{"id":51039,"date":"2026-05-09T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51039"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:04:47","slug":"hr-manager-in-spore-who-died-from-cancer-leaves-final-linkedin-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51039","title":{"rendered":"HR manager in S&#8217;pore who died from cancer leaves final LinkedIn post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>41-year-old HR manager dies after suffering from cancer since 2018<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7458175530262253568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A human resources (HR) manager in Singapore has died from cancer<\/a>, leaving behind a final LinkedIn post that has touched many.<\/p>\n<p>In it, Ms Grace Seah Zong Ling, who passed away on Thursday (7 May), thanked her loved ones for loving and grieving her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726091\" style=\"width: 786px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726091\" class=\"wp-image-726091 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-cancer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-cancer.jpg 776w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-cancer-568x600.jpg 568w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-cancer-142x150.jpg 142w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 776px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 776\/819;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-726091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Grace Seah on LinkedIn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Cancer became untreatable last November<\/h3>\n<p>Ms Seah\u2019s profile listed her as an assistant HR manager with cosmetics company Est\u00e9e Lauder. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeathKopitiamSG\/posts\/pfbid0324hddVsMNUHRvBmHQV1ZPa3KUjQ6AQdF2bkMpeCGKWfsTVfpUW1j9L7ehsLiKoKxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">She was 41<\/a>, according to Death Kopitiam Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>In her final LinkedIn post, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer in 2018, but had enjoyed \u201cmany good years\u201d despite that.<\/p>\n<p>However, it became untreatable around November last year, she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726092\" style=\"width: 551px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726092\" class=\"wp-image-726092 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-zong-ling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-zong-ling.jpg 541w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-zong-ling-150x144.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 541px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 541\/519;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-726092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Grace Seah on LinkedIn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Worse still, she also went through a divorce along the way.<\/p>\n<h3>She thanks loved ones, hopes they will come for funeral<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout these trials, Ms Seah\u00a0was grateful to her \u201cmost supportive family and friends\u201d, and thus told them:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Thank you for your friendship, love, and kindness \u2014 I feel incredibly blessed to have had you in my life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She hoped that they would come to her funeral, making it \u201ca time of reconnection, with more flowing conversations than tears\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But if they could not make it, that was okay, she said, but advised them not to grieve alone and to spend time with their loved ones instead.<\/p>\n<h3>She leaves behind a daughter<\/h3>\n<p>Heartbreakingly, Ms Seah also revealed that she is leaving behind a daughter named Kara.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<iframe id=\"answers-client-69feaed61c464\" class=\"answers-client\" src=\"\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She asked her loved ones to help guide her daughter, teaching her to be kind to others and herself.<\/p>\n<p>They should also remind her that she is loved by many, including her mother, who loves her \u201cso, so much\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726093\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726093\" class=\"wp-image-726093 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-726093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Grace Seah on LinkedIn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u2018A\u00a0reminder to live fully in the present\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Ms Seah expressed a wish for her funeral to be \u201ca reminder to live fully in the present\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She believed that death may end life, but not love or relationships, so she advised her loved ones to just think of her when they miss her \u2014 \u201cthe silly things I said or did, the moments we shared\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for loving me, and for grieving me,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<h3>Final post touches many netizens<\/h3>\n<p>Ms Seah\u2019s post, which received more than 1,100 reactions, struck a chord with several users who commented, including many who did not know her.<\/p>\n<p>Some pointed out that it was \u201csurreal\u201d to read a post written by someone about their own passing, and it caused them to ponder their own life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726096\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726096\" class=\"wp-image-726096 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-3.jpg 525w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-3-150x31.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 525px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 525\/107;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-726096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: LinkedIn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>They praised her courage and grace for urging people to connect and for thinking of others even as she faced her own demise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726094\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726094\" class=\"wp-image-726094 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-2.jpg 515w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-2-150x52.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 515px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 515\/177;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-726094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: LinkedIn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Others took the message from her post that we should live our limited time in life to the fullest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726095\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726095\" class=\"wp-image-726095 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/grace-seah-1-150x40.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 540px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 540\/145;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-726095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: LinkedIn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ms Seah\u2019s wake is being held in Toa Payoh.\u00a0A subsequent post on Friday (8 May) informed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7458334968902172672\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she would be cremated after a service at Mandai Crematorium<\/a> on Saturday (9 May) afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/yio-chu-kang-secondary-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yio Chu Kang Secondary maths teacher dies, students say they will miss her<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AnnUJJs0Bx\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/yio-chu-kang-secondary-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yio Chu Kang Secondary maths teacher dies, students say they will miss her<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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