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KIMURA, GOSEI GREGORY peacefully passed on January 29, 2012 after a battle with lung cancer. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan on Jan. 9, 1958. In November 1960, he came to San Francisco with his mom, dad and four older sisters. He went to Commodore Sloat Elementary School, Aptos Jr. High School and graduated George [...]
HORIO, MICHIKO (MICHI) passed away peacefully in her sleep in her own residence on December 31, 2011 at the age of 89. She was the widow of Toshio Horio, who passed away 20 years earlier. Michiko had recently enjoyed Christmas Eve and Christmas celebrations only a few days earlier at the homes of family and [...]
SATO, JOANNE AKIKO of Mill Valley peacefully passed on January 5 surrounded by her family. Born Oct. 22, 1932 to Ichiro and Shige Kataoka, Joanne Akiko was the youngest of six children: Toshiko, Kazuo, Takashi, Hisa and Maya. The day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her father was the first Japanese in SF to [...]
HIRAMOTO, JOHN J. passed away peacefully January 11, 2012 in El Cerrito, at 96 years of age. He was a native of Lodi, and a 53-year resident of El Cerrito. Survived by his wife of 53 years, Ruby Hiramoto; daughters, Joni Hiramoto and her husband, Peter Baker and Dana Hiramoto, all of El Cerrito; sisters, [...]
MURAMOTO, ROY NAOTO, was born March 31, 1925 and died December 17, 2011. Born in Oakland, he passed peacefully in San Leandro. One of ten children, he is survived by Barbara, his wife of 58 years; five children: Shirley (Bob), Pat (Allen), Gary, Greg (Doreen) and Linda (Steve); six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Roy was [...]
TAKEUCHI, AGNES MIDORI passed away on October 23, 2011, at age 83. She was active with the Nikkei Widowed Group after her husband, Shoichi Takeuchi, passed away at an early age. She was devoted to family and close friends, including Don Uyeda. Sister of Mary Yoshitomi and mother of Laura Takeuchi, she is also survived [...]
SASAKI, TOMIKO TAKAHASHI passed away peacefully in San Francisco on December 20, 2011. She was 93 years old. Tomi was a San Francisco native and graduate of UC Berkeley (1939). She was the daughter of Shigetaro and Hana Takahashi of San Francisco, wife of Shigeru Sasaki, sister of Shigeharu and Edwin Takahashi and mother of [...]
IMAMURA, JANE MICHIKO, wife of the late Rev. Kanmo Imamura, passed away on December 26, 2011 at the age of 91 in Berkeley, Calif. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. at the Berkeley Buddhist Temple, 2121 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. Mrs. Imamura is survived by her daughters, [...]
NISHIKAWA, GEORGE TSUTOMU was born June 8, 1914 and passed away on Dec. 21, 2011. He was 97 years old. Survived by his beloved wife, Agnes Honda; sister, Harumo Lanier of Georgia; 4 children: Philip (Shirley) Nishikawa, Jane (Dr. Robert) Reeves, Dennis Nishikawa, Dr. Richard Nishikawa (Dr. Kathy Miller); cherished grandchildren, Allison (David) Ida, Dr. [...]
HIRABAYASHI, TOSHIYUKI passed away peacefully in Burlingame, Calif. at age 96. He was born Feb. 9, 1915, and died Jan. 1. He is survived by Midori, his wife of 66 years; son, Glen (Donna), and their daughters, Ashley and Amy; son, Dean (Debby), and their children, Kristin and Michael; daughter, Joan (Richard Reichard), and their [...]
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