Lucy Leung
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Saturday April 11, 2026 from 10am to 11:45am
elevated oXwNt Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home
211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, ON, L3T 3Z6
elevated oXwNt Funeral Mass – Chapel of St. Joseph (within the Funeral Home)
Saturday April 11, 2026 at 12pm
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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
8361 Yonge Street Thornhill, Ontario, L3T 3Z6
elevated oXwNt Reception
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
elevated oXwNt Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home
211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, ON, L3T 3Z6
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It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that the family of Lucy Leung announces her passing on March 23, 2026 at the age of 73 at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital surrounded by her loving family.
elevated oXwNt Lucy was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in late 2022. After three years of courageously battling the illness, with incredible inner strength and strong willpower, she finally succumbed to an acute infection. Lucy has now left us to reunite with our late parents and our loving God in heaven.
elevated oXwNt Lucy was born in Hong Kong to Aloysious Leung and Teresa Koon Lai Wah Leung. Lucy completed her high school education at Maryknoll Convent School in Hong Kong before moving to Australia to further her studies at the University of New South Wales. Despite a successful career in the banking industry in Sydney, Lucy emigrated to Canada to be closer to our parents and for her love of snow and the cold weather. Lucy worked many years in Toronto at CIBC before returning to Australia to pursue her Master’s Degree in Forensic Accounting at the University of Wollongong, which at the time was the only university offering a master program in this field. Lucy then returned to Toronto and worked as a forensic accountant in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) until her retirement.
elevated oXwNt Lucy loved to ski, hike, travel and take perfect photographs. She was a longtime hike leader with the Toronto Bruce Trail Club and was deeply admired and loved by fellow hikers. While this terrible illness had a devastating impact on Lucy, it never broke her spirit to fight and enjoy life. Over the past three years, Lucy had travelled with her siblings to Vancouver, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and twice to Italy. Lucy’s last trip was a pilgrimage to Rome with all her siblings to celebrate “Jubilee Year 2025”.
elevated oXwNt Lucy was a very generous, gracious, loving and compassionate person who was deeply respected by everyone. She was always bubbly and brought fun and laughter to everyone around her.
elevated oXwNt Lucy was the pillar of our family, providing support and advice, and organizing family events. Lucy will be deeply missed and forever remembered by her siblings, nieces, nephews, grandnephew, grandnieces, extended family members and friends, all of whom had been touched by her kindness, warmth, and unwavering love. Lucy will be lovingly remembered and forever cherished in our hearts.
elevated oXwNt Our family extends heartfelt thanks to all the caring nurses and doctors at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Grace Rehabilitation Center, and Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital who have supported Lucy with love and kindness throughout her final journey.
elevated oXwNt In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Discalced Nuns of Carmel of the Infant Jesus (Zephyr) in memory of Lucy Leung.
elevated oXwNt A livestream of the mass and interment will be available here starting at 12:00noon.
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Rest in peace dear Lucy.
Lucy was an indomitable spirit. As a friend and a Bruce Trail hike leader, she will be remembered as one who loved to explore, share new trails, cross borders, and rope in new members!
We fondly remember those nights where we held a finger above the “Register” button just before registration opened to ensure a spot on Lucy’s ever-popular hikes. Her stern reminders to stay on the trail, follow behind her, and observe hiking etiquette were received with winks and nudges. All complied eventually, and the trails are better off for this.
Lucy was warm, friendly, adventurous, funny, disciplined, courageous, and so much more. She will be sorely missed.
Brenda Menezes and David Royle are saddened to hear of the passing of Lucy. She was a remarkable lady. We have lost a great champion, a great hike leader and trailblazer.
Dear dear Lucy,
Grief is beyond words as my heart sank for losing you. dear dear ex classmate and true friend !
The only slight relief is that you suffer no more and this terrible battle has finally ended and released you back to our Father Creator, and to join your loving parents!
Praise God for you and for the opportunity to have crossed your paths !
Till we meet again in Heaven Lucy, Rest in Peace under our Lord’s Grace and Mercy. 🙏🙏🙏
You will be deep in hearts forever and remembered fondly 🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕,
Lucy & I been friends since kindergarten, and in all those years, we created a lifetime of memories together. From laughter that echoed through our hearts to the milestones we celebrated side by side, we shared so much of life. Through every challenge and joy, your friendship was a constant source of love and strength. I will miss your beautiful smile, your kind heart, and the way you made everything brighter just by being you. Though my heart aches, I find peace knowing that you’ve been called home to God, where you are at rest. Until we meet again, my dear friend. Rest in peace.
Over 40 years ago, Lucy came to Toronto from Australia to visit her close friends since childhood in Hong Kong (including my wife Terry).
Our very first encounter instantly impressed me that she was a cheerful, carefree, talkative and energetic person.
Decades later—about 2 years ago in fact, I unexpectedly crossed paths with her in Toronto at Princess Margaret Cancer Hospital. My cancer being in remission, she looked well & more cheerful than me as usual. In fact, I thought she was only a visitor.
