Obituaries

Apr 9, 2023

Brent Tetsuo Iwamoto was born on April 30, 1978, and unexpectedly passed away on April 9, 2023.

He is survived by his parents, Daniel and Ruby Iwamoto; his brother and sister-in-law, Ryan and Kathryn Iwamoto; his uncle and aunt, Gary and Gloria Yoshizumi; his aunt, Diane Iwamoto; and many cousins and friends.

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Apr 8, 2023

Richard Alan Yamada, a 66-year-old resident of Culver City, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2023.   He is predeceased by his father, Terumi Yamada, and his mother, Yoshiko Yamada. He is survived by his sisters, Carol (David) Kimura and Janice (Michael) Oshimo; nieces Kayla (James Bui) Kimura, Erin (Theo) Chao, and Chelsea Oshimo; nephew Grant Oshimo and many cousins....

Apr 2, 2023

Donald Michiaki Matsumoto, O.D., F.A.A.O, of Manhattan Beach California, died April 2, 2023, at Torrance Memorial Hospital due to complications from cancer.

He was born on August 21, 1954, to Akira and Mary Matsumoto in Gardena, California.

Don attended UCLA, BA Economics 1972 and UC Berkeley, School of Optometry, Doctor of Optometry...

Apr 2, 2023

Aiko Tsuboi was born in Hiroshima, Japan on June 30, 1927.  She immigrated to Los Angeles in 1958, with her husband Joe Tadamichi Tsuboi and three-year old son Johnny.  Aiko and Joe gave birth to their second son, Kenny, in 1960.

Aiko and Joe raised a family...

Mar 31, 2023

Aiko Alice Miyake went to be with her Lord and Savior, peacefully on March 31, 2023 in Pasadena CA at age 95.  Born on September 16, 1927 in Santa Maria CA, to Leo Kamezo and Yoshi Suzuki who emigrated from Niigata, Japan in 1916.  Grew up on a farm in Moneta, CA with siblings Kazie, Kiyo, Jane, Roy, and...

Mar 31, 2023

Kenneth (Kenny) Edward Ozawa passed away unexpectedly on March 31, 2023. He was born on November 24, 1943, at the Gila River Incarceration Camp in Arizona to Shigeko Elizabeth and Hayato Harris Ozawa. He spent his first years in Ohio and Virginia before the Ozawa family returned home to Pasadena, California. In 1968 he was called to serve his...

Mar 29, 2023

Dr. James "Jim" Sueo Fukuda, 92-year-old, Los Angeles-born, long-time resident of Orange, peacefully passed away at Ivy Park at Laguna Woods on March 29, 2023. He was predeceased by his loving family, wife of over 50 years, Kimi, and eldest daughter, Kelly Akemi ; He is survived by his loving...

Mar 28, 2023

Funeral services for the late Saburo Niizawa, 76 year- old Kagoshima-ken Japan born, resident of Huntington Beach, who passed away on March 28, will be held on Saturday, April 8, 10:00AM at Newport Beach Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple,

254 Victoria St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 .

He is survived by his...

Mar 26, 2023

Joanne Michiko Ota, age 83, passed away on March 26, 2023.  She was born in 1939 to parents John Minoru and Sydney Shidsuo Ota in Wyoming, but soon moved to Los Angeles where she spent most of her life. She had a career as a legal secretary and spent her time teaching ballroom, being her son Ward's Boy...

Mar 26, 2023

Kiyoko Sarashina, age 92, resident of Buena Park, CA, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2023. She was born on January 8, 1931, Hiroshima, Japan, to Morio and Toshiko Yamanaka.

She was an atomic bomb survivor, proud business owner...

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Mar 21, 2023

Sue M. Hikawa (90) born on July 26, 1932, in Sanger, CA, a resident of La Palma CA, passed away peacefully at Missy's Guest Homes on March 21, 2023.

She is survived by her sons, Douglas (Kathi), Andrew (Betty) and Brian Hikawa of CA; Grandsons, Evan and Cooper Hikawa of CA; Sue was the last surviving member...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...