Shizue Yamane

Shizue Yamane, 75, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2007 at Samaritan Hospital. On Friday, April 13, a viewing will be held at noon, funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., at the Moses Lake Convention Center, with Rinban Hoshu Matsubayashi presiding. Interment will follow in Warden at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory, Moses Lake.

Shiz was born April 19, 1931, in Monterey, Calif., daughter of the late Toshita and Taki Mayeda. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1949 and Weber College. She was married to Jun Yamane on March 6, 1954, in Ogden, Utah, at the Buddhist Church. Shiz worked as a secretary at Hill Air force Base until 1967 when they relocated to Warden. They have lived and farmed in Warden since. During this time, Shiz taught at the Hutterian Colony and was later employed at the Warden School District as a teacher's aid, Japanese language teacher, and high school secretary. Jun and Shiz raised a family of six children and have 22 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Shiz's interests included bowling, eating out with friends, working in her yard, and most of all watching her children and grandchildren participate in the many school and extra-curricular activities; including judo, school sports, cheerleading, scouts, and concerts. Her life revolved around her family, hosting many family get-togethers in her home. She was known as such a great cook that many times when her children and grandchildren were asked what their favorite restaurant was, their reply was: Grandma's! Shiz was an active member of the Nisei Women's Club.

She is survived by her loving husband, Jun Yamane, Warden; her sons and daughter: Randy and Laura Yamane, San Carlos, Calif.; JoAnn and Robert Shuler, Warden; Keith and Kelly Yamane, Vashon Island, Wash.; Paul and Cari Yamane, Warden; Kent and Amy Yamane, Warden; Glen and Shari Yamane, Spokane; grandchildren: Garrett Yamane, Imari Yamane, Jeremy and Annie Shuler, Rebekah and Andy Erickson, Benjamin Shuler, Chance and Sarah Guckenberg, Lucas and Crystal Yamane, William Yamane, Tamari Yamane, Joshua Yamane, Christopher Yamane, SallyAnn Yamane, Ryan and Julianne Yamane, Jamie and Michael McCloy, Jacob Yamane, Britney Yamane, Kaitlyn Yamane, Haley Yamane, Tyson Yamane, Ashlyn Yamane, Trevor Yamane, Danielle Yamane; great-grandchildren: Natalie Shuler, Kaylee Erickson, Read Guckenberg, Braiden Guckenberg, Trista Guckenberg, Hallie Yamane, and Maggie Yamane; brothers and sister: Satoshi Mayeda, Japan; Wataru and Chieko Mayeda, Japan; Marie and Leslie Tryon, North Ogden, Utah.

She was preceded in death by her parents Toshita and Taki Mayeda; and great-grandchild Tia Guckenberg.