Obituaries

Apr 10, 2016

Rumiko Imai, 67, passed away on April 10, 2016. Rumiko is survived by her husband, Toshiharu Imai, her sister, Suzuko Iikawa of Tokyo Japan and nieces & nephews and other relatives here and in Japan. Private gathering was held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Fukui Mortuary "Chapel in the Garden"

Apr 10, 2016

Funeral service for the late Yasuo Ogami, 77-year-old, Saitama, Japan born resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, who passed away on April 10, 2016, will be held on Friday, April 22, 2p.m. at Neighborhood Church, 415 Paseo Del Mar Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274. He is survived by his loving wife, Yohko Ogami; sons, Tetsuya (Lisa) and Takeo (Kei) Ogami; grandchildren,...

Apr 9, 2016

Public memorial services for the late Tei Sugi, 98 year old, Santa Clara California-born, long time resident of Alhambra and more recently Keiro and Laguna Niguel, who passed away on April 9, will be held on Saturday, April 23, 11:00AM at Fukui Mortuary "Chapel in the Garden", 707 E. Temple St, Los Angeles, California. Tei attended elementary and secondary schools...

Apr 8, 2016

Farewell gathering for Yukuo Tsuji, 60 years old, who passed away on April 18, 2016, was held on Thursday, April 20, 2016. He is survived by his wife Toyoko, daughter Eleena. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and relatives in Japan.

Apr 8, 2016

Yasuko Nagai passed away at 103 years old on April 8, 2016. Public funeral services will be held on Sunday, April 17th, 11:00 AM at Fukui Mortuary, "Chapel in the Garden," 707 E. Temple Street, Los Angeles. She is predeceased by her sons, Mitsuo Iwata and Kenneth Nagai, and spouses Katsuo Nagai and Hiroshi Iwata. Mrs. Nagai is survived by...

Apr 7, 2016

ABE, Victor Hiroshi, 95, of Rolling Hills Est. died peacefully at home on Thurs., Apr. 7, 2016. Born in LA, he graduated from UC Berkeley and worked as a structural engineer. His 42-yr engineering legacy includes the Nakaoka Ctr, Republic Bank, military exchanges, churches, restaurants, schools, theaters, and the Go For Broke Monument in Little Tokyo. He served in the...

Apr 7, 2016

Born in 1928, Rev. Dr. Mokusen Miyuki, an 18th generation Pure Land Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest, received his B.A. in Indian Philosophy and Sanskrit Philology at the prestigious University of Tokyo, Japan. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1954 where he continued his studies at UCLA (M.A., Philosophy) and Claremont Graduate School (Ph.D., Asian Studies) while practicing as a...

Apr 2, 2016

HIDEO KAKEHASHI, 96 year old California born resident of Mar Vista, passed away on April 2. He served in WWII with the M.I.S. unit and was with the first group to land in occupied Japan under Gen. MacArthur. Public funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 16, 6:00 P.M. at Fukui Mortuary "Chapel in the Garden", 707 E. Temple...

Apr 2, 2016

IKEFUGI, Chiyoko (84) Passed away peacefully on April 2, 2016. She is survived by her loving family; husband, David Ikefugi; daughter, Pamela (Jonathan) Kluver; son, Wayne (Amy) Ikefugi; grandchildren, Katherine, Nathan and Diana; also survived by nieces, nephews and other relatives. Services will be held privately.

Apr 1, 2016

Toshio Fujimura, 95-year-old, resident of West Covina passed away on April 1, 2016. He is predeceased by his son, Russell, and his wife, Peggy Fujimura. He is survived by his children, Janice (William) Cumming, Richard (Mizue) Fujimura, and Kenneth (Hitomi) Nishizaki; grandchildren, David (Erica) Fujimura, Jennifer (Alex) Han, Michelle (Gate) Chanjamsri, Kenneth Nishizaki Jr., and Mellissa (Kouhei) Ida; great-grandchildren, Jayden...

