San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Funamura, Masao "Mas"  May 21, 2005
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Lodi News Sentinel  May 24, 2005
Masao "Mas" Funamura

   Lifelong Lodi resident, Masao "Mas" Funamura, passed away Saturday, May 21, 
2005.
   Mas was born January 4, 1915, the fifth of ten children to Kaneichi and Ume 
Funamura, immigrants from the Hiroshima area of Japan. The family settled in 
various places in the Lodi and Acampo area, always involved in farming. Mas 
graduated from Lodi High School in 1934. Seeing an opportunity for a break from 
farming, Mas volunteered for the Army in 1940. Although his family and wife 
Nettie, were interned in a wartime relocation camp in Arkansas, Mas spent much 
of World War II serving in Europe as a medic. Mas returned to Lodi in 1945, 
where he became a journeyman carpenter, building homes and hospitals around 
Northern California. After the completion of Lodi Memorial Hospital in 1952, 
Mas stayed on as the hospital's Chief Engineer until his retirement in 1983. He 
said he never missed farming.
   He was active in the Lodi Buddhist Church and the Boy Scouts for many years. 
Mas was a dedicated flea market hound, tinkerer, and handyman, spending many 
hours of retirement building gadgets and doodads. Friends and neighbors were 
well-aware of his ability to turn a one-minute greeting into an hour-long visit.
   Mas is survived by his wife of 61 years, Nettie. Mas is the father of son 
Gary Funamura and grandfather of Matthew Funamura, of Cameron Park. He is also 
survived by his daughter-in-law, Anne Funamura, his sisters, Mary Iyemura of 
Haward, Grace Nagata of Stockton, Dorothy Morita of Lodi, and his brother James 
of Chicago. Mas's brothers George, Sam, Norman, and Roch Funamura and sister 
Minnie Masaoka have all passed before him. He is also survived by many nieces 
and nephews and great nieces and nephews. 
   Mas suffered from Alzheimers disease and diabetes. His family requests that 
donations in lieu of flowers may be made in his name to the Alzheimers Aid 
Society of Northern California, 105 South Washington street, Lodi, CA 95240, or 
the American Diabetes Association, PO Box 1132, Fairfax, VA 22038-1132 
(www.diabetes.org for online donations). 
   Memorial services will be held Thursday, May 26, 2005, at 1:00 p.m., at Lodi 
Funeral Home, 725 South Fairmont Avenue, Lodi, California. Lodi Funeral Home is 
in charge of arrangements.


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