IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Fred Morio
Yasukochi, Sr.
March 5, 1920 – June 13, 2009
Obituary
Our Dad, Fred Morio Yasukochi, Sr., passed away on June 13, 2009, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
The youngest son of Kiso and Tomo Yasukochi, Dad was born on March 5, 1920 in Garden Grove, California. A graduate of the University of California at Davis, Dad – like thousands of other patriotic Nisei Japanese Americans – volunteered to serve in the United States Army during World War II as a member of the 100th Infantry / 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most highly decorated fighting unit in the history of the U.S. Armed Forces.
With the 442nd RCT, Dad saw combat in Italy, France and Germany. Toward the war's end, he would help free victims of the Dachau death camp an experience he was later asked to recount in David Notowitz's documentary, "Voices of the Shoah".
After the war, Dad helped reestablish the family farm in San Marcos, California. Later, he worked for, and ultimately become president and CEO of the Ramirez & Feraud Chile Co., the pioneer Ventura County manufacturer of Las Palmas brand products. Highly active in the Ventura business community, Dad was a longtime member of the Downtown Lions Club, and served for many years as a member of the Ventura County Fair Board, to which he was appointed by then-Governor Ronald Reagan.
Dad was a leader in the Buddhist Church and served as President of the Buddhist Churches of America, and was honored in 1997 as a Japanese-American community "Pioneer" at the Nisei Week Festival in Los Angeles.
Dad is survived by Jane, his loving wife of 63 years, their daughter Dale; their sons, Fred Jr. and his wife Claudia Gilman; Dennis and his wife Lynne Goodrich; Bruce and his wife Cathy Wilson; David and his wife Colleen; and eleven grandchildren – each of whom he was extremely proud – Therese, Joshua Spooner, Emily, Ellison, Rachel, Bryan, Risa, Rose, Cayla , Robert and Jayson, and many, many nieces and nephews.
He was our hero, and we shall miss him dearly.
Memorial Service will be held on Mon. June 29, 2009 11:00 a.m. at Oxnard Buddhist Church, 250 S. "H" Street, Oxnard, CA under the direction of Fukui Mortuary, www.fukuimortuary.com 213-626-0441
The youngest son of Kiso and Tomo Yasukochi, Dad was born on March 5, 1920 in Garden Grove, California. A graduate of the University of California at Davis, Dad – like thousands of other patriotic Nisei Japanese Americans – volunteered to serve in the United States Army during World War II as a member of the 100th Infantry / 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most highly decorated fighting unit in the history of the U.S. Armed Forces.
With the 442nd RCT, Dad saw combat in Italy, France and Germany. Toward the war's end, he would help free victims of the Dachau death camp an experience he was later asked to recount in David Notowitz's documentary, "Voices of the Shoah".
After the war, Dad helped reestablish the family farm in San Marcos, California. Later, he worked for, and ultimately become president and CEO of the Ramirez & Feraud Chile Co., the pioneer Ventura County manufacturer of Las Palmas brand products. Highly active in the Ventura business community, Dad was a longtime member of the Downtown Lions Club, and served for many years as a member of the Ventura County Fair Board, to which he was appointed by then-Governor Ronald Reagan.
Dad was a leader in the Buddhist Church and served as President of the Buddhist Churches of America, and was honored in 1997 as a Japanese-American community "Pioneer" at the Nisei Week Festival in Los Angeles.
Dad is survived by Jane, his loving wife of 63 years, their daughter Dale; their sons, Fred Jr. and his wife Claudia Gilman; Dennis and his wife Lynne Goodrich; Bruce and his wife Cathy Wilson; David and his wife Colleen; and eleven grandchildren – each of whom he was extremely proud – Therese, Joshua Spooner, Emily, Ellison, Rachel, Bryan, Risa, Rose, Cayla , Robert and Jayson, and many, many nieces and nephews.
He was our hero, and we shall miss him dearly.
Memorial Service will be held on Mon. June 29, 2009 11:00 a.m. at Oxnard Buddhist Church, 250 S. "H" Street, Oxnard, CA under the direction of Fukui Mortuary, www.fukuimortuary.com 213-626-0441
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