YOKO KANEKO

Yoko Moro Kaneko

Resident of Carefree, AZ

83, passed away July 3, 2011. Yoko was born on May 31, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan, one of seven children. She graduated from Kyoritsu University in Tokyo. Yoko came to America and studied art at the University of Utah and at New York State University in Buffalo. She became a naturalized American citizen. She married Thomas Kaneko in Kenmore, New York. Yoko and Tom lived in Trenton, Michigan where Tom, as a Ph.d., was employed in scientific research. They moved to Campbell, California when Tom retired. Yoko was a gifted artist. She graduated from The Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Many of her paintings and drawings were displayed in exhibitions and in various art galleries around the country. Yoko moved to The Heritage in Carefree in 2005 from California. She was preceded in death by her husband Tom, brother Noboru and sister Tsukiko. Yoko is survived by sisters Yuriko and Akiko, brother Susumu, all in Japan, sister Kazuko and brother-in-law Richard, in Scottsdale and nieces and nephews in the U.S. and Canada. Yoko was a very talented, happy, friendly and out-going person. She loved life and her many paintings reflected her close relationship with the beauties of nature.

A private celebration of Yoko's life was held in July. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Ryan House, 110 W. Merrell St., 1st Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85013, a children's Hospice facility.