Obituary of Zhimei Ban

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BAN, Zhimei
March 11, 1936 – February 23, 2026

 Passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, February 23, 2026, in his 90^th year.

Beloved husband of Guoping Chen. Respected father of Ying Ban of Wuhan, China, Dayan Ban of Waterloo, Ontario and Sharon Therrien of Wesford, MA, USA. He will be forever admired and loved by his grandchildren Wei, Sihao, Siting, Yue, Alex, Bryan, Cayla, and his great grandchild Tongyan. Predeceased by his sister Zhi-wen, his brother Zhi-ou, his parents Jiliang Ban and Jingmei Yan.

He lost his father when he was still an infant, survived and resiliently grew up in an orphanage. During his childhood, he sought out every opportunity for education, eventually gaining admission to Hangzhou Normal University when he was 22 years old. Four years later, he completed his undergraduate degree, and became a proud high school Chinese teacher. He taught at several high schools, gradually becoming a key teacher of graduating classes, and was promoted to senior teacher (associate professor level). In his more than 34 years of teaching, he nurtured thousands of students, many of whom went on to become university professors, engineers, researchers, and civil servants—his students are found all over the world.

Special thanks to Zhengang Wang, Jindi Wu, Yafeng Wang, Bin Gao, Ying Guo, Liping Fu, Changbao Wu, Jianchuan Chen, Hui Wu, Gang Pan, Julia Pei, Liming Su, Jie Zhang, Jane Hu, Jane Li, Qi Wang, Xu Wang, Aoran Zhu, Xingzhong Yu, Zuojia Wen, Yunong Jiang, Jin Zhang, Li Zhao and many other friends and family members who have provided cares, assistance and support to him and family.

Visitation will take place at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S, Waterloo, on Sunday, March 1, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., with the funeral service to follow in the chapel of the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Private family interment to take place at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, on a later date.

A livestream and recording of the funeral service will be available on Zhimei’s tribute page at www.erbgood.com.

Zhimei will be remembered by his family and friends as a man of dedication, hard work, love for his family, and kindness.

班志美

1936年3月11日 – 2026年2月23日

于 2026 年 2 月 23 日星期一在家中安详辞世，享年 90 岁。

陈国平的挚爱丈夫。中国武汉的班鹰、安大略省滑铁卢的班大雁以及美国马萨诸塞州韦斯福德的班小燕的尊敬父亲。他将永远受到孙辈班唯、思昊、思婷、班越、亚历克斯、布莱恩、凯拉的敬仰和爱戴，以及曾孙班彤嫣的爱戴。先于他而去的亲人包括姐姐班志雯、哥哥班志欧、父母班继良和严景梅。

志美尚在襁褓之时便失去了父亲，后在孤儿院长大并顽强生存下来。青少年时期，他竭尽所能寻求各种教育机会，在服役八年退伍后，年逾二十二仍考入杭州师范学院，四年后完成了本科学业，成为一名令人自豪的中文教师。他先后在多所高中任教，逐渐成为高中毕业班的主力教师，晋升为高级教师（副教授级）。在逾 34 年的执教生涯中，他培养了数以千计的学生，其中许多人后来成为大学教授、工程师、研究人员和公务员——他的学生遍布世界各地。

特别感谢王振纲，吴金娣，王雅峰、高冰、郭缨、傅立平、伍昌保、陈建川、吴卉、潘刚、裴Julia、苏立明、张杰、胡真，李江丽、王启、王旭、朱傲然、于兴中、文作家、姜育农，张晋，赵莉以及其他众多亲朋好友，感谢他们为志美和家人提供了关怀、帮助与支持。

悼念仪式将于 2026 年 3 月 1 日星期日上午 9 点 30 分至 10 点 15 分在Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, （地址：171 King St. S, Waterloo）举行，随后将在殡仪馆的小礼拜堂内举行葬礼仪式，时间为上午 10 点 30 分。私人家庭安葬仪式将于稍后日期在滑铁卢市的公园景公墓举行。

葬礼仪式的直播及录像内容将可在志美的纪念页面上观看，网址为 www.erbgood.com 。

志美将被他的家人和朋友铭记为一个充满奉献精神、勤奋工作、热爱家庭且宽厚仁慈的人。