Doreen Chung | |
Office: | First Lady of Guyana |
Term Label: | In role |
Term Start: | 17 March 1970 |
Term End: | 6 October 1980 |
Predecessor: | Position created |
Successor: | Viola Burnham |
President: | Arthur Chung |
Birth Name: | Doreen Pamela Ng-See-Quan |
Birth Date: | c. 1932 |
Birth Place: | Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, British Guiana |
Death Date: | 5 September 2009 (aged 77) |
Death Place: | Georgetown, Guyana |
Children: | 2 |
Resting Place: | St. Jude's Church, Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, Guyana |
Doreen Pamela Chung (; c. 1932 – 5 September 2009) was a Guyanese public figure and the wife of the first Guyana President Arthur Chung. She served as the inaugural First Lady of Guyana from March 1970 until October 1980.[1] [2]
Chung was born Doreen Pamela Ng-See-Quan in Windsor Forest, West Demerara, British Guiana.[1] In 1954, she married the future Guyana President Arthur Chung, with whom she had two children, Diane Pamela and Raymond Arthur.[1] [2] The couple remained married for 54 years, until President Arthur Chung's death on 23 June 2008.[1]
Doreen Chung died at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana, on 5 September 2009, at the age of 77.[1] Her funeral was held at St. Saviour's Church in the Charlestown neighborhood of Georgetown.[3] Chung was buried in the cemetery of St. Jude's Church in Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara.[3] She had resided in Bel Air Springs, Guyana.[2]