Private graveside services for the late Asaye Sakemi, 91 year old Culver City resident who passed away on Oct 17, were held at Inglewood Park Cemetery on October 30, with Reverend Gail Nakamura Messner of West Los Angeles United Methodist Church officiating.

She is survived by her beloved brother Kiyoshi (Itsuko) Sakemi; nieces, Carrie (Richard) Wilde, Laura Hamasaka of Washington D.C., and Vicki Hamasaka; grand-niece Julianne Wilde; brother-in-law Paul Hamasaka, and other relatives.