Law Teck Yew (盧德友) and Ee Beng Choo Neo (員明珠)
Overview
Law Teck Yew was a community figure in Singapore, serving as a committee member of the Gaylang Funeral Association in the early 1920s. He passed away at age 53 in 1934. His wife, Ee Beng Choo Neo, passed away at age 80 in 1961.
Law Teck Yew was a community figure in Singapore, serving as a committee member of the Gaylang Funeral Association in the early 1920s. He passed away at age 53 in 1934. His wife, Ee Beng Choo Neo, passed away at age 80 in 1961.
Genealogy & Burial Location
Family Details:
Spouse: Ee Beng Choo Neo (員明珠)
Sons: Wee Pit Cheng (筆清), Law Peng Hoe (平和), Law Peng Siang (平祥)
Daughters: Law Siew Neo, Law Bee Neo, Law Poh Neo, Law Cheng Neo, Law Imn Neo, Law Hong Neo
Genealogical Note:
Elder son Law Peng Hoe married Wee Kim Neo, granddaughter of Major Wee Boon Teng (Oei Boon Teng). Youngest son Law Peng Siang married Mary Lau Hean Neo (alias Mary Lau Chit / Low Hean Neo), only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lau Cheng Keat and niece of Yeo Siew Chuan.
Elder son Law Peng Hoe married Wee Kim Neo, granddaughter of Major Wee Boon Teng (Oei Boon Teng). Youngest son Law Peng Siang married Mary Lau Hean Neo (alias Mary Lau Chit / Low Hean Neo), only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lau Cheng Keat and niece of Yeo Siew Chuan.
Law Bee Neo married to Chee Kim Chiang, son of Chee Tye Cheng
Father - 盧緣稀
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盧缘稀已(乙)未年十一月十三日申時建生
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Burial Location:
Cemetery: Bukit Brown Cemetery
Location: Block 3, Division D, Plot 1109
(Date of interment for Law Teck Yew: 1 September 1934)
Tomb Inscriptions & Observations
Chinese inscription (left - husband): 海澄 / 民國廿三年七月十九 / 盧德友 / 孝男 / 筆清 / 平和 / 平祥 / 仝立石
Chinese inscription (right - wife): 民國五十年二月廿九日吉 / 妻 / 員明珠
English inscription (husband): IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE LATE MR LAW TECK YEW / AGE 53 DIED ON 28TH AUGUST 1934 / SONS WEE PIT CHENG / LAW PENG HOE / LAW PENG SIANG / DAUGHTERS LAW SIEW NEO / LAW BEE NEO / LAW POH NEO / LAW CHENG NO / LAW IMN NEO / LAW HONG NEO
English inscription (wife): IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MADAM EE BENG CHOO NEO / DIED ON 14TH APRIL 1961 / AGE 80 YEARS
Chinese inscription (right - wife): 民國五十年二月廿九日吉 / 妻 / 員明珠
English inscription (husband): IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE LATE MR LAW TECK YEW / AGE 53 DIED ON 28TH AUGUST 1934 / SONS WEE PIT CHENG / LAW PENG HOE / LAW PENG SIANG / DAUGHTERS LAW SIEW NEO / LAW BEE NEO / LAW POH NEO / LAW CHENG NO / LAW IMN NEO / LAW HONG NEO
English inscription (wife): IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MADAM EE BENG CHOO NEO / DIED ON 14TH APRIL 1961 / AGE 80 YEARS
Historical Records
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
Malaya Tribune, 12 December 1925, Page 6
The engagement is announced and the Marriage will take place on Sunday 3rd January 1926 at No. 533, Gaylang Road Singapore of Mr. Chee Kim Chiang third son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chee Tye Cheng of Heeren Street Malacca to Miss Loh Bee Neo second daughter of Mr. and Mrs Loh Teck Yew of Gaylang Road
Law Bee Neo
Law Bee Neo with her husband Chee Kim Chiang, pic taken in February 1939. She passed away in 1997 at the age of 89
Engagement: Law Peng Hoe and Wee Kim Neo
The Straits Times, 20 May 1940, Page 2
"LAW-WEE.—The engagement took place on Saturday, 18th May, 1940, between Mr. Law Peng Hoe, elder son of the late Mr. Law Teck Yew and Mrs. Law Teck Yew, and Miss Wee Kim Neo, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Sin Choe and grand-daughter of the late Major Oei Boon Teng and Mrs Oei Boon Teng."
The Straits Times, 20 May 1940, Page 2
"LAW-WEE.—The engagement took place on Saturday, 18th May, 1940, between Mr. Law Peng Hoe, elder son of the late Mr. Law Teck Yew and Mrs. Law Teck Yew, and Miss Wee Kim Neo, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Sin Choe and grand-daughter of the late Major Oei Boon Teng and Mrs Oei Boon Teng."
Engagement: Law Peng Siang and Mary Lau
Malaya Tribune, 29 November 1940, Page 22
"LAW & LAU—The engagement is announced between Law Peng Siang, the youngest son of the late Mr. Law Teck Yew and Mrs. Law Teck Yew, to Miss Mary Lau alias Chit, the only daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Lau Cheng Keat and niece of Mr. & Mrs. Yeo Siew Chuan. (Malacca papers please copy).
[Family note: Mary Lau is Mary Lau Hean Neo (Low Hean Neo)]"
Malaya Tribune, 29 November 1940, Page 22
"LAW & LAU—The engagement is announced between Law Peng Siang, the youngest son of the late Mr. Law Teck Yew and Mrs. Law Teck Yew, to Miss Mary Lau alias Chit, the only daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Lau Cheng Keat and niece of Mr. & Mrs. Yeo Siew Chuan. (Malacca papers please copy).
[Family note: Mary Lau is Mary Lau Hean Neo (Low Hean Neo)]"
Master Richard Wee (left) and Miss Poon Neo as page boy and bridesmaid at the wedding of Mr. Law Peng Hoe and Miss Wee Kim Neo (circa 1940).
🔍 Related Tombs
- Major Wee Boon Teng (黃文汀) and Madam Soh Gim Neo (蘇錦娘): Grandfather of Wee Kim Neo (wife of elder son Law Peng Hoe).
Prominent Kapitan China decorated by the Netherlands Indies Government; died 2 May 1939 at age 75; wife died 27 October 1948 at age 82.
tombs.bukitbrown.org/2019/03/wee-boon-teng-and-soh-gim-neo.html - Mrs. Low Cheng Kiat née Yeo Chye Sim (楊菜心): Mother of Mary Lau Hean Neo (Low Hean Neo), wife of youngest son Law Peng Siang.
Died 23 October 1924 at age 40.
Burial Location: Bukit Brown Cemetery, Block 1, Division E, Plot 48
tombs.bukitbrown.org/2026/01/mrs-low-cheng-kiat-nee-yeo-chye-sim.html
References:
1. Bukit Brown Cemetery records (Block 3 Division D Plot 1109; interment 1.9.1934)
2. The Straits Times, 20 May 1940, Page 2
3. Malaya Tribune, 29 November 1940, Page 22
4. Tomb inscriptions and family records documented at Bukit Brown
Index Terms: Law Teck Yew, 盧德友, Ee Beng Choo Neo, 員明珠, Bukit Brown Cemetery, Block 3 Division D Plot 1109, Gaylang Funeral Association, Major Wee Boon Teng, Yeo Siew Chuan, Hainan, 海澄.
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