(81) passed away in Los Angeles after a valiant fight with lymphoma. Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 31, at 10:00 am, West LA Holiness Church, 1710 Butler Ave., LA CA.

He is survived by his wife, Choko Hamlin; children, Miriam Emi (Steve) Knox, Daniel Masaru (Susie) Hamlin; grandchildren, Tracey and Allison Knox, Sherry and Julie Hamlin; sisters-in-law, Akiko Motohashi, Nobuko Igarashi, Toshiko Oba of Japan; brother-in-law, Masatoshi (Yoshiko) Ogawa of Japan; also survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives.