Born 1915 in Toi Shan China, was married to the late Poy Dong for 77 years. The couple owned and operated Nanking Restaurant in Waltham, MA for 24 years, retiring in 1977 to San Francisco, CA. By age 14, Anna was a Teacher at an all girls' school in China. During the Japanese occupation in HK, she learned to speak Japanese, enabling her to work as grocery store clerk and later as a radio broadcaster. Emigrating to the U.S., she attained a high school diploma in Boston, and graduated from the Modern School of Fashion and Design, becoming a Bridal Designer of distinction. Her restaurant success and investments in real estate enabled her to retire to her beloved Seacliff dream home in SF, where she and Poy led an active social life, often around lively mah jong games. She will long be remembered as matriarch over an extended family, as well as for her role in helping numerous immigrant families gain entry and develop prosperous new futures in the U.S. Anna is survived by a half sister, Mrs. Linda Chi; a son, Donald Dong; a daughter, Jennie Kee; seven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.
Born 1915 in Toi Shan China, was married to the late Poy Dong for 77 years. The couple owned and operated Nanking Restaurant in Waltham, MA for 24 years, retiring in 1977 to San Francisco, CA. By age 14, Anna was a Teacher at an all girls' school in China. During the Japanese occupation in HK, she learned to speak Japanese, enabling her to work as grocery store clerk and later as a radio broadcaster. Emigrating to the U.S., she attained a high school diploma in Boston, and graduated from the Modern School of Fashion and Design, becoming a Bridal Designer of distinction. Her restaurant success and investments in real estate enabled her to retire to her beloved Seacliff dream home in SF, where she and Poy led an active social life, often around lively mah jong games. She will long be remembered as matriarch over an extended family, as well as for her role in helping numerous immigrant families gain entry and develop prosperous new futures in the U.S. Anna is survived by a half sister, Mrs. Linda Chi; a son, Donald Dong; a daughter, Jennie Kee; seven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.
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