Mrs. Wee Teng Hock nee Madam Tan Bong Soo (Greater Bukit Brown)

Madam Tan Bong Soo passed away at the age of 65 on 8 July 1954. Tan Bong Soo is the wife of Mr. Wee Teng Hock.
Listed on her tomb are the names of her children;
Sons: Wee Guan Hong, Wee Woon Leong, Wee Meng Puay
Daughters: Wee Bee Neo, Wee Bee Hong, Wee Bee Giok, Wee Bee Chye
Grandsons: Wee Ban Huat, Wee Ban Kheng, Wee Ban Seng, Wee Ban Hin, Wee Ban Chye, Wee Ban Lim
Granddaughter: Wee Kim Neo 

Madam Tan Bong Soo (source: A Baba Album)


Funeral of Madam Tan Bong Soo (source: A Baba Album)


Wee Teng Hock passed away at the age of 83 in 1967. 


Family 

Son: Wee Guan Hong / Joseph Wee Guan Hong 
The engagement was announced in September 1931 between Mr. Wee Guan Hong (eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Teng Hock of 9 Nassim Road, Tanglin) and Miss Josephine Tan (only daughter of Mr. Tan Cheng Kee, J.P. and proprietor of Alhambra and Marlborough Theatres, Beach Road). The marriage took place in November 1935 at the Church of St. Teresa, Kampong Bahru of Mr. Wee Guan Hong (son of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Tiam Hock) and Miss Josephine Tan (daughter of Mr. Tan Cheng Kee, J.P and niece of Mrs. Lee Choon Guan, M.B.E.

Joseph Wee Guan Hong passed away at the age of 78 on 28 November 1967. He leaves behind;
Wife: Madam Josephine Tan
Sons: Joseph Wee Ban Huat, Peter Wee Ban Kheng
Daughter-in-law: Doreen Tan Nya Nya
Grandchildren; Paul Wee Hock Kee, Michell Wee Ming Shing, Geraldine Wee Ming Chien 


Son: Wee Woon Leong 
Wee Woon Leong (second son of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Teng Hock) got engaged to Miss Tan Lian Neo (eldesr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Yang Lim) in July 1946. Wee Woon Leong married Lilian Tan Lian Neo (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Yang Lim) and from their union they have 2 sons; Michael Wee Ban Chye and Ronald Wee Ban Lim.


Son: Wee Meng Puay
Wee Meng Puay (youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Teng Hock) got engaged to Miss Lily Yeo (the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yeo Siew Chuan) in March 1944. 

Wee Meng Puay passed away on 6 March 1998. From his obituary notice;
Wife: Harriet De Silva/Wee (deceased)
Sons: Patrick Wee Ban Seng, Wee Ban Hin, Gerard Wee
Daughter: Dorothy Chow Kim Neo

Michael Wee Meng Puay


Location of tomb

8RPH+478 Singapore
1.335289, 103.828217
The tomb of Mrs. Wee Teng Hock nee Madam Tan Bong Soo is located in Gelong Pah


Tomb of Madam Tan Bong Soo (photo taken at 2023)

Receipt by Kian Guan for the construction of the tombstone (source: A Baba Album)


Tomb of Madam Tan Bong Soo (photo taken in 2026)


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