Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County, and the surrounding areas in California state.

Hiroshi Yamauchi

Hiroshi Yamauchi

Sep 22, 2020

Private service for the late Hiroshi Yamauchi, 67-year old, Japan born, resident of Whittier, who passed away peacefully on September 22, 2020 was held on September 27th at Fukui Mortuary.

He is survived by his loving family; wife, Mihoko Yamauchi; daughter, Haruka Yamauchi; brother, Noriyuki Yamauchi of Japan; brother-in-law, Hiromu Matsuura of Japan; he is also survived...

Joe Yamagawa

Joe Yamagawa

Sep 22, 2020

Joe Yamagawa, 97, was born on Nov. 21, 1922, in California and was a resident of Los Angeles. Joe passed away peacefully on Sept. 22, 2020.

Joe is survived by his beloved wife, Chizuko; daughters, Corinne (Norman) Tatara and Becky Yamagawa; granddaughter, Taryn Tatara (Dario Lisboa-Romano); sisters, Kiyo Nakada of N.Y., Akiko Hibbett of MA...

June Matsuno

June Matsuno

Sep 22, 2020

June Matsuno , 85, a La Puente born Nisei passed away peacefully on September 22 nd at her residence in Monterey Park.  June, who is predeceased by her son Randy, is survived by her husband and "sweetheart of 66 years", Takatow "Sam" Matsuno; son, Anthony "Tony" Matsuno; daughters, Karen (Dean) Petersen and Laurie "Lo" (Walter) Tayenaka; grandchildren,...

Helen Satomi Tokashiki

Helen Satomi Tokashiki

Sep 20, 2020

It is with heavy hearts, that we announce the death of our mother, Satomi Helen Tokashiki. She left this earth on a beautiful Sunday afternoon on Sept. 20, 2020 at home surrounded by her son, Robert and daughter Mari and their families.  She lived a long life in California and spent most of it in Torrance. She graduated from...

Brandon Kiyoshi Abo

Brandon Kiyoshi Abo

Sep 19, 2020

Brandon Kiyoshi Abo, 46, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 19, 2020 while surfing in his hometown of Huntington Beach, CA.

Brandon is survived by his son, Solomon Walton; sister, Janna (Alan) George; niece and nephew, Kamala and Luke George; grandmother, Hatsumi Morita; and countless loving uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by...

Dorothy Tsuboi

Dorothy Tsuboi

Sep 17, 2020

Dorothy "Haruko" Tsuboi

September 4,1924 – September 17 th , 2020

Dorothy Haruko Tsuboi peacefully passed away at her home on September 17 th , 2020 at the age of 96. Dot was born on September 4, 1924 in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights located in Los Angeles, CA. She was a Nisei...

Eiko Kamiya Moriyama

Eiko Kamiya Moriyama

Sep 16, 2020

EIKO KAMIYA MORIYAMA

Passed away peacefully on September 16, 2020.

She was born Nov 2, 1943 in the Rohwer War Relocation Center, in Arkansas, to Kaei and Waseko Kamiya. After the war, they moved to...

Nobuko "Noby" Uyesugi

Nobuko "Noby" Uyesugi

Sep 15, 2020

Nobuko "Noby" Uyesugi

June 13, 1929 – September 15, 2020

Born to Shigeru and Sen Okuma in Brawley, CA, Noby passed away at her home in Whittier, CA. She was the youngest and last member of the 7 Okuma siblings. During the war the family was interned in Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona (Camp...

Jean Tomiko Kumashiro

Jean Tomiko Kumashiro

Sep 13, 2020

On Sunday, September 13, 2020, our Angel was called to be with her Heavenly Father.  Jean Tomiko Kumashiro was born on September 16, 1934 - 4:45 AM in Long Beach California at Seaside Hospital.  She was the second child born to George and Helen Fujikawa.  The Fujikawa's raised their four children (June, Jean, Fred and Bobby) in Long Beach...

Florence Quan

Florence Quan

Sep 12, 2020

Florence Quan lived a long, productive life and passed away peacefully on September 12, 2020 at the age of 102.  Florence was born and raised in Los Angeles and was married to Andrew Quan in 1948.  Florence and her late husband, Andrew, raised a family of six boys in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles.  After her stint as...

Jon T. Utsunomiya

Jon T. Utsunomiya

Sep 12, 2020

Jon T. Utsunomiya

July 12, 1956 – September 11, 2020

Jon T. Utsunomiya, 64, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on September 12, 2020 at his Pasadena home.

Jon is survived by his older brother, Wade Utsunomiya; nephew Warren (Roxanne) Utsunomiya; niece, Holly Utsunomiya; and brother...

Junichi Katayama

Junichi Katayama

Sep 10, 2020

Junichi Katayama, resident of Boyle Heights for over 60 years, passed away at home on September 10, 2020 at the age of 87.  He was born December 1, 1932 in Waki, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan. He worked in a bakery for most of his career.  He was the 2nd son and is survived by two brothers and three sisters in Japan.  ...

Matthew L. Daday

Matthew L. Daday

Sep 7, 2020

Born in Alaska, Matt was a Southern California resident for most of his 57 years.  He enjoyed married life, reading, sports, music, fish, and above all, loved his family and friends.

Matt passed away on September 7, 2020 after a short battle with cancer.

He is survived by his loving family: wife, Donna; mother, Patricia;...

George Inadomi

George Inadomi

Sep 6, 2020

It is with profound sadness the family of George Inadomi announces his passing on the morning of Sunday, 9/6/20 in his home surrounded by family and loving caregivers, Sherry and Ruth.

George was born on December 14, 1930 in Fillmore, CA.  The eldest child of Manuel Kumanosuke and Anna (Nishikawa), George lived a full and active life...

Rose Ishii Osaki

Rose Ishii Osaki

Sep 6, 2020

On the first day of spring in 1927, Rose Osaki was born in a farmhouse in Talbert, CA. Her father, Kyutaro Ishii, had settled there in 1906, married Sada Nakamura in 1912 and then raised a family there. They had 5 children: Joe (1914), Charles or Chuck (1916), Nellie (1919) and Don (1924 who died shortly afterwards)...

Masaye Masuyama Shigemura

Masaye Masuyama Shigemura

Sep 5, 2020

Masaye Masuyama Shigemura, 101 year old, resident of Los Angeles, passed away on September 5, 2020 at Kei-Ai Los Angeles Healthcare Center.

She is survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Private funeral service was held on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (West Lot).

James Seishiro Yasuda

James Seishiro Yasuda

Sep 1, 2020

Private funeral services for the late James Seishiro Yasuda, 83-year old, Arizona born, resident of Monterey Park, who passed away on September 1, 2020 were held on September 18th at Rose Hills Memorial Park gravesite with Bishop Ito of Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple officiating.

He is survived by his loving family; wife, Margaret Momoyo Yasuda; son, Robert...

Richard Takashi Nakayama

Richard Takashi Nakayama

Sep 1, 2020

Richard Takashi Nakayama, 70-year-old, Los Angeles born, resident of Gardena passed away on September 1, 2020.

He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Nakayama: son, Matthew Nakayama: sister, Susan (Martin) Siaw; mother-in-law, Yuri Ogawa; sisters-in-law, Sharie (Harry) Tom, Stacie (David) Inana and Krissie (Dave) Roberts; brother-in-law, William (Kristine) Sato; nephews, Timothy Siaw, Andrew Siaw, Ethan Tom, Marshall...

Yoshiaki Kasama

Yoshiaki Kasama

Sep 1, 2020

Yoshiaki Kasama, 87 years old of La Puente, passed away peacefully on Sept. 1 after a brief hospitalization.

Yoshiaki is survived by his wife Hideko with whom he enjoyed 55 of years of marriage; daughter Grace (Don) Tabata; son Patrick Kasama; daughter Nancy (Daisuke) Hashimoto; and grandchildren Atom and Kaela Hashimoto.

A  private service was...

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