SING, Hee Dong (Patsy)

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, November 20, 1929, page 3, column 6 Chinese Known As 'Pasty' Dies Hee Dong Sing, 78, joined his ancestors Monday afternoon, the result of a paralytic stroke last Thursday night, coupled with general debility brought on by advanced age. For nearly 50 years Hee Sing, as he was known better among the Chinese, and simply 'Patsy' among most other residents of Prescott, was affiliated with life in Prescott and in Prescott's Chinatown. He is said by friends to have come to the United States from China when he was about 20 years old. Taking up residence first in San Francisco he later became employed as a cook by the Santa Fe railroad during the period that it pushing its tracks through the western wilderness. Ten years or so after arriving in this country he came to Yavapai county and between that time and his death he stuck to the cooking business. His strong suit in the early days was to follow the mining camps; hence, he found employment in the Crown King, Poland Junction, Copper Creek, and a number of other camps. In this late years he did restaurant cooking in Prescott. Within the last year he has cooked in the Palace and in the American Kitchen. Hee Sing never did marry, nor did he ever go back to China on a visit. His tastes were simple and he got along with everybody. It was a common sight these last few years to see him making his was about the downtown streets, his old back bent and his eyesight somewhat poor. Lots of people knew Patsy. After his paralytic stroke Thursday night, which happened in his sleeping quarters down on South Granite street, he was taken to the county hospital in Miller Valley. At 12:30 p.m. Monday he died. Since he belonged to a Chinese Masonic lodge, his lodge brethren will see that his remains are placed at rest in accordance with the rules of the lodge. The funeral arrangements have not been made, but burial will probably take place in the Citizens' cemetery, near Whipple.