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Obituary for Di "Peter" Xu

Di "Peter"  Xu
WATERVLIET, NY, USA – Di “Peter” Xu, 48, died peacefully Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the Community Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NY with his loving family at his side.
Di was born in Shanghai, China on November 21, 1968, the beloved son of Peixin Shen of Shanghai, China and the late Hanqiang Xu. Both of his parents were engineers but Di followed his grandfather who was a pediatric doctor into the medical field. He graduated in 1992 from the Medical School at Tongji University in Shanghai.
Di was a radiologist at Shanghai No. 10 People's Hospital and later worked as a consultant for GE Medical and Phillips Medical in China for about four years. He then came to the United States in 1997 to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY and received his Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1999.
He was recruited as an intern at ORION and then became a health care consultant at Provider Consulting Solutions (PCS) in Clifton Park, NY for 18 years.
In addition to his mother, Peixin Shen, he is the beloved husband of Tong Chen; devoted and loving father of Alex Xu; dear brother of Yi Xu, brother in law of Xiang Dong Yu and uncle of David Yu all of Shanghai, China.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his memorial service on Saturday, January 14th at 1:00 pm at the Parker Bros. Memorial, 2013 Broadway, Watervliet. Friends may visit with the family prior to the service on Saturday from 12:00-1:00 pm at the funeral home.
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Life Story for Di "Peter" Xu

Eulogy for Di Xu from his wife, Tong Chen.
January 08, 2017

For anyone who doesn’t know me, Di (Peter) Xu was my husband.
My husband, Di Xu was a great and honest man. He was deeply loved by me, Alex, his mother, sister, my family and all his friends.
Di Xu was born in Shanghai on November 21, 1968. His childhood is described as both naughty and wondrous while he spent his early years in his grandparents’ house. Peter always mentioned that happy life when he played with cousins in the nearby farm fields. He was an honorary student of the Shanghai Youth Ship model design team. He was an obedient boy, therefore he chose the medical school instead of the Architectural or aviation Institute.
When I met him in the medical school, he was a quiet and sympathetic person. Di was a Radiologist in Shanghai No. 10 People’s Hospital and then he worked as a consultant for GE Medical and Phillips Medical in China for about 4 years. In his spare time he was an avid reader. He loved reading all kinds of books and online historical and military articles as well. He was my encyclopedia absolutely.
After he graduated from RPI in 1999, Steve recruit him as an intern at ORION. Then he became a healthcare consultant at PCS for an 18 year career.
He loved to work with all colleagues at PCS. Every one called him Peter there. He said he was not a sociable man and at most of the time he was a quiet person. But he was a good listener and learner. He was always fascinated by Mary’s dad’s World War II stories. He loved to hear Roman’s and Ann’s collage funny and crazy stories. He learned some parenting skills and experience from Steve, Lana, Randi, Herb and Marty. He liked to listen to Dave talk about the football team- Pittsburgh Steelers. He often remembered the boxes of fresh eggs from Jean’s farm house. Also he loved to participate in PCS outing events, such as river rafting, running and barbecue. There were so many good memories he always recalled.
Peter lived his life the best way he could and he also never had any enemies. Peter Xu was well loved and I guess seeing everyone in his funeral proves that indeed. He was such a kind soul. He loved to help anyone. But always kept worries and suffering inside. Early year 2016 he had some personality and emotional changes due to the recurrent tumor. He was deeply sorry for some of his agitation and irritable behaviors. We understood his mental capacity was so limited and hard to control his behavior sometimes. I knew that he was struggling in last September because he clearly understood that the IV chemo and immune therapy will cause the blood clots and other side effects. Peter lived his life bravely. He sacrificed himself to buy extra time for us, especially for Alex and me. We all respect him.
I remember conversations I had with him months ago. All about how he wanted to see Alex grow up. He had lots of dreams for Alex. He was the type of father who would like playing soccer and Chess with Alex, running and biking together in the Park. He wanted Alex to grow up wise, respectful, and successful. He mentioned that he would regret if he couldn’t watch Alex grow up. But he knew some of our best friends like Felix and Lanny, Professor Lv and Jun, Dong Li and Xiaoning, GuoNing and Irene, they all have had very outstanding parenting skills. Peter wanted Alex and me to consult with all these friends for some parenting issues while he couldn’t physically be beside us.
Peter is in heaven now. He’s with his father and his grandparents. I’m sure he is happy there because in heaven there is peace. He was ready when either God or Buddha took him to be with him either in the kingdom or in the heaven. We were able to say our goodbyes, letting him go wasn’t so painful knowing that he was at peace and he had no suffering on the day he passed.
Peter, I know we will see each other again. For now, please do guide us as we live our life here on earth. Please do watch over Alex, me, mom and sister and do protect us from harm. Peter, you will always be remembered and you will always live in our hearts for as long as we live. We all love you so much.


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