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家君陳公諱名鴻德之壽域
In Loving Memory of
家君陳公諱名鴻德之壽域
In Loving Memory of
Quah Cheng Lian
Wife of Tan Hong Tek
Who died on
DEATHS
The Straits Times, 1 September 1952, Page 6
Kept vow to build church
The Straits Times, 1 September 1952, Page 5
廣告業鉅子陳鴻德逝世定今日下午四時半舉行出殯
南洋商报, 1 September 1952, Page 5
Choir sings at graveside
The Straits Times, 2 September 1952, Page 7
无标题
南洋商报, 4 September 1952, Page 8
體自歸奠
氣發昭明
奠茲佳兆
永妥幽靈
Rough translation :
The body returns back
The energy emits bright
The good news cometh
The soul forever rest
The tomb epitaph : God moves in a mysterious way. Tan Hong Tek first wife died at a tender age of 18. Although the sons inscribed only has the last name corresponding to his known sons Kiat Swee and Kiat Hin, (here it is inscribed Ghim Swee and Ghim Hin), because of the Chinese poem with the Christian angle, and the phrase God moves in a mysterious way and the fact that he has the exact same name in Chinese and English, same ancestral village from the Chinese archives and the ancestral village was described to the village level , I am pretty sure (I may still be wrong) the husband who built this tomb for his wife was Tan Hong Tek who made a vow to build a church during the Japanese occupation, fulfilled his vow and paid for the cost of the Methodist Church at Bedok. He was finally buried in Bidadari
Blk 2A 118, behind tomb of Wee Ann Lock