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Death Notices

James Tanner

James Tanner, 80, Ontario, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at an assisted living facility. Arrangements are under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario.

Doris Hazel Teel

Doris Hazel Teel, 82, Payette, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at her home in Payette. A viewing will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Fruitland. A Rosary service will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Fruitland. A Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Fruitland. Services and arrangements are pending with Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette.

Fumiko Hayashi Hoashi

April 11, 1911-Sept. 15, 2008

Weiser

Fumiko Hayashi Hoashi was born on April 11, 1911, the second daughter of Buntaro and Haruno Nariiwa Hayashi in Los Angeles, Calif., on Alameda Street, near the present site of the National Japanese Museum. Her mother died when she was 18-months-old, and she subsequently was sent to the care of her grandparents, Yone and Yoshiro Nariiwa, assisted by a then-12-year-old aunt, Take Nariiwa, in the town of Miomura, Wakayama prefecture, Japan.

She attended school until the ninth grade while also helping out by working in the family garden plots. When her grandfather contracted a stomach ailment, she accompanied him to her aunt’s home in Hizakimura, near Osaka, to help care for him. While there, she studied to become a seamstress to make the traditional kimono, earning her tuition by cleaning up and arranging the classroom after class. She then went to Osaka, living with a cousin and working as a house maid.  She saved and sent funds back to her grandparents.

Fumiko returned to the United States in 1930 at the age of 19, disembarking at the port of Seattle. She lived with her father’s new family.  They had a produce stand in the town of Fife, Wash. She attended the third grade at St. Joseph’s, in Tacoma, but dropped out after three months because of difficulty with the English language.

She was married on Dec. 27, 1931, to Takeji Hoashi at the Tacoma Buddhist Temple and moved to Powell Valley in Gresham, Ore., and then finally to Troutdale, Ore. They had a small farm and took their crops to the Portland wholesale produce market from 1931 until the advent of World War II.

She was interned to Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho, from 1942 until their release in 1945, moving in short succession to Notus, Idaho, Oregon Slope, Nyssa, Ore., and finally Weiser, Idaho, in 1953, where she did farm- and housework until her retirement in 1973.

She enjoyed attending local sports events, school activities and taking trips to see grandchildren. For three years, she took care of Takeji, who was a stroke victim at their home until his death in 1987. She was proud of her children and grandchildren’s achievements through the years.

Roy came home from Seattle, Wash., at his retirement and lived with them until his death in 2008.

Fumiko moved to Weiser Rehabilitation and Care Center until her death.

She fully enjoyed her activities, friends and the tender, loving care from the staff.

Fumiko is survived by her children, Charlotte Asayo Hirata, of Weiser, George, of Tigard, Ore., Ike (Debbie), of Fernley, Nev.; brothers, Minoru, Elk Grove, Calif., Shigeru, Denver, Colo.; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Takeji; father and mother, Buntaro and Haruno; father and mother-in-law, Asakichi and Sato Hoashi; son, Roy; siblings, Hanako Katayama, Hajime and Mitsuru Hayashi and Misako Maekawa; and a nephew, Robert Hayashi.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at Thomason Funeral Home in Weiser. A viewing will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.Lienkaemper-Thomason.com.