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Ethel Kawada Obituary
Ethel T. Kawada passed away quietly in her sleep at the age of 91 on 8/7/2018 at Henry Mayo Hospital after complications of pneumonia. She was attended at her bedside by her loving sons Calvin and Dale Kawada and family friend Yuhua Cheng, and also survived by her daughters Carol Kawada and Arlene Kawada.
She was born Ethel Tokie Sato on 8/27/1926 in Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii, and was the 2nd child of 8 brothers and sisters: Florence, Alice, Barbara, Henry, Stanley, George, and Gary. Ethel obtained her major degree in business and minor degree in english at a university in Kansas, and taught english and typing at Placerita Jr high school. She met her life-long husband, Hideo Kawada, in Hawaii and together they raised 4 children in California. During this busy time of full-time teaching and raising a family, she loved to travel on fishing trips with her husband and children, play piano, sew, bake fancy birthday cakes, oil paint, sketch, create crafts, and visit with friends and family. After retiring from teaching, she remained actively involved by volunteering her tax preparation skills at the local senior's center, gardening, traveling with her husband, and visiting with her grown children.
The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Santa Clarita Homes for the Elderly for their loving and compassionate care and especially Mr Badz for his dedication and obvious love of life that he imparted to all the residents there. Ethel was a beautiful soul, and her love and laughter will be profoundly missed.
The Signal, August 18, 2018
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Karen Thomas-Brown
August 12, 2020
To her family and friends, as a student of Mrs. Kawada, know that she has not been forgotten. Sometimes as child-students we can be difficult, but she never gave up on us and remain steadfast to teach us. We thank her and you for sharing her gifts with us.
Karen Marino
August 23, 2018
So sorry to hear of Mrs. Kawada's passing. I was a student many, many years ago and remember her fondly. My condolences to her family and friends for their tremendous loss. RIP Mrs. Kawada, thank you for being a great teacher.
Danny Morgan
August 23, 2018
Miss kawasaki....was a fixture, at school and the neighborhood.....she was very cool and will be missed
Karen (Thomas) Brown
August 23, 2018
How could anyone forget Mrs. Kawada. Wonderful teacher and always caring. RIP and thank you for all that you did and gave to your students.
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Jan Emamian
August 23, 2018
I had Mrs Kawada for English in 7th grade. I remember her as a kind and compassionate teacher. She certainly made an impact in the lives of many. I had no idea she graduated from my alma mater, The University of Kansas! My sympathies to her family and friends left behind. Jan Minnich Emamian
Chris Denogean
August 20, 2018
Mrs. kawada was a wonderful teacher and made a difference in the lives of the students she taught I was one of those individuals and I was also fortunate enough to see her years later and she was as she had always been all business with sweetness mixed in she will be deeply missed.
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