San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Okuhara, Keizo February 16, 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com February 19, 2005, 1:32 pm The Record February 18, 2005 Acampo Keizo Okuhara Nov. 25, 1917 - Feb. 16, 2005 Keizo Okuhara, of Acampo, California, age 87 years, passed away on February 16, 2005 in a Lodi hospital following a sudden illness. He was born in Manteca, California on November 25, 1917 and reared on the family farm in Acampo. He attended Houston Elementary School, and graduated from Lodi Union High School in 1936. He was placed in the relocation camp in Gila River, Arizona during the war. He then served in the U.S. Army Engineer Corp during the later part of World War II. Following his honorable discharge from the Army, he returned to Lodi and was married to Mitsuko Yoshiwara in 1952. They made their home in Acampo, where they farmed. Later he started Cactus Nursery and owned and operated the nursery until retiring in December 2003. He is survived by his wife, Mitsuko Okuhara of Acampo; 4 daughters, Mary Lyn Yip of Seal Beach, Susan Siefried of Lodi, Carol Okuhara and Mimi Okuhara both of Sherman Oaks; 2 sisters, Bessie Okuhara of Lodi, and Hiroko Takata of Japan, also 4 grandchildren. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m. in the Lodi Buddhist Church, 23 N. Stockton Street, Lodi. Inurnment will be private in Cherokee Memorial Park in Lodi. There will be no visitation, but a Family Memorial Registry may be signed on Thursday and Friday, February 17 & 18, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way near Beckman Road, Lodi. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob5760okuhara.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb