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Joseph NAKASHIMA Obituary

NAKASHIMA, Joseph
Sept. 8, 1923-May 23, 2013
Joseph Nakashima, 89, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2013 after a brief battle with lymphoma. A longtime resident of Gardena, he was predeceased by wife, Mitzi, his parents, Kinpai and Chiye, brothers, Isamu and Tatsuo, sister, Jane Jinfoo and brothers-in-law Henry Wong and Jim Jinfoo. He leaves behind his sisters, Kay Yoshida of San Jose, CA, and her children, Eunice (Harold) Holtermann of San Jose, CA and Judy (Jerry) Kiel (New Mexico) and Kim Wong of Wisconsin and her children, David (MaryJo) (Arizona), Nancy (Steve) Stearns (Indiana), Bob (Connie) (Wisconsin), Joe (Sue) (Wisconsin), Linda (Gere) Trudeau (Wisconsin), Willie (Wisconsin), Rick (Tiffany) (Maine), also his nieces, Linda (Mike) Larson, Laura (Frank) Vigliatura (Connecticut) and Donna (Craig) Matoi, and 16 great grandnieces/nephews and other in-laws and relatives.
Services will be held at Green Hills Chapel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 11:00 am., 27501 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Family requests that flowers be omitted. www.fukuimortuary.com (213) 626-0441

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Published by Los Angeles Times on May 31, 2013.

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Janice Villarosa

November 26, 2013

I was calling Joe to see if he wanted to have lunch and found that his phone was disconnected. It was only today, through the internet, that I had found he had passed. Joe was such a wonderful, caring, unselfish person. I remembered he talked about helping a friend of his who was dying and did not have anyone.

He was one of the coolest over 80 I know. At 89, a few months before his death, when we met up for lunch, he pulls up in a sports car. You can't get cooler than that!

He made everyone laugh at 50 First Dates. He had natural talent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1SVxJZTgI4 (Joe at :15) As I post this site on my FB wall, my friends have said how he was funny. I wanted to work with him with my own shoot and he was open to it. I just wished I did not wait.

He was very interesting to talk to. We talked about how he and his family were sent to the Japanese interment camp. I found it interesting that he said he did not have any resentment and he understood. I kept telling him that he should write his memoirs but he was very hesitant.

He is such a special person and I will miss him dearly. I wished I was there at the funeral. RIP my friend.

Janice Villarosa

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