![]() They made their home in Kennett, MO, until his retirement in 1987, when they moved to Tarpon Springs, FL. She returned to the United States to marry Dr. She again taught school, and in 1984, expanded her classroom to Bathgate Scotland where she taught as a Fulbright Exchange teacher. In 1978, with her children well on the road to promising careers, Rose married restaurateur Dulit Lee and moved to Corpus Christi, TX, but was widowed after two short years. After George left the family in 1972, Rose re-lived her own mother’s experience as she too became a single mother struggling to raise and educate her daughters. Spanish was included in the curriculum there, and Rose spoke English (and Spanish) with a unique Chinese-Texas accent! She served as a delegate to the National Education Association and a committee chairperson for the Waco Classroom Teachers Association. For thirteen years, she taught at Parkdale Elementary School. In her mid-thirties with three young children, Rose returned to Baylor University to study education because teaching was an accessible job, and high-level jobs for educated minority women with young families were scarce. Rose often sewed her daughters’ clothing and would sometimes make them identical outfits for Easter or Christmas. The family was one of only a few Asian families residing in the area. George and Rose made their home in Waco for decades where they raised three daughters, May Beth, Georgia (G.G.), and Marina (Rina). She married George in 1950 and was awarded a master’s degree in Business Administration in 1951. She then joined George in graduate studies at Baylor University in Waco, TX. To pay expenses, Rose took in ironing and babysitting. Her first stop was Wayland Baptist College (now University) in Plainview, TX where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949. aboard the Marine Swallow in January 1948. In 1948, Baptist missionaries offered them the chance to join a handful of Chinese students to study in the United States. John’s University that she chose for love rather than by parental arrangement. Rose became engaged to George Hsieh, a dashing, fun-loving, motorcycle-and-horseback-riding student at St. Rose witnessed her widowed mother struggle to support and educate her four surviving children, all daughters, at a time when higher education for females was not the norm. The Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1937 that preceded WWII brought hardship to China and the Wang family. Rose enjoyed a privileged life until her father’s death when she was thirteen years old. When Rose was two, the family moved to Shanghai where Rose lived until emigrating to the United States. Her father Shiyi Wang, worked for the Bank of China, and her mother Kerui Chu, managed the household. ![]() She was born within the walls of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The youngest of six siblings, Rose was the darling of her family. She had been looking forward to upcoming 95th birthday celebrations. ![]() After a long and remarkable life, Rose Wang Pu, age 94, died suddenly the morning of Augat her home in Houston, TX. ![]()
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