Obituary of Pacita Chan Dee

Pacita Chan Dee was born in Manila, Philippines on January 15th, 1939 to Chinese migrant parents Ching Un & Chua Ho. Her father was a doctor who practiced traditional Chinese medicine and her mother ran a Chinese drug store. They were poor but happy and content. There were 6 siblings but only Pacita followed in the footsteps of her father and entered the medical field. She graduated from Far Eastern University (FEU) on December 9, 1967 with a degree in medicine. She came to the United States and proceeded to have her internship at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center from July 1969 - June 1970 and 1st & 2nd year residency in pediatrics from July 1970 – June 1972. She also trained and practiced in Texas. In November 1983, she was awarded by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology certifying her specialty in the field of Psychiatry. During the 1990s, she went to China to study acupuncture and found that the traditional Chinese way of healing was extremely effective. She had since used this method to help and cure her patients. Throughout her studies, she found that natural or herbal medicine is still the best way to improve and maintain one's health. She practiced in Missouri for a long time before retiring and moving to Seattle to be closer to her younger sister. She loved helping other people gain back their health and she continued to find new ways to help and heal her patients using the natural way until her passing. She was a very kind, loving, happy person with a very generous heart. She always tries to see the best in everyone . She was a voracious reader and an advocate of education. Pacita had a very special relationship with the Lord. Her belief, her trust and her faith in God is unwavering. She had always shown respect for other people’s religious beliefs and believed that one is not necessarily better than the other. She wanted to express her deepest gratitude to those who helped her and were always there for her no matter what. Her friends and those she considered her “earth angels” Jordana Lujan and Lee Kum Maun, her neighbor Doug, Loni & Sofie Shorten and Carlos Hurtado. She believes, just like Morrie Swhartz of Tuesdays with Morrie, that “ As long as we love each other and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love and all the memories created are still there. You live on in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.” She is survived by her brother Joseph and extended families of nieces and nephews. Her memory will live on in the lives of those she has touched one way or another. A memorial service will be held in the Philippines first week of February.