Masuo Mas Minami of Morgan Hill entered into Nirvana on April 2,
2004, at the age of 82 years. He was a native of Pocatello,
Idaho.
Masuo Mas Minami of Morgan Hill entered into Nirvana on April 2, 2004, at the age of 82 years. He was a native of Pocatello, Idaho.
Minami served the community as a member of the Senior Citizens Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Valley Transportation Authority and the Morgan Hill Japanese-American community. He was recognized by the Mt. Madonna YMCA as Volunteer of the Year and by Meals on Wheels, Brown Bag and the Community Action Group for his volunteer work helping seniors.
He was a soldier in the Army Military Intelligence Service, a cartographer for the HM Gousha Map Co., and an engineer for the Santa Clara County Transportation Agency. He was a Little League coach, Cub Scout leader, swim team dad and community volunteer.
After meeting in the Gila River internment camp, he married Jitsuko Hamamoto and settled in Morgan Hill.
Aside from his wife, he is survived by children Don, Linda and Gordon; grandchildren Sean and Ava; and sister Fumiko Yoshimoto of Albuquerque, N.M.
Mas will be missed by his family and friends.
Friends are invited to attend a funeral service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in the Morgan Hill Buddhist Church, 16450 Murphy Ave.
Arrangements were under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.
