Services for YOSHITAKA MORIMOTO, 73, a Japan born resident of Hacienda Heights who passed away peacefully on September 1 at the Whittier Hospital Medical Center will be held privately.

He is survived by his wife, Sharon Xiurong Hou; sons, Walter (Naomi) Morimoto, Mark (Yukari) Morimoto of Japan and Nan (Qing Liu) Shen of San Diego; grandchildren Joyce Ziqi Shen and Ian Zijia Liu.