Aiko Alice Miyake went to be with her Lord and Savior, peacefully on March 31, 2023 in Pasadena CA at age 95.  Born on September 16, 1927 in Santa Maria CA, to Leo Kamezo and Yoshi Suzuki who emigrated from Niigata, Japan in 1916.  Grew up on a farm in Moneta, CA with siblings Kazie, Kiyo, Jane, Roy, and June.  Forcibly detained during WWII in Tulare CA, Gila AZ, Tule Lake CA and finally Princeton NJ.  After the war, returned to Gardena, attended business school while helping her family get resettled. In 1952, married Perry Miyake of Venice, CA.  Raised sons Perry Jr. and Ron in Mar Vista, both sons graduating from Venice High School as their father did in June 1942 (in absentia), and after completing her interrupted high school education at Venice High Adult School, became a housewife and mother, beautician, secretary then office manager at the FAA and Department of Defense.   After her son Ron returned from a mission trip to Japan in 1981, Alice accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and returned to the church her father was a founding member of as a teenager, Gardena Valley Baptist Church, where she was baptized along with her sister Kazie and husband Perry in 1983, and in 1987 renewed their marriage vows.  Alice and Perry enjoyed many activities at GVBC.  After retiring from the US Postal Service, Perry died in 2015.  Alice lived in their Mar Vista home joining older son Perry and his wife Jan at Venice Free Methodist Church until she moved into Atherton Baptist Home in 2019. She is survived by sons Perry (Jan) and Ron (Carol), granddaughters Natalie (Omar) Zavala and Katie (Jonathan) Khuu, brothers Kiyo and Roy (Terri) Suzuki, sisters Jane Shimatsu and June Hirai, and many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday July 28 at 11 am, at Venice Free Methodist Church, 4871 S. Centinela Ave, LA 90066 Rev. James Miyabe and Rev. Ron Miyake officiating. No flowers, casual attire. Parking available at Venice Japanese Community Center.