Katherine Chen

passed away on March 14, 2012 at her residence, Liberty Shores/Harbor House in Poulsbo.Katherine was an accomplished concert pianist and had been involved with music all of her life, including teaching private and university piano students later in her career, both in Taiwan and the U.S.She is survived by her daughter Shaofang and husband Max Kruse of Penzberg, Germany, daughter Jennifer and husband Gus Wang of Houston, TX, and son John Chen and wife Rhonda of Bainbridge Island, WA.She is also survived by granddaughters Evelyn Shreve of Devon, PA and Irene Puhala of Houston, TX, grandson Marvin Wang, and great grandchildren Nathan and Raymond Shreve, and Samuel and Katherine Puhala. Katherine was born in 1913 in Hangzhou, China, and in 1935 she married Edward, a civil engineer. They moved to Taiwan in 1946 and worked until they retired in 1980 and immigrated to the U.S. After the passing of her husband Edward in 2002, Katherine moved to the Northwest to be closer to her son, first living at Country Meadows in Silverdale and later at Liberty Shores/Harbor House. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.