A funeral service for Tazuko Hamada, 85 year-old, Changshun, China born Issei, who passed away on September 16, 2011 in Gardena, will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 12:00PM at Seicho-No-Ie Kaikan, 14527 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena.

She is survived by her children, George (Kathy), Masao (Satomi) Hamada and Judy (Wayne) Kawahara; daughter-in-law, Noriko Hamada; eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; siblings, Fumio (Chieko), Yukio (Sumiko), Minoru (Keiko) Toyofuku, Kazue Matsunobu and Sachie (Tetsuo) Sakaguchi all of Japan; also survived by many sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and other relatives in US and Japan.