The late Kiyoshi Kawaratani, owner of Rafu Bussan, Inc., 88 year-old San Juan Capistrano CA born resident of Monterey Park, passed away peacefully on October 23, at St. Vincent Medical Center. Public visitation will be held on November 2, 2:00PM and Funeral service from 3:00PM at Zenshuji Soto Mission - 123 S. Hewitt St., Los Angeles, California.
He is survived by wife Aiko Kawaratani; siblings, Tsutomu ( Atsuko) and Yukio (Lillian) Kawaratani, Yoshiko Tanaka, Fumiko Ozaki, and Toshiko (Isamu) Masumoto; also survived by nieces, nephews and other relatives here and in Japan.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.