Shu - Lan Tang

May 23, 1924 - July 21, 2005

Shu-Lan Tang, age 81, of Foxboro, formerly of Taiwan, died at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton on July 21. She was the daughter of the late Tong-Jung Jian and Shi Song.

Born May 23, 1924 in Cheng Du, Szechuan, China, she and her family fled to Taiwan with the Nationalist Party during the 1949 Communist takeover of China. In Taiwan, she was a political activist and schoolteacher with the Air Force Academy. Mrs. Tang and her family immigrated to the U.S. in 1977, residing in Foxboro for the past 28 years. As the matriarch of the Cheng-Du Restaurants in Mansfield, Westboro, and Stoughton, it was her recipes and entrepreneurial drive that established the success of her family’s pioneering efforts to bring Szechuan cuisine to this area. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Beloved wife of You-Wen Tang. Loving mother of Shen-Jung (Ann) Booth of Davenport, FL and her late husband Robert Booth who died February 8, 2005, An-Rung (John) Tang of Norton and his wife Lorraine Tang, Kuo-Rung Tang of Westboro, Chieh Tang of Norton, Lei Tang and his wife Wen-Ting (Tina) Tang of Stoughton and Ti (Sonny) Tang and his wife Melissa Tang of Mansfield. Dear sister of Ming Jian and Xue-Li Xie, both of China. Aunt of Qian Xie of Chappaqua, NY and Dan Xie of China. Adoring grandmother of nine and great grandmother of 4.

Funeral Information

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend calling hrs. on Sunday July 24, from 1-4:pm at the Roberts and Sons Funeral Home, 30 South Street, Foxboro. Interment service will be private. To light a candle in Shu-Lan’s memory, please visit our web site at robertsandsonsfuneral.com. For additional information, please contact 508 543-5471.