA, MARITZA AND RACHEL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY SUGGESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OR TUCSON CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER. PLEASE CONSULT HERE ON EVERGREEN MORTUARY’S WEBSITE FOR FUTURE INFO ON A VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE.