Kimiko F. Miya
Jan 19, 2022
Private funeral services for the late Kimiko Miya, 98-year old, born in Hill Rose, Colorado, resident of Cerritos, who passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022 were held on February 8th at Rose Hills Memorial Park with Rev. Shumyo Kojima of Zenshuji Soto Mission officiating.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews. She is also survived...
Merrill "Mel" Esaki
Jan 18, 2022
A private family service for the late Merrill "Mel" Esaki, 89-year-old, Hawaii born, resident of Huntington Beach, CA who passed away on January 18, 2022, was held on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim.
Predeceased by his beloved wife, Thelma Esaki and brother, Thomas Esaki; he is survived by his daughters, Sharon...
Thomas Esaki
Jan 17, 2022
A private family service for the late Thomas Esaki, 86-year-old, Hawaii born, resident of Cypress, CA who passed away on January 17, 2022, was held on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim.
He was survived by his brother, Merrill Esaki who passed away a day after on January 18, 2022. He is...
Jack Yasukazu Miyake
Jan 16, 2022
Jack Yasukazu Miyake, 92 years old, born in Paia, Hawaii, resident of Gardena, CA, peacefully passed away on January 16.
Jack is survived by his beloved wife, Chieko; daughters Lylis (Michael) Taggart and Elaine Miyake; son, Neal (Miki) Miyake; granddaughters, Colleen Taggart, Madison Miyake and Jolie Miyake.
Jack was laid to rest at Green Hills...
Tomoki Tom Nakayama
Jan 15, 2022
Tomoki "Tom" Nakayama
Tomoki "Tom" Nakayama, Los Angeles-born resident of Gardena, passed away peacefully at home on January 15, 2022 at the age of 82. Tomoki was an educator who dedicated himself to motivating young people to work toward and achieve their full potential. One of his students followed Tom's lead to UCLA and became...
Toyoko Arimura
Jan 14, 2022
Mrs. Toyoko Arimura, born July 6, 1932 in Kagoshima Japan passed away at the age of 89 on January 14, 2022 at St. John's Regional Medical Center.
Graveside service will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 11:00 am at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, 5400 Valentine Rd., Ventura, CA. 93003.
Toyoko enjoyed spending time...
Yoshiko Angela Hashimoto
Jan 12, 2022
A private funeral service for the late Yoshiko Angela Hashimoto, 94-year-old CA born resident of Monterey Park, who passed away on January 12, 2022, was held on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Los Angeles.
She is predeceased by her husband, Mitsuo Hashimoto, and son, John Hashimoto. Yoshiko is survived by her daughter,...
Betty Sachiko Yumori
Jan 12, 2022
Betty Sachiko Yumori, also known as "Mom", "Auntie Betty", "Betty-chan", and "Betty-san" was 90 years young when she ended her journey peacefully on January 12, 2022. She was a native of California, happily married to Ben for 63 years, a loving and a devoted mom to her daughter, La Donna and an awesome aunt.
She...
Mary Akiko Saito
Jan 11, 2022
Mary Akiko Saito, 104 years old, born in California, resident of Alhambra passed away on January 11, 2022
Mary is survived by Her son, Wayne ( Maxine) Saito; daughters, Sandra (Gable) Matsumura and Cynthia ( Victor) Lew; grandsons, Garrett (Elizabeth) Lew, Scott (Christy) Saito and Troy (Brenda) Saito; granddaughters. Michele (Tom) Tait, Tiffany (Junior) Richman and Jennifer...
Martin Takumi Ogino
Jan 10, 2022
Martin (Marty) Takumi Ogino , 72 years old, passed away on January 10, 2022. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his family moved to the San Gabriel Valley where he grew up. Marty enjoyed making people laugh and helping in any way he could. His favorite hobbies included fishing, camping, poker and in...
Aaron Martinez
Jan 10, 2022
Ernest Aaron Martinez, a 56 year old California born resident of Beverly Hills, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2022 with his wife Carol Peppler by his side. He is directly survived by his wife: Carol Lynn Peppler; his mother: Irene Scarlet; his sisters: Gina Martinez and Rene Hall. He is also survived by other relatives: Irene's husband: Edward...
Satsuko Hattori
Jan 9, 2022
A private graveside service , officiated by Rinban Noriaki Ito of Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, was held on January 29 at Rose Hills Memorial Park for long-time Los Angeles resident, Satsuko Hattori, who passed away peacefully late in the evening of January 9, at Kei-Ai South Bay Healthcare Center, at the age of 105. She was predeceased...
Kaneko Oshima Bishop
Jan 8, 2022
Kaneko Oshima Bishop was born on March 7, 1930 in Nagoya Japan to Mr. and Mrs. Yoshimi Oshima, and passed away of natural causes at her family home in San Diego, California on January 8, 2022, aged 91 years.
Her father was an official in the Japanese government, and the family had a comfortable life until WWII,...
Patricia Naoko Nagasaki Kurokawa
Jan 8, 2022
Patricia Naoko Nagasaki Kurokawa July 28, 1927 - January 8, 2022
Patricia Naoko Kurokawa passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at age 94. She was the youngest born to the late Shigeno Nagasaki and Shigeo Fukui. She is  predeceased by her husband, Harry Kurokawa, sisters, Toyoko Yamagata and lkuko Nagasaki and her brother, Yutaka Bruce Nagasaki....
Clive Tadahisa Sano
Jan 7, 2022
Clive Tadahisa Sano, age 86, Los Angeles, California-born, peacefully passed away in his home on January 7, 2022. Beloved husband of Masaye I. ; father of Spencer (Barbara) and Blaine (Emilya); grandfather of Ruby and Blaine Jr.; Brother of Tamiye (Sam) Nakagawa, Kenji (Tae) Sano, Shoji (Yuriko) Sano, and Etsuko (Mits) Hata; brother in law of Yoshio (Kyoko) Takahashi,...
Amy Matsunaga
Jan 6, 2022
Amy Matsunaga, 87-year-old, Hawaii born, resident of Orange, passed away on January 6, 2022. Per her request, no services will be held.
Predeceased by her beloved husband, Richard Matsunaga; she is survived by her loving family: daughter, Gail (John Lee) Matsunaga; son, Gary (Linda) Matsunaga; brother, Kazuaki Miyashita and sister, Nancy Hirose, both of Hawaii; also many...
Beth Kiyoko Nielsen
Jan 4, 2022
Beth Kiyoko Nielsen of Cerritos California who passed away on January 4, 2022 at the age of 83, was predeceased by her son, Don Nielsen.
She was the youngest member of the Nakaya family who were interned at the Gila River Relocation Center.
Beth was the front office manager and face of the Ken Iwaki...
Hiromi Toguchi
Dec 31, 2021
Memorial services for the late Hiromi Toguchi, 72-year-old, born in Goto, Nagasaki, Japan, resident of Grand Terrace, who passed away peacefully on December 31, 2021 at Loma Linda University Medical Center, will be held on January 16 at 2:00 P.M. at Loma Linda SDA Japanese Church with Pastor Fumio Iwasaki and Pastor Michael Brown.
Please join the...
Nobuko "Noby" Murakami
Dec 31, 2021
A private funeral service for the late Nobuko "Noby" Murakami, 93-year-old, CA born resident of Monterey Park, who passed away on December 31, 2021, was held on Saturday, January 15th at St. Francis Xavier Church in Los Angeles.
Predeceased by her husband, Hiroshi Murakami and son, Paul "Osam" Murakami; she is survived by her children, Georgette and...