Teresa W. Pang
Dec 10, 2023
Teresa W. Pang was born on June 16, 1933 in Shanghai, China. She passed away peacefully on December 10, 2023 at 90 years of age.
Teresa lived a wonderful, adventurous, and entrepreneurial life. She moved to Hong Kong as a teenager where she started her first family and had her three children. In her late twenties (1961),...
Ruby T. Nakamura
Dec 7, 2023
Ruby was born in Yamaguchi Japan on September 19, 1929, to Saisuke and Masa Kuwada. She had 4 siblings. Kazuko (d), Yukiko(d), Mako (d) and Nancy (d). When she was 3 months old, the Kuwada family moved to Yakima, WA. and became truck farmers. During WWII the Kuwada family were interned in the Japanese Internment Camp located at Heart...
Mary Ann Mizokawa
Nov 30, 2023
Mary Ann Mizokawa
September 20, 1953 - November 30, 2023
Mary Ann passed away at her home on November 30, 2023, after her battle with cancer.
Adored by her family and cherished by her friends, she continued family traditions on New Year's Day and 4th of July gatherings.
She lived her...
Marsha Marie Martinez
Nov 13, 2023
Marsha Marie Martinez, beloved daughter, sister, and friend passed away surrounded by love on November 13, 2023. She is survived by her loving parents, George and Concepcion Martinez, and her sister and best friend, Lucy Martinez.
Marsha was born on September 7, 1978, and was a lifelong Seattle resident. She was a foodie, a shopaholic, a diehard...
Sau Y. Fong
Nov 13, 2023
Sau Fong
Sau (Sally) Y. Fong, Age 84, passed away on November 13, 2023 after bravely battling advanced breast cancer for the last four plus years. She was born on December 11, 1938 in China and came to Seattle in early 1963. She worked for over ten years as a seamstress before doing the job she loved...
Barbara Kazuye (Kurimura) Matsudaira
Sep 25, 2023
Barbara (Kurimura) was born January 19, 1927 in Seattle, WA. She was second to the youngest of seven children – five brothers, one sister.
She attended Garfield High School as a freshman until she was relocated to the Japanese internment camp, Camp Harmony (the site of what now is the Puyallup Fairgrounds) during WWII in 1942 when...
Richard Francis Riley
Sep 23, 2023
"In loving memory of Richard Francis Riley, born on 1/31/46, dedicated veteran, and retired Postal Service employee who passed away on 9/23/23. Richard served not only our country but also our communities through his many years of service.
Richard, (“Dick” or “Riley” as many knew him), honorably served in the US Army as a Specialist 4th class...
Craig A. Schreiner
Sep 12, 2023
Craig A. Schreiner
October 28, 1955 – September 12, 2023
Craig A. Schreiner, age 67, of Seattle, passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 surrounded by his family. He died after a two-year battle with cancer in which he showed courage and great fortitude.
He was preceded in death by his father Charles...
Luca Matthew Giliberto
Sep 7, 2023
Luca Matthew Giliberto died suddenly at Children's Hospital in Seattle on September 7. He was the son of John Paul Giliberto, M.D., and Sarah Jane Atkinson, M.D., and the younger brother of Penelope Jane Giliberto. Luca was born in Seattle on Nov. 30, 2021. He was a sweet, wild, beautiful baby boy, with a huge, toothy grin, who gave...
Thomas J Stephens
Aug 20, 2023
Dec 12, 1939 - Aug 20, 2023
Thomas J. Stephens, 83, died Sunday, August 20, from medical complications that prevented a return to the active life he cherished. It was fitting that he was surrounded by family and nestled in the hearts and prayers of countless adopted "cousins" elsewhere as he cast his final fly into life's...
Carl Albert Johannes
Aug 16, 2023
Capt. Carl Albert Johannes
January 10, 1937 — August 16, 2023 (age 86)
Capt. Carl Johannes, known and loved for his kindness, loyalty, generosity and humor, passed away from cancer on August 16, 2023, in Seattle, with his wife and daughter by his side.
He was the son of Arsham and Phyllis Johannes...
Homer Yasui
Jul 25, 2023
Homer was born on December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon, the eighth of nine children of Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui, who were immigrants from Japan.
He attended the Hood River public schools and graduated in 1942 — by way of a mailed diploma — because by May 1942, he was imprisoned in the Pinedale Assembly Center...
Constance "Connie" Marie Kobata
Jul 11, 2023
Born on January 10, 1947, in Kyoto, Japan, Constance “Connie” Marie Kobata passed away on July 11, 2023 at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Washington. After courageously surviving breast cancer in 2006, Connie was diagnosed with uterine cancer 3 years ago. Determined to see her three beloved grandsons grow into adulthood with careers and families of their own, Connie fought...
Wilma (Billie) Sampson
Jun 22, 2023
Wilma (Billie) Sampson was born on August 1, 1919. As an adult, she was resolutely self-sufficient, profoundly capable, and active enough to earn the nickname “the energizer bunny.” She was frugal almost to a fault, except for things that really mattered. This included generous support for the education of her children and grandchildren and foreign travel indulgences. Retiring after...
Howard Ying Dong
May 10, 2023
Howard left this world peacefully on May 10, 2023 in Seattle, with his family lovingly by his side. Howard was predeceased by his father Tom, his mother Chow Shee, his wife Evelyn, his sisters Marguerite and Kathy, and his brothers Vincent and Bruce. Howard is survived by his five sons, five daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren.
Howard was...
George Aoyama
Apr 12, 2023
George Aoyama passed away on April 12, 2023 at the age of 96. He was born on March 17, 1927 to Naojiro Aoyama and Suye Tanaka in Seattle, WA. One of 8 children, George was preceded in death by brothers Sakae, Shigeru and Katchi and sisters Mariko Mano, June Yamada and Tokio Izumi. He is survived by sister Anne...
Bernadette Laqueur
Jan 21, 2023
Bernadette Laqueur (4/24/1950 - 1/21/2023) was born to Gert and Mary Alice Murphy Laqueur in San Francisco and grew up near Washington, DC. She graduated from University of Indiana and worked in Los Angeles in legal administration. She and family moved to Seattle in 1989, where she was active in community, political and educational work. She was an avid...
Eric Steven Pool
2023
Steve Pool was an American weather presenter and journalist. He began covering sports for KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington in 1977 and eventually became the principal weather anchor for that station, a position he held from 1984 to 2019.
Pool graduated from Tyee High School in SeaTac, Washington where he served as the student body president....
Mary (Nee Wong) Woo
2023
Mary Woo (nee Wong) passed away peacefully at her home of 62 years on December 22, 2023, at the age of 94 with family at her side.
Mary was born November 27, 1929 in Seattle where her early working years were spent as a beautician at various shops before getting married on her birthday in 1954. She...
Jack Koon Dong
2023
Arrangements entrusted to Emmick Family Funeral Home - Lake View
Seattle, Washington