We chatted about life & death, and her becoming a more devout Catholic in recent years.
It was our last & regrettably final meeting.
Lucy and I may not agree on all subject matters such as religion & politics, but we do agree on thing:
Life is meant to be lived to the fullest…with passion & compassion.
Now that I have read her obituary and the moving attributes from others, I’m happy to have known her.
I’m glad she had truly lived!
God bless! RIP
We were deeply saddened to learn of Lucy’s passing.
Our families go back many years—her father and my father were classmates at La Salle College in Kowloon, and we have known Lucy since childhood.
She was a truly lovely person—beautiful, warm, and always putting others before herself. Her generosity, kindness, and joyful spirit left a lasting impression on everyone who knew her.
We will always remember her bubbly personality and the grace she carried throughout her life.
Our hearts are with the Leung family during this difficult time.
With fondest memories,
David & Grace
Lucy, you are the most beautiful, loving & passionate person I have ever known, a born leader with high standards & impeccable taste and a perfectionist.
I don’t know why you got lung cancer as you never smoked. I don’t understand why God took you away from us when you still had so much love to give on earth. But one thing I know, you are now in Heaven with mom & dad enjoying eternal life.
You had been the matriarch of the family ever since mom & dad were in their senior years. Your presence always lit up the room as soon as you entered, this bright light will forever shine in my heart. I will miss your big smile & laughter in family gatherings.
I miss you dearly, big sister. You will be forever in my heart.
Luisa
I met Lucy at Toronto Grace Health Centre, where I work. She was a patient on the fifth floor, but to me, she quickly became so much more than that.
What started as simple conversations turned into something I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
We talked about her journey from Hong Kong, to studying in Australia, and eventually building a life here in Canada. She shared her story with such openness, strength, and grace.
At that time, I was going through my own battles. I remember telling her about my life, about my 6 year old daughter, and the struggles I was facing. And even though she was the one fighting so much she was the one lifting me up.
Lucy made me feel seen. She made me feel like I mattered. Like I wasn’t just anybody.
She believed in me in a way that changed me. Because of Lucy, I found the courage to think about going back to school, to dream of a better life for my family. I really admired how intelligent she was.
Lucy reminded me that we still have chances while we are still here in this world to grow, to try again, to make our lives meaningful.
But what stays with me the most is her light.
Her beautiful smile. Her warmth. Her positivity. The deep love and care she had for her siblings. Even while she was battling cancer, she never stopped encouraging others.
She never stopped reminding me to keep smiling, to keep going, to keep looking at the bright side.
I still ask myself how could someone going through so much still give so much to others? That was Lucy.
Lucy, meeting you was not by chance, it was a blessing. You changed my life in ways I will never be able to fully put into words.
I promise to carry your kindness, your strength, and your light with me and to pass it on, just like you did.
You will always be in our hearts. And you will never be forgotten.
We are saddened to hear about the passing of Lucy. Our deepest condolences to her family.
Victor and I have know Lucy for many years and hiked many trails with her as our hike leader.
She was an amazing leader and will be missed.
My deepest condolences to her family.
She was a dedicated hike leader for the Toronto Bruce Trail Club and served as a hiking director for a while for the Club. She was well organized, strict, very safety conscious and ran amazing hikes. Her busses were always full with a long waiting list. May she Rest in Peace.
55 years of friendship forever treasured.
We met on the plane coming to Sydney from HK in 1971. In our young days, we had a lot of fun and laughter. Studying for our postgraduate degree together, eating out, fishing, late night steamboat, horse riding…. We also had our travel together to Taiwan n Malaysia and uni holiday flatting in Randwick.
Missed you dearly when you left Sydney and migrated to Toronto to be with your family. We kept in touch and would see each other whenever possible.
Lucy, you are a very strong, capable, happy, generous person. Your passing will leave a hole in my heart but will always remember you with love and fond memories.
Love Agnes and Michael
Kaima, technically you were Andrew’s Kaima but you always treated me as if you were mine too for which I have been most grateful.
Though you have always lived on the other side of the world to me, you have been a role model to me from a young age. You showed me how a woman can be strong, independent and courageous, how to trust in yourself, build your own career and not need to rely on others. Though mum would jokingly call that stubborn, I found it intriguing that you could always get your way, somehow managing to do so whilst keeping a smile on your face.
I remember when I was about 10, on one of your visits to Sydney, you told me rather bluntly to stop saying “I don’t know” to everything. Rather, to be more inquisitive, look it up, find out more, ask “why is that” and I later realised that this is exactly what you did in conversation. You led by example.
You shared many little life gems with Andrew and I, showing us the original mass search engine “dogpile”before the days of google, the importance of taking care of your skin and the beauty of being out in nature.
Thankyou for being an inspiration to me, I will miss our chats but will think of you whenever I’m out on a bush walk. Give Andrew a big hug from us and may you rest in peace.
Love Stephanie Mock (and family – Patrick, Tilly, Hugo, and on behalf of Andrew Mock and Jenny Wong).