Edith Toshie Miyuki
Mar 20, 2023
Edith Toshie Miyuki, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2023 with her family by her side.
Toshie was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Kazumi and Fujiko Miyawaki in 1926. At the age of 8, in 1934 she went to Hiroshima, Japan and attended the prestigious all girls school of Shintoku...
Betty Marie Quon
Mar 20, 2023
Betty Marie Quon, a San Francisco-born, longtime resident of Los Angeles passed away unexpectedly at the age of 93 years old at USC Arcadia Hospital on March 20, 2023. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Willie Quon. She is survived by daughters Angela Loaiza, Kathy (Mark) Sadamitsu, Denise Quon (Eric Larson) and Maureen (Ted) Orines; 6 grandchildren; 3...
Hideo Henry Kagawa
Mar 16, 2023
The celebration of life for Hideo Henry "Toto" Kagawa, owner of the Fish King market in Glendale, will be held on Saturday, June 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Evergreen Church San Gabriel Valley, 323 Workman Mill Rd., La Puente.
Hideo Henry "Toto" Kagawa, who was born on Nov. 1, 1930 in Los Angeles, the second child of...
Tomio "Tome" Muranaka
Mar 16, 2023
Tomio "Tome" Muranaka, 95-year-old Montebello-born Nisei, U.S. Army veteran, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2023 at Nikkei Senior Gardens in Arleta, Calif. Raised on a flower farm, Tomio was incarcerated with his family in Rohwer, Ark. during World War II. He went to USC and became a pharmacist and was known for his kindness and willingness to...
Ame Kobayashi
Mar 15, 2023
Ame Kobayashi passed away peacefully at home on March 15, 2023, at the age of 101. Ame was born in American Falls, Idaho, on November 15, 1921, one of Junji and Kuniko Hamada's six children. She grew up on their farm in Idaho before she moved to Los Angeles after the war. There she met her husband Sam and...
Kazuko Ishida
Mar 14, 2023
Kazuko Kawamoto Ishida passed away peacefully on March 14, 2023, at 94 years of age.
Kazuko (Kaz, Kazie) was born in San Diego on May 22, 1928, the fifth of six children. She was interned in Poston, Arizona during her high school years and upon returning from camp, met her future...
Kay Kikuko Ishii
Mar 13, 2023
ISHII, KAY KIKUKO KAWABE. Age 82. Despite being California-born in 1941, she spent her childhood years in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, in a Japanese internment camp. When the Kawabe family returned to Los Angeles, Kay fought against asthma, racism, cultural and societal gender roles to wear pants & climb trees, become a high school cheerleader, and social worker to LA...
Janice Tayoko Hamamoto
Mar 12, 2023
Janice Tayoko Hamamoto, 89 year-old Hawaii-born resident of Gardena peacefully passed away on March 12, 2023. Janice was born in Honolulu Hawaii on March 27, 1933. She was the third daughter born to Thomas (Kikuta) Matsumoto and Pearl Matsumoto. Janice grew up with her five sisters, Helen, Patsy, Jennette, Patricia and Marilyn and married her husband Dennis on July...
Clint Manabu Kamada
Mar 12, 2023
Funeral services for the late Clint Manabu Kamada, 65-year-old, born in San Fernando, CA, resident of Chatsworth, who passed away peacefully on March 12, 2023, were held on April 8th at Fukui Mortuary Chapel with Rimban William Briones of Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple officiating.
He is survived by his loving family; sister, Marlene Kamada; he is also...
Joan Fujita Barrera
Mar 12, 2023
Joan Fujita Barrera - accomplished Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), experienced world traveler, and loving wife - passed away peacefully with her family at her side on the Lord's Day Sunday, March 12, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 60.
Joan was born at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles, CA on...
Nancy Keiko Lim
Mar 9, 2023
MRS. NANCY KEIKO LIM, 53, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2023.
She is survived by her loving family; son, Scott Koji Lim; daughter Courtney Kimiko Lim and many relatives.
Family gathering was held on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at Fukui Mortuary "Chapel in the Garden".
Georganne Yoshie Lynch
Mar 8, 2023
Georganne Yoshie Lynch (76) born on Ju ne 16, 1946, in Montebello, Calif., a resident of Rosemead, Calif., passed away at San Antonio Regional Hospital on March 8, 2023.
She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Haruko Arakaki.
Kumpei "Royl" Sakaniwa
Mar 7, 2023
Kumpei peacefully passed in his sleep just short of his 98 th birthday.
He was predeceased by four older brothers and two younger sisters. He is survived by numerous nephews and nieces. He is most proud of his grandnieces Jazzy (M. Ed.), who is teaching in the Oakland School District, and Aiko (junior at San Jose State...
Kennis Akemi Furuya Bishop
Mar 6, 2023
Kennis Akemi Furuya Bishop passed away unexpectedly on March 6, 2023, in La Mesa, California, at the age of 51. She was born on January 5, 1972 in Los Angeles to Kenji and Harriet Furuya, and spent most of her public school years in La Crescenta, California. She practiced nihonbuyo (Japanese classical dance) under the tutelage of Madame Fujima...
Rev. Tetsunen Hirota
Mar 6, 2023
Rev. Tetsunen Hirota passed away peacefully at his home on March 6, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born in Santa Maria, California on July 15, 1928. He moved back to Hiroshima, Japan to continue his Buddhist studies at the Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan. He returned to American in 1958 assigned to the Portland Buddhist Church. He...
Brian Kaoru Murata
Mar 5, 2023
Brian Kaoru Murata a resident of Anaheim, California passed away on March 5, 2023, at the age of 57.
He is survived by his loving mother, Betty Fumiko Murata; sister, Leslie Murata.
Private funeral services were held.
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Mitsue Goya
Mar 5, 2023
Mitsue Goya, (90) passed away peacefully on March 5, 2023. Born in Maui, she was the youngest daughter of Satokichi and Masa Taguchi of Hawaii. Predeceased by her beloved husband of 58 years Robert Kwanji Goya. Her first job after graduating from Honolulu Business College was Roger's Repair in Hawaii where she met her husband Robert. After they moved...
Shirley Kawachi
Mar 4, 2023
KAWACHI, Shirley, age 88, born in San Francisco and raised in Los Angeles, California, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2023.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Ronald. She is survived by her loving family: daughter Teri Iverson, son Kevin (Hannah) Kawachi; grandchildren Trisha and Bradley Iverson, Brandon, Tyler, Katherine and Alexis Kawachi. She is...