Yoshie Kaufman's Obituary
Yoshie (Suzuki) KaufmanBeloved and loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother. Passed peacefully to her eternal rest at Kaiser Medical Center in Fremont on Tuesday June 1, 2004. Born August 26, 1929 in Tokyo, Japan to her Father and Mother, Hideo and Fuji Suzuki, who preceded her death. Yoshie was a Fremont resident for 32 years and is survived by Husband Kimber F. Kaufman of 46 years; daughters Linda of Fremont, Suzanne Calkins and Barbara Krueger (Tom) of Lebanon, OH. ; grandchildren Gered and Tommy Krueger and David and Kerry Calkins; Brothers Noboru, Takahide, Tadao and Yoshio Suzuki; sisters Mitsuko Nishi and Chieko Kobayashi all of Japan. Predeceased by brothers Moritaka and Isamu and her sisters Teruko and Chizuko.Yoshie and Kim met in 1957 and married in Japan in 1958. Yoshie worked as a nurse and Kim as a Navy Hospital Corpsman. Yoshie came to the U.S.A. with Kim in May 1960. She became a very proud Naturalized U.S. Citizen in 1967. Kim made the Navy a career and Yoshie raised her family in the demanding career of a Navy Wife, having to cope with frequent separations, never once complaining. She devoted her married life to her husband, children and grandchildren to the exclusion of her own needs for which reason she will be sorely missed and forever loved by her family. Yoshie accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in the early 1990's and is now at rest with him in Heaven.Yoshies remains will be laid to rest in a National Cemetery where she will be joined by her husband in the future. The family will have a private meditation with her remains before cremation. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 7, 2004 at Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home.Contributions may be made in her honor to the Nation Kidney Foundation, The American Heart Association or flowers can be sent for her services. Chapel of the ChimesMemorial Park and Funeral HomeHayward, Ca 94544 (510) 471-3363"Service of Marked Distinction"
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