OBITUARY
Malaya Tribune, 12 February 1946, Page 2/3
ONG — Ong Soon Tee passed away peacefully at his residence No. 61, Cairnhill Road at 7-30 a.m. on Sunday, the 10th Feb. 1946, aged 77. He leaves behind his 2 wives, 6 sons, Ong Siow Sian, Dr. Ong Siow Hian, Siow Kee, Siow Giap, Siow Hin, & Siow Leong, 6 daughters-in-law, one son-in-law Lim Kim Chye, 24 grand children, 4 great grand children, 3 grandsons-in-law Seow Sian Hock, Lee Eng Liang, Wee Swee Hock and 1 grand daughter-in-law to mourn his loss. Funeral at Bukit Brown Cemetery on Thursday, 14th Feb. 1946 at 11 a.m. Deeply regretted (Sarawak and up-country papers please copy.)
DEATH
The Straits Times, 24 February 1953, Page 7
MRS. ONG SOON TEE (nee Madam Teo Choon Neo) age 76 passed away peacefully on 23rd February 1953 at 6.45 p.m. at No 46 St. Patrick's Road, leaving behind her 5 sons—Ong Siow Sian, Dr. Ong Siow Hian, Ong Siow Kee, Ong Siow Giap and Ong Siow Hin, 1 son-in-law, Lim Kim Chye, 6 daughters-in-law, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral on Friday 27th February at 10 a.m. at Bukit Brown Cemetery.
Burial entry for Ong Soon Tee
Blk 4 A plot no 424
76 years old
Date of internment 14 Feb 1956
Date of death 10 Feb 1956
Burial entry for Teo Choon Neo
72 years old
Date of death 23.2.56
Date of internment 27.2.56
Cantonese
Blk 4 A plot no 415
From Song Ong Siang book
### The Life and Legacy of Mr. Ong Soon Tee
Mr. Ong Soon Tee was born in December 1871 and was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, being one of the first pupils of the Rev. W. Oldham. After leaving school, he joined his brother, Mr. Ong Tiang Soon, in the management of the firm of Ong Ewe Hai & Co., at North Boat Quay. Under the chop *Soon Whatt*, the firm traded extensively in the export of rice and European manufactured goods to Borneo and surrounding places, while it imported pepper, gambier, sago-flour, rattan, and rubber from these countries and also acted as steamship agents.
Mr. Ong Soon Tee was one of the earnest supporters of the movement in the early ’Nineties for social and educational reform of the Straits Chinese community, and was a prominent member of the Chinese Philomathic Society and of Mr. Salzmann’s Violin Party. He became the first Hon. Secretary of the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, and since 1899 he has served assiduously in that capacity. Latterly, when Mr. Chia Hood Theam resigned the post of Hon. Treasurer of that School, Mr. Ong Soon Tee very gallantly undertook these duties also.
Despite his engagements as an active man of business, Mr. Soon Tee found time to maintain a keen interest in public affairs. He was made a JP in 1915 and is a director of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., and of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. He is President of the Sago Flour Association and of the Chinese Produce Exchange.
One of his sons, Ong Siow Sian, was a volunteer during the Great War, while another son, Ong Siow Hian, is studying medicine at Hongkong University.
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