Jane Yang, beloved mother, wife, sister, daughter, grandmother, aunt, teacher, and Buddhist practitioner, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2025, at the age of 76.

Jane was born to Peng Yu-Chung and Wang Kuei-Mey on Oct. 17, 1948, in Chungli, Taiwan.  As the second eldest sibling, she helped take care of her brothers and sister while growing up.  Her brothers Michael, Steven, and David live in the US, while her other brothers Guo Shu and Guo Qing and sister Chize-Xing still live in Taiwan.

Jane spent most of her life as an educator.  She was a passionate teacher and enjoyed working with students. While in Taiwan, she was a junior high math teacher.  After moving to the United States, she worked with the Santa Clara Unified School District (K-12) as a Language Development Assistant. In this role, she worked with students who came from other countries in multiple facets, such as ESL (English as a second language), assessments, placements, tutoring, and counseling.  She also taught Mandarin Chinese at Silicon Valley Chinese School for many years.

Jane married Thomas Yang on Nov. 2, 1972.  She gave up her math teaching career to start Yang's Family Pharmacy and raise a family of 4.  The family moved to the US in 1982.  They spent some time in Denver, Colorado, before settling in Cupertino, California in 1985, where she has lived ever since.

Jane's love for her family was her greatest legacy. The love Jane gave was unconditional. Never selfish, she was always caring and supportive.  She gave up her Math teaching career to start and raise a family.  Jane taught the importance of family values, respect, and unity.  Jane would drive Thomas to the Caltrain station before 6am everyday so he can commute to South San Francisco to work at Genentech.  While supporting her husband in every way, Jane was also her son Tony and daughter Annie's #1 tennis fan.  Jane's favorite saying to the family when things got tough was "who lasts longer is the winner."

In her spare time, she was active in the Hakka Association, participating with her friends in activities such as line dance, traveling, camping, making mochi and pao tsai (pickled vegetables) for potluck, and performing in the Annual Chinese New Year celebration.

With her beloved Doberman lab mix dog, Kudo, Jane has retired to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, where they line dance, play tennis, enjoy ping pong, and play fetch every single day!  With her dangerous drop shots, Jane is driving her fellow residents crazy in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!

She is survived by her husband Thomas Yang, son Tony Yang, daughter Annie Yang Khammaly, son-in-law Aphidet Khammaly, grandkids Caiya Khammaly and Ryan Khammaly, as well as her 5 brothers and 1 sister.

The family kindly requests that, instead of sending flowers, memorial donations be made to Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale in honor of Jane Yang (Chinese name:

彭梓勤). Website: https//:sunnyvale.ctzen.org

彭梓勤,一位深受愛戴的母親、妻子、姊妹、女兒、祖母、姑姑、老師和佛教修行者,於2025年5月25日安詳離世,享年76歲。

彭梓勤1948年10月17日出生於台灣中壢,父母為彭昱尊和王桂妹。身為家中的長女,彭梓勤從小就幫忙照顧弟弟妹妹。她的哥哥國泰、弟弟國榔和國熒住在美國,而她的另外兩個弟弟國書,國清和妹妹梓馨住在台灣。

彭梓勤一生大部分時間都在從事教育工作。她是一位充滿智慧,善意,熱情的老師,跟學生打成一片。在台灣期間,她是一位國中數學老師。移居美國後,她在聖克拉拉聯合學區 (K-12) 擔任語言發展助理。在這個職位上,她幫助來自其他國家的學生順利的進入正規班,例如評估、安置、輔導和諮詢。她也曾在當地矽谷中文學校教授普通話多年。

彭梓勤於 1972 年 11 月 2 日與楊焜麟結婚。她放棄了數學教學生涯,帶著兩個小孩扶助她的先生經營管理楊藥局的重仁,養育了一個四口之家。 1982 年,全家移居美國。他們在科羅拉多州丹佛市待了一段時間,然後在 1985 年定居在加州庫比蒂諾。

彭梓勤對家人的愛是她最大的遺產。彭梓勤給予的愛是無條件的。她的生活𣖙素淡泊、勤儉,知足常樂。她從不自私,總是關心和支持。她放棄了數學教學生涯,開始建立和養育和教導家庭價值、尊重和團結的重要性。定居加卅剛開始的時候,彭梓勤在夫妻相扶持的同時每天早上 6 點前都會開車送楊焜麟到火車站,這樣他就可以去南舊金山的Genentech工作。 彭梓勤在各方面支持丈夫的同時,也是兒子楊明憲和女兒楊純惠的頭號網球迷。每當家裡遇到困難時,彭梓勤最喜歡對家人說一句「誰堅持得久,誰就是贏家」。

彭梓勤休閒時,她積極參與北加州客家同鄉會,與朋友們一起參加各種活動,例如排舞、旅行、露營、potlock 做麻糬和泡菜,以及一年一度的農曆新年慶祝活動。

彭梓勤帶著她心愛的杜賓/拉布拉多混血犬 Kudo,隱居在西方極樂世界,在那裡他們每天都在一起玩遊戲,跳舞,打網球、打乒乓球、玩接球! 彭梓勤微妙的吊小球讓西方極樂世界的居民都為之瘋狂!

她留下了丈夫楊焜麟、兒子楊明憲、女兒楊純惠、女婿阿福得、孫女楷琳和孫子安里以及5名兄弟1個妺妹。

家人懇請大家不要送鮮花,而是向矽谷桑尼維爾市 (Sunnyvale) Chung Tai Zen Center 中台山太谷精舍進行紀念捐款,以紀念 Jane Yang(中文姓名: 彭梓勤).網站: https://sunnyvale.ctzen.org/