Mar 31, 2016

Mr. Jiro Aratani, a 96-year-old Califonia-born Nisei resident of Cypress, CA and longtime member of Orange County Buddhist Church passed away peacefully on March 31, 2016. Services were held privately, officiated by Rev. Marvin Harada of Orange County Buddhist Church. Mr. Aratani was predeceased by his beloved wife Lily Aratani and his son Stanley Aratani. He is survived by his...

Mar 30, 2016

Funeral services for Tsuyoshi "Tee" Okura, (1916-2016) who passed away on March 30, 2016, will be held on Monday, April 18, 12:00 P.M. at Green Hills Memorial Park Pavilion, 27501 South Western Avenue, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275, with Reverend Kunishige Ito of Tenrikyo Westside Church officiating. Tee spent all of his life in Los Angeles with residences in Wilmington...

Mar 27, 2016

Roy Hiroji Tomita (85) Passed Away on March 27, 2016. Roy is survived by sons Randy and Donald Tomita: grandchildren, Ryan, Jaclyn and Tricia Tomita: brothers Toichi Nakanishi of Shigaken Japan and George (Emi) Tomita of North Hills CA. Service was held on Saturday April 16 at Fukui Mortuary, "Chapel in the Garden" with Rev. Clifford Ishigaki officiating.

Mar 27, 2016

URABE, LINCOLN TSUYOSHI. Age 75 passed away on March 27, 2016. Beloved husband of Vivien Urabe; loving father of Lisa (Dean) Kuwata and Michael (Tamikaco) Urabe; grandfather of Michael Urabe Jr., Jonae Urabe, and Paige and Ty Kuwata; brother of Harold, Steven (Sheryl), Patrick and Francis (Flora) Urabe; he is also survived by nieces, nephews and other relatives here and...

Mar 27, 2016

Funeral services for the late Takeshi "Tak" Kiyohara, 90-year-old, Santa Maria, CA born resident of Anaheim, who passed away on March 27, 2016, will be held on Friday, April 15, 2016, 2:00 p.m. at Orange County Buddhist Church 909 S. Dale Ave. in Anaheim. Predeceased by his brothers, Akira and Ronnie Kiyohara; he is survived by his beloved wife, Aiko...

Mar 26, 2016

Funeral service for MASAKO MARY KOVACS, 87, Yokohama born Issei and resident of Fontana who passed away on March 26, will be held on Monday, April 4, 11:00AM at Fukui Mortuary, Chapel in the Garden, 707 E Temple St., L.A., with Rev. Nobuko Miyoshi of West Covina Buddhist Temple officiating.

Masako is survived by her...

Mar 26, 2016

Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, 86, passed away from heart failure on March 26th, 2016 in Barstow California. He is survived by his loving daughters, Masami Andow and Karen Yoshimura; grandchildren Zachary (Katsuo), Mika (Sabine), and Tori (Amiko); he is also survived by nieces, nephews, and other relatives in California and Japan. A gravesite gathering was held on Saturday, May 21, at Green...

Mar 26, 2016

Private family funeral services for the late Mary Shigeko Akashi, 98-year-old, Coronado, CA born resident of Culver City, who passed away on March 26, 2016, were held on Thursday, April 7 at Inglewood Park Cemetery "Chapel of Chimes" in Inglewood with Rev. Fumiaki Usuki of WLA Buddhist Temple officiating. Predeceased by her beloved husband, David Fumio Akashi and sister, Florence...

Mar 25, 2016

Funeral services for the late Tom Shiokari, 89 years old, Lancaster born, resident of Rancho Palos Verdes who passed away on March 25, 2016, will be held on Saturday, April 23, 10:00 a.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church 2706 W. 182nd Ave. Torrance, CA. He is survived by his wife Nobuko, sons Stan Shiokari; David (Vicky) Shiokari; Ken (Kathy)...

Mar 24, 2016

Private graveside service for KATSUMI SAKATANI, 90, Los Angeles born Nisei and resident of Torrance who passed away on March 24, was held on Tuesday, March 29 at Green Hills Memorial Park with Rev. Steven Langley officiating.

Katsumi, who is predeceased by his sister, Yuri Okabayashi, is survived by his wife, Mary Atsuko; sons, Richard...