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Mr. Kunihiro “Kuni” Nishiya

by rminami@rafu.com and Rafu Shimpo Obituary 08/08/202308/07/2023

March 2, 1930 – July 22, 2023 Kunihiro “Kuni” Nishiya, 93-yr-old Issei, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on July 22, 2023.  Kuni was born in Seifuku, Kushikino, in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1930 to a mother who was 45. He was one of 1,500 Japanese immigrants who took part in Eisenhower’s Refugee Relief […]

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Aiko Yabuno

by rminami@rafu.com 07/01/202306/30/2023
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Mary Satsuki Tsuyuki

by rminami@rafu.com and Rafu Shimpo Obituary 01/26/202301/24/2023
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Aiko Niji

by rminami@rafu.com and Rafu Shimpo Obituary 01/24/202301/23/2023
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Kimiko Shizumura Yokoyama

by rminami@rafu.com 10/27/202210/26/2022
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Walter Takeshi Sumi

by rminami@rafu.com 11/22/202111/22/2021
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Dave Masao Noda

by rminami@rafu.com 11/22/202111/22/2021
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Nancy Takano

by rminami@rafu.com 11/22/202112/01/2021
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Lester Masato Koda

by rminami@rafu.com 11/19/202111/22/2021
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Kenji Takayama

by rminami@rafu.com 11/17/202111/17/2021
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Paul Suyetsugu

by rminami@rafu.com 11/12/202111/17/2021
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June Sumie Ikeda

by rminami@rafu.com 11/12/202111/12/2021

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