Born
August 16, 1940
Passed Away
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Service
LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple on Saturday, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:00 PM
Obituary for Akitaka Yonemitsu

YONEMITSU, AKITAKA (74), passed away on January 14, 2015 in LA. He is survived by his wife, Miyoko Yonemitsu; children, Mike, Ken (Satoko) and Junichi (Julie) Yonemitsu; grandchildren, Hannah, Jillian, and Justin Yonemitsu; siblings, Hidetaka Yonemitsu, Takako (Shigeru) Kamimura, and Kazuyo (Haruo) Ito from Japan; brothers-in-law, Yukito Tsurudome from Japan and Masatake (Leah) Kawamoto; sisters-in-law, Kazue Okamoto and Ryoko (Takuya) Suzuki; also survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 4PM at LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 815 E. 1st St., LA.
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