Jacqueline W.C. Oei
July 23, 1921 — December 15, 2005
Jacqueline W.C. Oei
Her husband of twenty-one years, Ing Bian Oei died in 1967. She leaves her children, Ting Pau Oei and his wife Suzana of Tewksbury, New Jersey, Ting Yi Oei and his wife, Diane Curling of Reston, Virginia, Monique M. Barnum and her husband, Peter of Wilmington, MA, and Elisabeth J. Oei and her life-partner Carmen Lundy of Woodland Hills, CA. She also leaves six grandchildren and two half-brothers, Jan Frederick Luyt of Portugal and Joost Luyt of Holland.
Mrs. Oei was born in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), daughter of the late Jan and Charlotte (Wynen) Luyt.She was a member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II, surviving many a harrowing experience in Holland before being captured and imprisoned during the Nazi occcupation. She was released by the fleeing Nazis when Canadian troops liberated the Hague just one day before all the male prisoners were executed by the Nazis. She met her late husband during the war. Mr. Oei, like other Chinese, faced forced labor or capture during the German occupation and was protected by his future wife. Mr. Oei was a grandson of Oei Tiong Ham, a prominent Chinese entrepreneur who became known as The Sugar King. According to an account by James Michener in a Life magazine article in 1951, Tiong Ham helped make Java one of the most prosperous islands in the Pacific. Jacqueline and Ing Bian Oei married immediately after the war. They traveled to the United States in 1947 and settled in Rye, New York bringing with them the younger sisters of Mr. Oei, Tien and Abby.Following her husband's death, Mrs. Oei used her creative talents to design silk-screen prints. Her patterns emerged on a distinctive line of fashion under the label Jacquari. She was also an active member of the Rye Presbyterian Church and taught for many years in its Sunday school program.
Mrs. Oei spent over fifty years living in Rye and moved to Peabody in 2000 to the retirement community at Brooksby Village to be closer to her daughter, Monique and her family. Monique and her husband, Peter, adopted two children from China and she cherished being able to spend time with them in her later years.
Arrangements by Robinson Funeral Home, 809 Main Street, MELROSE
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