Obituary of Yoshiko KINZIE

Yoshiko Yamaguchi Kinzie passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 on her 75th birthday, at Havasu Regional Medical Center in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. She suffered with a lung disease for more than three years. Yoshiko was the fifth child of seven children born to Heizo Masuda and Kaku Yamaguchi, arriving to share her life on February 10, 1936 in Kashiwa, Chiba-ken, Japan. She met Donald G. Kinzie in the spring of 1959 and they were married February 7, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan. Yoshiko immigrated to the U.S. in May of 1963 when Donald was transferred from Japan to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Yoshiko was a career Air Force wife living in New Mexico, Japan, Maine, California and Arizona. She became a naturalized U. S. citizen in 1966. She worked as a food service technician for 20 years at Loma Linda University Medical Center, in Loma Linda, California. After moving to Lake Havasu in March of 2000, Yoshiko loved volunteering her time at the local Senior Center. She was a big hearted, determined individual full of life and was much loved by all who knew her. Yoshiko is survived by her husband Donald; one daughter Sue Kinzie of Agoura Hills, California; one brother Kyoshi Yamaguchi of Kashiwa, Japan, and numerous nieces and nephews within the U.S.A. and Japan. Yoshiko was with family when she passed and to respect her wishes only a small family service will be held at this time. Please respond only in prayer and good memories. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Yoshiko's much loved "Lake Havasu Meals On Wheels" or "Hospice Of Havasu", that provided comfort during her passing.Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home & Crematory.