their Chinese identity and heritage. Wu and his wife King Yoak Won (and the two congregations) offered English and sewing classes for adults, as well as Chinese language classes for children. About 250 persons attended the daily classes at each school. In 1933, with the assistance of All Saints Church, Palo Alto, another Chinese Sunday school began, which in three years had grown from 15 to 45 children. King Yoak Won Wu also assisted immigrants through the Chinese YWCA, founded in 1916 and on whose board of directors she participated for many years. Death and legacy Wu retired from both his congregations in 1944, and they called the Rev. Clarence Lee from Canada to succeed him as vicar. He died on April 6, 1956. His wife King Yoak Wu survived him by 26 years, and one of their daughters married an Episcopal priest. Although the first two Chinese missions of the Episcopal Church, founded in 1874 in Carson, Nevada and the following year in Nevada City, both folded as a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, both congregations that Wu shepherded survive to this day, albeit in different locations. They now offer services in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, as well as continue to offer language and sewing classes. Furthermore, the Chinese YWCA, which King Yoak Wu helped found, continues to this day as well, although the original building (designed by Julia Morgan) is now the Chinese Historical Society of America. References 1883 births 1956 deaths Chinese Anglican priests