Jean Lew, 96, of Ashburn, Virginia passed away peacefully on 1 September 2015. She was in good health until very recently.

Born in China, Jean immigrated to the United States at an early age, where she attended high school in Belfast, Maine and graduated as the class valedictorian. She later moved to Rhode Island and married Samuel Lew, now deceased, where they started, owned and operated a wholesale shirt cleaning and retail dry cleaning service in the city of Providence. They were in business for nearly four decades and had long lasting relationships with many friends, customers, and business associates. In their later retirement years Jean and Sam moved to Virginia to be closer to family.

To her family, Jean was a good wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. To her friends, she was recognized for her many wonderful qualities. To those that knew her, Jean was a friendly, kind, considerate, gracious and caring individual. She will truly be missed. She is survived by her step brothers Tom and Richard (and his wife Ellie), brother-in-law Chong, sister-in-law Jane, her son Donald, daughter-in-law Carol, grandson Donald Jr., granddaughter-in-law Katie, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Family will receive friends between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Road NE, Leesburg, Virginia 20176.