Lawrence Chamberlain, born as Lung-Wen Chang, was 89 years old when he left his loved ones and went to heaven to be with God.

Lawrence was a successful attorney in Taiwan and wrote several books on civil laws, security trading laws and corporate laws.

Lawrence sacrificed his legal career in 1982 and brought his family to the United States in order to provide better opportunities for his children.

The move to the United States was very hard on every member of his family, especially during the transition period when he had to stay in Taiwan alone to wrap up unfinished businesses.

Since pursuing a legal career was not a feasible option, Lawrence explored other possibilities where he could exercise his talents.  Lawrence worked as a Revenue Examiner at the Comptroller of Maryland for 20 years until he retired at the age of 70. He worked diligently at his job while taking accounting classes in the evenings to broaden his financial knowledge.

Lawrence loved photography, golf, gardening, hiking, dancing and karaoke.  Often, Lawrence and his wife Nancy were the life of the party singing Karaoke.

Lawrence had a sweet tooth his whole life and loved eating sashimi. He also had a green thumb; successfully growing bitter melons and many other vegetables year after year in his backyard garden.

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On April 23, 2021, together with most of my family, we were blessed to be with but heartbroken to say goodbye to our beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, and our mother's husband of 63 years.

I drove from NJ with one of my sons that early morning, we arrived at Gloria's house where our father was. I was blessed to be able to assist with his hospice home care and be there for him to make him as comfortable as possible, while we held his hands and talked to him about all the happy memories.

We were blessed to be with him the whole time, to surround him with nothing but our love.

Words cannot express how much we love him.  He is the best dad any girl could wish for; the best grandfather that any grandchild could have. He always worked hard to provide us with the best opportunities. He never turned down any of our requests. He spent a fortune to ensure we each grew up with life full of joy and happiness.

Growing up, our father was our role model. He saved the lives of many innocents in his practice as an attorney. He set an example for those who fight for the truth and justice. He would defend his clients when he knew that they were innocent, with or without payment. Thanks to his ethical and honorable disposition, he ultimately taught us to be honest, to speak and stand for the truth.

Dad's unconditional love was felt by each and every one of us, from his younger brothers and sister, friends, to his daughters, grandchildren, great grandson, and most of all, our mom. His loving and caring nature will forever live in our hearts.

As our father watches over us, we will cherish his memories and the marks he left on our souls that serve as inspiration to be the best we can be.

We love you dad.

May God bless your soul and may you rest in peace in God's kingdom.

Catherine

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We gather here today to celebrate the life of my father Lawrence Chamberlain, Lung-Wen Chang, a good son, good brother, good husband, good father, and good grandfather.

In his early teenage years, Taiwan was under Japanese occupancy during WWII.  Being the eldest son in the family, my father often had to walk a long way to buy and carry heavy sacks of foods home for his parents.  He studied hard in school and ranked number one in the college entrance exam the year he began attending the Law School of National Taiwan University, following my grandfather's foot step to become an attorney specializing in civil laws.  My father was a good attorney, a famous one, he was a legal consultant for the Taiwan Police Broadcasting Radio Station for many years until he retired from practicing law.  For all those years living in Taipei, we visited the grandparents in Taichung frequently, taking the old fashioned choo-choo train.  He often helped his parents and brothers and sister in whichever way he could.

I remember the fond memory of hiking trips in the hot summers, and climbing the Jade Mountain one winter, seeing snow for the first time.  My father taught himself how to play piano, and hired piano teachers to teach us, so we could enjoy the music.  My love for opera and classical music now is because my father took me to see the opera Don Giovanni when I was a child.  Photography was his interest, and he set up a dark room at home, so I learned how to process film and developed pictures from him.  Stamp and coin collections were his hobbies, too, which I also picked up.  My father had taught us a lot of things, as a young child, I watched my father fixing electric plugs and faucets, which was fascinating to me then.

In early 1982, we immigrated to the United States of America, so we sisters could have a better and brighter future here.  My father traveled between the US and Taiwan for many years to make sure we were set up and provided for here.  After he ended his law practice in Taiwan, he achieved high score in the State of Maryland civil employment exam and worked many years in the State Comptroller's Office until he retired.  He did excellent work, never asked for recognition, just steadily provided for his family.  I say proudly that his hard work had paid off, we four sisters are all doing well career wise.  The 11 grandchildren are all high achievers, too.  My father was also a proud great-grandfather to Davin, who is 3 years old.

My father was a saver, he never indulged himself in luxury.  My parents did ballroom dancing and karaoke for many years before they moved in with my sister Gloria.  In the past two years, my sister Gloria and my mother Nancy did the hard work taking very good care of my father.  I visited and called often.  When the end was near, he was able to come and be with loving family.  My father is now in heaven with God, resting in peace.

Today we are here to celebrate the life and achievement of my father Lawrence Chamberlain, Lung-Wen Chang, a good son, good brother, good husband, good father, and good grandfather, his spirit will be with us forever.  Thank you all for coming, God bless.

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Eulogy for my father

My father was a dutiful son, devoted husband and father.

As a dutiful son, my father became a lawyer as it was the tradition to assume the same career as his father.  Even though law was not his desired career, he did it out of respect for his father and performed his lawyer duties with his heart – fighting for justice for his clients.  I remember going to the court with him when I was a little girl, watching him doing his job at his best.

As a devoted father thinking nothing but best for his children, he sacrificed his legal career in Taiwan and moved us to the United States to escape the eventual takeover by communist China.  The move was very hard for the whole family but I did not appreciate the magnitude of the sacrifice until I've had my own career, started my own family and weathered through challenges all families do.  I have a fulfilling career of over 30 years and a family I would do anything for.  I am where I am because of the sacrifice he made.

So " Thank you, Dad ".  I will always be eternally grateful to you.  No more pains.  Rest well in peace.

Love,

Shirley