She remembered him caring for her and keeping her company after an unexpected surgery earlier this year and said it was the type of thing he would do without question, for anyone.
She also said their last conversation—beginning as an explanation about why he’d had to cancel a meal with her—ended with him asking questions about her, her health and happiness.
“It’s not a coincidence that in that last conversation, he sort of asked about everything important in my life,” Chen said.
“He’d figured out a lot of things at the age of 24, more than a lot of people can ever say,” added Quach.
A memorial service for Gu will be held at Highrock Church in Somerville tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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—Staff writer Laura L. Krug can be reached at krug@fas.harvard.edu.