YuYu Pan

Celebration of Life Event Detail Update:

A celebration of life will be held on October 24, 2026 from 13:00 to 16:00 at 501 St. Clair Ave W, Toronto ON M5P 0A2, one day after what would have been YuYu’s 89th birthday. Family and friends are warmly invited to join in celebrating a man who remained curious about the world until the very end, and a life that was truly, wonderfully, and fully lived.

The event will be held in the Party Room on level 7.  Please dial buzzer number 1001 to access the venue. A birthday celebration with a small toast will follow a short movie and speeches in his memory.

Parking entrance to the building is on Bathurst Street.  Spots are limited but there are other public parking in the area.  If you park in the building, take the residential elevator near the ramp to the parking entrance. Or you can enter the building using the main entrance on St Clair Ave next to A&W. Please ensure that you use buzzer code 1001 so that you have access to the elevator.   

Please RSVP to graceleipan@gmail.com. 

YuYu Pan, born in 1937 in Indonesia, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2026, in Toronto, surrounded by the love of his family.

YuYu lived an extraordinary life across three countries and through eras of remarkable change. He spent his early years in Indonesia before moving to China, where he completed his education and went on to serve as a university lecturer for many years. In 2018, ever curious and ready for another adventure, he began a new chapter of his life in Canada.

Throughout his life, YuYu was known for his curiosity, kindness, humour, and generous spirit. He loved this wonderful world deeply and left it with considerable reluctance. There was simply too much still to see, learn, photograph, investigate, and perhaps climb.

Nature fascinated him endlessly, and he had a particular affection for every living creature within it. On one memorable visit to a botanical garden, his daughter turned around to speak to him, only to discover that he had disappeared. After searching for him, she finally looked up. There he was, already in his seventies, perched happily in a tree and beaming down at her. It was pure YuYu: curious, adventurous, mischievous, and entirely unconcerned with behaving his age.

With camera lenses of every imaginable size in hand, YuYu travelled widely and filled countless albums with photographs documenting the world as he saw it. Then the iPhone entered his life, and Apple could hardly have asked for a more devoted customer. No matter how much storage capacity technology offered him, somehow it was never quite enough for his photographs, ideas, discoveries, and endless curiosity.

Age did very little to slow his imagination. Even at 88, YuYu remained fascinated by new technology and continued writing his own science-fiction stories. His latest “research topic” was artificial intelligence. Shortly before the unexpected turn that took him from us, he joked that he intended to keep his physical form in good condition until technology advanced far enough for him to upload his mind into an AI program.

Those who knew him may agree that, if anyone could have found a way to make that happen, it would probably have been YuYu.

No words can fully capture his charisma, his joyful presence, or the immense space his absence now leaves behind. Yet alongside the sadness of losing him comes enormous gratitude for a life lived with such enthusiasm, for the photographs, the stories, the laughter, the questions, the adventures, and the memories that will continue to bring smiles long after the tears have passed.

YuYu will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Cuisang Lu; his daughter, Grace Pan; and by his family and friends whose lives were touched by his warmth, humour, generosity, and unmistakable spirit.

潘育瑜先生于1937年出生于印度尼西亚，2026年8月29日在多伦多安详辞世，家人陪伴在侧，在爱与温暖中走完了人生旅程。

潘育瑜先生的一生精彩非凡，跨越三个国家，也经历了时代的巨大变迁。他少年时期生活于印度尼西亚，后移居中国，完成学业，并在大学任教多年。2018年，怀着一如既往的好奇心与探索精神，他在人生暮年开启了新的篇章，移居加拿大生活。

在漫长的人生岁月中，潘育瑜先生以求知若渴的精神、仁厚的品格、幽默风趣的性格以及慷慨豁达的胸怀受到亲友们的喜爱。他深深爱着这个精彩纷呈的世界，离开时仍满怀眷恋。对他而言，总还有太多值得去看、去学、去拍摄、去探索，也许还值得去攀登。

大自然始终令他着迷，而他更对其中的一切生灵怀有特殊的喜爱。有一次在植物园游览时，女儿转身想和他说句话，却发现他不见了踪影。找寻良久后，她终于抬头望向树上，只见已经七十多岁的父亲正开心地坐在树枝间，满脸笑容地向她挥手。那一刻，正是潘育瑜先生最真实的写照：好奇、冒险、顽皮，而且从不在意别人认为他是否该“符合年龄”。

带着各种长短不一的相机镜头，潘育瑜先生走遍许多地方，用无数照片记录下他眼中的世界。后来，iPhone走进了他的生活，而苹果公司恐怕再难找到比他更忠实的用户。无论科技提供多大的储存空间，对他而言似乎永远不够容纳他的照片、想法、发现，以及那无穷无尽的好奇心。

岁月几乎没有削弱他的想象力。即使到了88岁高龄，他依然对新科技充满兴趣，并持续创作自己的科幻小说。人工智能成为他最新的“研究课题”。在生命最后一次意外转折发生前不久，他还曾笑着说，希望把身体保持在良好状态，直到科技发展到足以让他将自己的意识上传到人工智能程序之中的那一天。

认识他的人或许都会同意，如果世界上真有人能够实现这样的事情，那个人大概就是潘育瑜先生。

任何语言都难以完整描绘他的个人魅力、他带给人们的快乐，以及如今他离去后所留下的巨大空缺。然而，与失去他的悲伤同时存在的，是对他精彩人生深深的感恩。那些照片、故事、笑声、问题、探险经历，以及珍贵回忆，都将在泪水散去之后，持续为人们带来会心的微笑。

潘育瑜先生的离世，令挚爱的妻子吕翠桑女士、女儿潘蕾，以及所有曾受到他温暖、幽默、慷慨和独特人格魅力影响的亲友们深切怀念。

家属将于2026年10月24日下午1时至4时在501 St. Clair Ave W, Toronto ON M5P 0A2举行私人追思会。当天恰逢潘育瑜先生89岁冥寿后一天。诚挚邀请亲朋好友共同追忆这位直到生命最后一刻依然对世界充满好奇的人，庆祝他那充实、丰富而精彩的一生。

敬请回复出席意向（RSVP）至：graceleipan@gmail.com。