of singapore's oldest person, teresa hsu 许哲, dies at age 113

Sister Teresa Hsu (许哲), Singapore's oldest person and social worker, has died at the age of 113.

The founder of Heart to Heart Service and the Home for the Aged Sick, Teresa Hsu was known affectionately as "Singapore's Mother Teresa" in recognition for her active role in helping the aged in Singapore.


Teresa Hsu Chih, Teresa Hsu, 许哲 (7 July 1898 – 7 December 2011)

News of Sister Teresa's passing only surfaced after an announcement by co-worker Sharana Rao at the Heart to Heart website.

This is to inform all friends, supporters, donors, volunteers, and well-wishers of Heart To Heart that Sister Teresa passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday 7, December 2011. In accordance with her wish to depart quietly and peacefully, and her instructions not to make any announcement in the news media, as well as not to conduct or perform any rituals or ceremonies that will cause disturbance and inconvenience to others, she was cremated on the same day. She has further instructed that no claim be made of her ash by whosoever.

Sharana Rao

本地最老人瑞去世 享年113岁
Singapore's 'Mother Teresa' dead
Social worker Teresa Hsu dies at age 113
Singapore's 'Mother Teresa' dies at age 113
Singapore's oldest person Teresa Hsu dies

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