Cheah Tek Thye, death January 1935

[The Straits Times, 16 January 1935, Page 12]

MR. CHEAH TEK THYE. 

Death Of Well-known Penang Resident. 

The death took place at Penang on Saturday of Mr. Cheah Tek Thye. A keen business man and an enthusiastic sportsman, the deceased was a son of the late Mr. Cheah Chow Pan, a well-known Penang merchant. Born in 1890, he was educated at Penang Free School, St. Xavier's Institution, Penang, and Doveton College, Calcutta. For a short time he was assistant to Chop Sin Eng Moh, tin merchants after which he joined the Penang Kheam Guan Insurance Co., then the only Chinese Insurance company with headquarters in the Straits Settlements, and he was its secretary for years. He was also proprietor of the Eng-Moh-Hui Thye-Ke estate at Semelin (Kedah), and a director of the Chinese Oversea Bank. For some time Mr. Cheah Tek Thye acted as agent for Lipton's wines but transferred this agency to Mrssrs. J. W. Halifax and Co. He was a warm supporter of the turf for a number of years. At one time he owned several racehorses, and won many races. He was twice elected a Municipal Commissioner, adn was on the committee of the Penang Free School. He was also one of the principal headmen of the "Cheah" clan.

The Straits Times, 22 January 1935, Page 12 

MR. CHEAH TEK THYE. 

The funeral of Mr. Cheah Tek Thye took place at Penang on Friday last from 48e, Northam Road. It was largely attended by friends and relatives. The cattfalque was headed by a processioon of priests, scrolls and banners with a great array of wreaths decorating the "Teng" on which was a life-like painting of the deceased. The interment was at the Cheah cemetary, Mount Erskine.