Kurtistown Jodo Cemetery, Kurtistown, Puna District, Big Island of Hawaii, HI The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Kurtistown Jodo Cemetery Kurtistown, Puna District, County of Hawaii, HI Headstones transcribed and submitted by Geoff Stafford May 11, 2002. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. tombstones_hi@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compiled by your genealogy volunteer, Geoff Stafford. Images available by email at: tombstones_hi@yahoo.com. **************************************************** * NOTE: I provide these images free of charge, by * * e-mail only. They are for genealogical purposes * * only and may not be reproduced for profit in any * * way, shape or form. One file per request. I am * * a volunteer, doing my part to help people on * * their genealogical quest. Please be patient * * while I process your request. Thank you. * **************************************************** The Kurtistown Jodo Mission is located just past the 9 mile marker on the right side of the Hawaii Belt Highway as you are driving toward the volcano. As you approach the middle of Kurtistown, look for Kua Aina Road to the right. A few yards down the road, take a left up a paved driveway. The mission itself is at the top of the driveway. The road to the cemetery branches off to the right at the bottom of the hill. As you might expect, many of the headstones in the cemetery are in Japanese, but I noticed that each stone has a metal number tag, and it is my guess that someone has catalogued all headstones (presumably in western characters), and that there is a plot list somewhere. I took pictures of the stones with western characters only, as I have no way to catalogue what I don't know how to read. ================================================================================================================ NAME Birthdate Deathdate Image No. comment ================================================================================================================ Abe, Fred Shinichiro 13 Mar 1899 04 Dec 1978 29_kurtjodo Abe, Kazuko 1935 1937 34_kurtjodo Abe, Michi 1923 1923 34_kurtjodo Abe, Sachie 1923 1923 34_kurtjodo Abe, Walter S. 1925 1980 34_kurtjodo Ambo, Doren J. 1955 1975 34_kurtjodo Fukuda, Kikuichi 03 Aug 1922 19 Apr 1923 08_kurtjodo Fukuda, Niki 11 Mar 1890 26 Jan 1976 08_kurtjodo Fukuda, Nitaro 08 Apr 1878 23 Jan 1958 08_kurtjodo Hashimoto, Bankichi 1867 02 Mar 1911 37_kurtjodo Hayashi, Matsumi 1917 1956 26_kurtjodo Hayashi, Matsutaro 1889 1988 26_kurtjodo Hayashi, Mikano 1889 1940 26_kurtjodo Igarashi, Bun 12 Jul 1872 04 May 1938 24_kurtjodo Imade, Saichi 20 May 1882 09 Jan 1957 18_kurtjodo Imade, Shizuno 10 Sep 1904 11 Dec 1962 17_kurtjodo Ito Family ----------- ----------- 32_kurtjodo Ito, Hiroshi 01 Jul 1915 05_kurtjodo infant Iwasaki, Futsuko ----------- ----------- 41_kurtjodo Iwasaki, Matsue ----------- ----------- 42_kurtjodo Kanetani, Chujiro 05 Jul 1875 17 Feb 1956 39_kurtjodo Kanetani, Hideno 03 Jan 1892 10 Mar 1974 39_kurtjodo Kimura, Charles Mitsugu 27 Apr 1910 17 Aug 2001 20_kurtjodo Kimura, Haruko 16 Aug 1913 05 Jan 1999 20_kurtjodo Kimura, Kengo 25 Dec 1910 03 Nov 1918 19_kurtjodo Kimura, Otomatsu 02 Sep 1872 06 Dec 1959 19_kurtjodo Kobayashi, Katsumi 1910 43_kurtjodo Kobayashi, Kiyoko 1912 43_kurtjodo Kobayashi, Shizue 1908 43_kurtjodo Kobayashi, Umeichi 01 Sep 1896 15 May 1952 12_kurtjodo Koga, Ayako ----------- ----------- 30_kurtjodo Matsukado, Ikutaro 1868 1933 01_kurtjodo Matsukado, Naka 1877 1945 01_kurtjodo Matsukado, Susumu 1919 1919 01_kurtjodo Matsushita, Hatsuyo ----------- ----------- 06_kurtjodo Matsushita, Rui ----------- ----------- 36_kurtjodo Morinoue, Masuzo ----------- ----------- 40_kurtjodo Nakamura, Kiguma 28 Aug 1889 01 Oct 1959 04_kurtjodo Nakamura, Tsuruye 29 Feb 1904 17 Apr 1982 04_kurtjodo Nakano, Matanoshin ----------- ----------- 10_kurtjodo Nakano, Mino ----------- ----------- 10_kurtjodo Nakano, Tsugi 1902 1991 34_kurtjodo Namba, Kin 1876 1953 35_kurtjodo Namba, Kumagoro 1872 1923 35_kurtjodo Obasa, Jinpei 30 Jul 1887 05 Feb 1947 15_kurtjodo Obasa, Sue 03 Mar 1903 20 Jun 1994 15_kurtjodo Ogawa, Kiyotaka 02 Nov 1913 04 Feb 1936 27_kurtjodo s/o Shingo & Rui Ogawa Ogawa, Rui 06 Jun 1887 31 Oct 1977 27_kurtjodo Ogawa, Shingo 14 Sep 1889 20 Oct 1940 27_kurtjodo Ogi, Asakichi ----------- ----------- 14_kurtjodo Ogi, Hatsumi 1897 1897 13_kurtjodo Ogi, Hatsuyo 1896 1896 13_kurtjodo Ogi, Suna ----------- ----------- 14_kurtjodo Ogi, Tsutae 1898 1903 13_kurtjodo Ota, Kiyomi 07 Sep 1904 08 Jun 1965 21_kurtjodo Sakae, Eitaro 11 Apr 1927 33_kurtjodo age 44 Sakae, Yukino 18 Apr 1923 09_kurtjodo infant Sonoda, Kaji 15 Nov 1876 30 Nov 1957 16_kurtjodo Sonoda, Kametaro 02 Nov 1878 07 Apr 1968 16_kurtjodo Takajo, Kenji 11 Apr 1944 07 Jan 1950 25_kurtjodo Takajo, Kiku 27 Feb 1905 21 May 1977 25_kurtjodo Takajo, Kiyoshi 25 Mar 1900 01 Dec 1987 25_kurtjodo Tamiya Family ----------- ----------- 31_kurtjodo Tanouye, Kayo 01 Jun 1891 12 Feb 1988 07_kurtjodo Tomono, Kume 15 May 1892 22 Aug 1990 11_kurtjodo Tomono, Tomei 1889 1942 11_kurtjodo Ushigusa, Goro ----------- ----------- 28_kurtjodo Yagi, Matsuno 23 Aug 1896 24 Nov 1990 03_kurtjodo Yagi, Monji 17 Nov 1889 19 Dec 1930 03_kurtjodo Yagi, Toshio 07 Oct 1918 19 Sep 1938 03_kurtjodo Yamashita, Hatsu 1875 1976 23_kurtjodo Yamashita, Kumataro 1870 1957 23_kurtjodo