Atsuko Hatsuse La Mica

1933 - 2016

Atsuko Hatsuse La Mica
May 25, 1933 - November 16, 2016
Carmel, California
Atsuko Hatsuse La Mica, 83, left us peacefully early on November 16, 2016. A Nagasaki, Japan native, she lived with her two older sisters, two older brothers, and younger brother. As a student she attended Business High School in Japan. Tragedy struck her family early as she lost her father when she was 10 years old and after surviving the Atomic Bomb Blast in Nagasaki, she lost her older sister.
Years later, Atsuko met her husband Francis La Mica of Malone, New York, while he was stationed in Japan. They married in Fukuoka, Japan in 1956. Together, they came to the United States where they moved between New York, California, Texas, Alaska and then to Colorado prior to finally settling down in the Monterey Peninsula in 1965. Francis and Atsuko were married for 48 years before Francis passed away in 2004.
For 36 years, Atsuko worked at the Monterey Peninsula Airport District and was likely one of the longest serving employees of the airport. Throughout her life, Atsuko had a long battle with multiple health issues.
She will be greatly missed by her son Arlington La Mica and his wife Pamela Dally-La Mica (Seaside). Her daughter Eunice Fletcher and husband Russell Fletcher and her two grandchildren Mari Fletcher and Francis Michael Fletcher (Carmel). Daughter Brenda La Mica-Hoge predeceased Atsuko in 2006 while married to Timothy Hoge (Seaside). Atsuko also leaves her cousin Hiromasa and Etsuko Iwanaga, Nephew Seiji & Fume Nakashima family, Nieces Ayako Araki, Machiko Hara and Hiroko Yamamoto all of Japan.
We want to thank her doctors Jerome Rubin, Jeffrey Chen, Richard Hell, Michael Plainse, Haleh Bassiri and Jon Benner for their wonderful care. We also want to thank the doctors and nurses at CHOMP Garden East and the ICU unit who cared for her prior to her passing.
Arlington and Eunice want share their upmost gratitude for her longtime friends Kaneko Weber (Seaside), Ralph and Fukue Collins (Monterey), Katherine Rousville (Sacramento), Yasuko Matsui (Pebble Beach), and Nobue Milton (Pacific Grove) along with countless others who shared their friendship, love, and compassion throughout her life. They have been a big part of Atsuko's and her family's life for many years and for that Arlington and Eunice are extremely grateful.
There will be an internment of Atsuko La Mica along with her deceased husband Francis La Mica and their daughter Brenda June La Mica-Hoge at the El Encinal Monterey City Cemetery at 601 Fremont Street, Monterey on January 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Following the ceremony, there will be a Celebration of Life at the Japanese American Citizen League Hall (JACL) at 424 Adams Street, Monterey beginning at 12:30.
In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the American Cancer Society or charity of your choice in the name of Atsuko La Mica.


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