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Joe Fukutomi Obituary
After a long illness, Joe Fukutomi passed away peacefully on Aug. 2, 2010 at St. Johns Hospital in Oxnard.
Born and raised in Gresham, Ore., to Tometaro and Fujie (Hasegawa) Fukutomi in 1927, he lived there until he and his family were relocated to internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho during World War II. He served in the U.S. Army and Civil Service in Japan where he met and married Setsuko Moroizumi. After returning to Oxnard, he was a strawberry grower in the three-generation family-run Ventura County business until his retirement. He led an active life serving as a member of the Oxnard Masonic Lodge 341 where he achieved the level of thirty-second degree and also the Al Malika Chapter of the Shriners Association.
Joe served in the Ventura County chapter of the Strawberry Growers Association. His retirement was filled with traveling and reading. Joe was the last of six siblings born of the Greatest Generation. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Setsuko; sons, Michael (wife Anna) of Camarillo, Gerald (Oxnard); and daughter, Betty (Britt) Bayles of Honolulu; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A graveside service followed by inurnment will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, 5400 Valentine Road, Ventura. For map and directions to ceremony location and to sign the family's online guestbook please visit www.mysantapaulafuneralhome.com. Assisting the Fukutomi Family with the committal service is the family owned and operated Robert Rey Garcia Jr. Funeral Svcs., Santa Paula, 229-7054.
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Memories and Condolences
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John Powell
October 9, 2010
Mike and Gerry and family
May the love of your friends and family help you through this hard time. Our prayers are with you.
John and Gayle Powell
Dorothy Douglas
October 8, 2010
My heart is with this family who have lost a special man. I didn't know Joe but I'm sad for the life he endured being sent away during WWII.
Jim McCaslin
October 8, 2010
To the Fukutomi Family;
I have very fond memories of Joe coming into the old office and solving the worlds problems with Mac McCaslin...for many years, a daily event.
Joe was a good hearted, fair & honest man, traits we should all strive for.
He will be missed. May you rest in peace.
McCaslin Family
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