Joseph Iwano

Joseph IWANO Issaquah resident, Joseph Iwano, passed away at 91 on Oct. 28, 2011. Born in the town of Hakalau, Joe grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii. As a child, he worked in sugar cane fields and the plantation store. His lifelong love of learning propelled him through Hilo High, the Universi ty of Hawaii, and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, from which he graduated in 1950. After his residency at McGuire Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, and military service as a U.S. Army cap tain at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, he settled his family in Ohio, where he was a well-respected urologist, prac ticing in Alliance and Salem for 32 years. In 1988, Joe retired and moved to Mercer Island with his wife, the for mer Molly Ito. They had been mar ried 46 years when Molly died in 1990. In 1993, he married Ann Lensrud, who survives him with his children, Elizabeth, Ruth, Andrew, Amy, and Elaine, six grandchildren, and his sister, Kay. In 1997, Joe and Ann moved to Provi dence Point in Issaquah; and in 2008, they moved five miles to Timber Ridge. Joe is remembered for the lives he improved as a physician, his delight in family and friends, and his pas sion for learning, travel, and ice cream. In lieu of flowers, the family sug gests remembrance donations to one of the following: NW Medical Teams International at www. medicalteams.org; the Alzheimer's Association, PO Box 96011, Washing ton, DC 20090; or MI United Metho dist Church, 7070 SE 24th St., Mercer Island, WA 98040. Services will be held Sat., Nov. 19, 2pm, Mercer Island United Methodist.