YASUKO KAGAWA

Yasuko, at the age of 91, died peacefully on Friday, January 13, 2012, in Fresno with her immediate family by her bedside. Yasuko Uota was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on January 1, 1921. Yasuko was the third child of a family of six siblings whose parents were farmers. Yasuko was raised in Ivanhoe and Raisin City, California. She graduated valedictorian from Woodlake High School. She met and married Takeo Kagawa in 1942 in Visalia, California. Takeo and Yasuko were interned in Poston, Arizona, for 4 years during World War II. Subsequently, they moved to Wheaton, Illinois. In 1950, they returned to California, settled in Fresno and established a farm. There, they raised their family of three children. She was preceded in death by Takeo, her husband of 65 years; her parents, Kantaro and Shigeno Uota; and brother, Masami. Yasuko is survived by her loving children and their families, Takeshi Kagawa, Ph.D. of Fresno, Takumi Kagawa, D.D.S. and his wife, Mirei of Pacific Palisades and Kimie Kagawa-Chomel, M.D. and her husband, Bruno Chomel, D.V.M., Ph.D. of Davis. Yasuko is also survived by her sisters Haruye Oto, Sueko Abe, Masako Kobayashi and Kazuko Ego and many nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service will be held at the Lisle Funeral Home, on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at 1:00 pm.