Obituary of Heying Peng

Heying Peng, age 76, of Rose Valley, PA, died peacefully on Sunday, September 25, 2022, after a 10-year valiant battle against cancer.

Heying was born on June 13, 1946, and was a graduate of Kong Jiang High School in Shanghai, China, Class of 1965.  After high school, she studied French language, literature and history in Paris, France.

Heying served as an interpreter at the Technology and Engineering Academy of Armored Forces in Beijing, China, in the 70’s. She worked for a joint venture of Chinese Electronics & Glass Co. and Corning Inc. in the 80’s and 90’s, and traveled to the United States on numerous business trips. After that, Heying became the long-time assistant to the Second Secretary of Commerce and a senior trade & investment officer at British Embassy in Beijing until her retirement in 2008.

Heying moved to the U.S. in 2016 to live with her son’s family in Rose Valley, PA.   

Her hobbies include reading, shopping and travel.  She was very good at making traditional Chinese cuisine for her family and loved shopping for her granddaughters. She wrote her diary every day. Her greatest joy was traveling with her family to destinations such as Hawaii, Bermuda, Jamaica and Canada, and sharing her travel notes and photos with her friends in China. 

Wife of the late Jianzhong Ding; daughter of the late Shichan Peng and Qiaozhen Pang

Survivors:

Son: Wei Ding

Granddaughters: Isabel Ding and Emily Ding

Sisters: Xiuying Peng and Meiying Peng

Brother: Guorong Peng

Visitation: Monday, October 3rd, 10:00 -10:30AM at the Minshall Shropshire-Bleyler Funeral Home, Ltd., Middletown (Rte. #352) & Knowlton Rds., Middletown Twp., Media, PA 19063.

Funeral Service: Monday, October 3rd at 10:30AM at the funeral home.

Interment will be private.

Memorial donations may be made to Riddle Healthcare Foundation, 1068 West Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063.

Heying’s family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at Alliance Cancer Center for their treatment of Heying over the past 10 years.  We would also like to recognize the exceptional support she received from her palliative care team. In particular, we are deeply grateful to the nurses and technicians at the East Wing of Riddle Memorial Hospital for their compassionate and loving care of Heying during the final weeks of her life.