Eulogy for the Strawberry Man: David Saelee was much more than peddler Stockton knew

EE FONG “DAVID” SAELEE, a Southeast Asian refugee who found success in Stockton despite crushing setbacks that would have defeated a lesser man, died April 9 in a farming accident. He was 63. 

You may know Saelee as the strawberry peddler with the popular stand at Davis and Eight Mile roads. Saelee was also a child soldier, a strong father, a highly profitable marijuana farmer and, in my case, a true friend whose loss is a body blow.