[1][2] Chung was born Doreen Pamela Ng-See-Quan in Windsor Forest, West Demerara, British Guiana.
[1][2] The couple remained married for 54 years, until President Arthur Chung's death on 23 June 2008.
[1][3] Doreen Chung died at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana, on 5 September 2009, at the age of 77.
[1] Her funeral was held at St. Saviour's Church in the Charlestown neighborhood of Georgetown.
[3] Chung was buried in the cemetery of St. Jude's Church in Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara.