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September 14, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. A Funeral Service will be celebrated on Thursday, September 20 at 11 AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, 255 Main Street, Clifton, NJ 07014.
Violet Teng (nee Dong), age 71, of Brooklyn, NY, tragically passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018, after a courageous and defiant 3-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Violet fought valiantly for herself and her family, and at the end of her journey, was in the loving presence of her children and beloved sister.
Violet was born in New York City and was raised on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in the famously named section, Hell’s Kitchen. She was one of six children to Bing and Kay Dong. Growing up, Violet and her brothers and sisters, were instilled with a strong sense of family and an ever-present work ethic. These were central tenets of Violet’s life that never diminished. After graduating from James Madison High School in Brooklyn with the class of 1964, Violet began her career as an administrative assistant, working for several different companies, before landing at the accounting firm of Shandling & Landsman in New York City, where she worked for over 25 years until her retirement in 2002.
In 1971, Violet was introduced by a mutual friend to a handsome young man by the name of Johnny Teng. Without Johnny speaking a word of English and without Violet speaking a word of Chinese, as fate would have it, they fell in love and were married on April 9, 1972. After getting married, they settled in Brooklyn where they raised their three children. Unfortunately over time, Violet and Johnny split up, but years later when Johnny fell ill, Violet held steadfast to her “family above all else” ideals and remained devoted to Johnny, assuming full care of him until his passing in 2008.
Violet enjoyed collecting Precious Moments figurines and was a devout New York Yankee fan, Derek Jeter being her favorite player (if you don’t count her grandsons, Tyler and Cody!). One of her favorite pastimes was watching reality TV, particularly murder mysteries, and investigative and true crimes programming. She loved cleaning, gardening, and (ever the unique individual) shoveling snow. She enjoyed the latter so much that one particular snow storm, Violet ran out so quickly to dig her daughter’s car out of the snow, that when she had finished, she found out it wasn’t her daughter’s car after all - she had, in fact, dug a complete stranger’s car out of the snow.
Her children recall taking a very memorable and meaningful family vacation to Crystal Springs in New Jersey before her passing. She was the epitome of strength and independence, and represented a bygone era of true Brooklyn grit: she was opinionated, honest, and expressed herself with no filter. She was ferociously loyal and fiercely protective of her family and Violet passed on these strong family values, morals, and work ethic to her children, as well as her grandchildren. Aside from all of Violet’s hobbies, talents, and interests, her greatest, unparalleled passion was for her family. Nothing meant more to Violet than the happiness, and well-being of her children and grandchildren. Violet was an extraordinary woman who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Violet is survived by her two daughters: Melissa Lui and her husband Sammy of Wayne, Kristina Teng and her husband Vincent of Brooklyn, NY, and her only son, Erik Teng and his wife Serena of West Hempstead, NY; three sisters: Rose Sontag of Maspeth, NY, Pansy Dong of Brooklyn, NY, and Peony Dong also of Brooklyn; two brothers: Jack Dong and his wife Helen of Kissimmee, FL, and Irwin Dong of Brooklyn, NY; six grandchildren: Tyler, Jake, Cody, Austin, Avery, and Aiden, and four very special and good friends; Lilly, Sam, Jonathan, and Kristina. She was predeceased by her former husband Johnny Teng in 2008.
Those wishing to make donations in Violet’s name are asked to consider the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. https://www.pancan.org
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. A Funeral Service will be celebrated on Thursday, September 20 at 11 AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, 255 Main Street, Clifton, NJ 07014.
September 14, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ. A Funeral Service will be celebrated on Thursday, September 20 at 11 AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, 255 Main Street, Clifton, NJ 07014.
Violet Teng (nee Dong), age 71, of Brooklyn, NY, tragically passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018, after a courageous and defiant 3-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Violet fought valiantly for herself and her family, and at the end of her journey, was in the loving presence of her children and beloved sister.
Violet was born in New York City and was raised on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in the famously named section, Hell’s Kitchen. She was one of six children to Bing and Kay Dong. Growing up, Violet and her brothers and sisters, were instilled with a strong sense of family and an ever-present work ethic. These were central tenets of Violet’s life that never diminished. After graduating from James Madison High School in Brooklyn with the class of 1964, Violet began her career as an administrative assistant, working for several different companies, before landing at the accounting firm of Shandling & Landsman in New York City, where she worked for over 25 years until her retirement in 2002.
In 1971, Violet was introduced by a mutual friend to a handsome young man by the name of Johnny Teng. Without Johnny speaking a word of English and without Violet speaking a word of Chinese, as fate would have it, they fell in love and were married on April 9, 1972. After getting married, they settled in Brooklyn where they raised their three children. Unfortunately over time, Violet and Johnny split up, but years later when Johnny fell ill, Violet held steadfast to her “family above all else” ideals and remained devoted to Johnny, assuming full care of him until his passing in 2008.
Violet enjoyed collecting Precious Moments figurines and was a devout New York Yankee fan, Derek Jeter being her favorite player (if you don’t count her grandsons, Tyler and Cody!). One of her favorite pastimes was watching reality TV, particularly murder mysteries, and investigative and true crimes programming. She loved cleaning, gardening, and (ever the unique individual) shoveling snow. She enjoyed the latter so much that one particular snow storm, Violet ran out so quickly to dig her daughter’s car out of the snow, that when she had finished, she found out it wasn’t her daughter’s car after all - she had, in fact, dug a complete stranger’s car out of the snow.
Her children recall taking a very memorable and meaningful family vacation to Crystal Springs in New Jersey before her passing. She was the epitome of strength and independence, and represented a bygone era of true Brooklyn grit: she was opinionated, honest, and expressed herself with no filter. She was ferociously loyal and fiercely protective of her family and Violet passed on these strong family values, morals, and work ethic to her children, as well as her grandchildren. Aside from all of Violet’s hobbies, talents, and interests, her greatest, unparalleled passion was for her family. Nothing meant more to Violet than the happiness, and well-being of her children and grandchildren. Violet was an extraordinary woman who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.
Violet is survived by her two daughters: Melissa Lui and her husband Sammy of Wayne, Kristina Teng and her husband Vincent of Brooklyn, NY, and her only son, Erik Teng and his wife Serena of West Hempstead, NY; three sisters: Rose Sontag of Maspeth, NY, Pansy Dong of Brooklyn, NY, and Peony Dong also of Brooklyn; two brothers: Jack Dong and his wife Helen of Kissimmee, FL, and Irwin Dong of Brooklyn, NY; six grandchildren: Tyler, Jake, Cody, Austin, Avery, and Aiden, and four very special and good friends; Lilly, Sam, Jonathan, and Kristina. She was predeceased by her former husband Johnny Teng in 2008.
Those wishing to make donations in Violet’s name are asked to consider the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. https://www.pancan.org
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