San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Kitagawa, Jack Susuma October 2 2004
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The Record  October 7, 2004
Stockton
Jack Susumu Kitagawa 
February 6, 1921 - October 2, 2004



Jack Susumu Kitagawa, 83, entered into rest on October 2, 2004 in Stockton, CA, 
after an illness. Mr. Kitagawa was born and raised in Stockton, where he lived 
most of his life. He attended local schools and was a graduate of Stockton High 
School. During his youth, he worked in the asparagus fields at Union Island. At 
the onset of WWII, his family moved to Rohwer, Arkansas. Mr. Kitagawa worked at 
a paper mill in Chicago before being drafted into the Army. After graduating 
from basic training, he attended Military Intelligence Language School in 
Minneapolis, MN. By the time of his graduation, the war had ended and he was 
sent to Japan as part of the Allied Occupational Forces. After his military 
service he returned to Stockton and met his future wife Nazuko. They were 
married in 1949 and made their home in Stockton, where they owned and operated 
Jack's Food Center, a retail grocery store, until his retirement in 1981. He 
enjoyed fishing and going to horse races.
Mr. Kitagawa is survived by his son, Lon Keiji Kitagawa of Stockton, and 
daughter, Tina Reiko Yee of Davis; 4 grandchildren, Rick and Mark "Nick" 
Kitagawa, and Curtis and Wesley Yee; 3 sisters, Fumiye Iwamura, Helen Oshiro 
and Yuri Kitagawa; 3 brothers, Tom, George and Dennis Kitagawa; and several 
other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nazuko 
Kitagawa in 2001.
Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, 
October 9, 2004, at the Stockton Buddhist Temple, 2820 Shimizu Drive in 
Stockton. Interment will be private. 
To honor his memory, contributions may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 
Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95204. Arrangements by Frisbie-Warren & Carroll 
Mortuary. 
 




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