- Date Of Birth: December 12, 1933
- Date Of Death: January 18, 2019
- State: Colorado
Dr. Yoshiki Kawamura, 85, of Denver, Colorado passed away unexpectedly on January 18, 2019. He was born on December 12, 1933 in Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan and migrated toward the Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo where he went to Azabu University. As a child, Yoshi witnessed many atrocities during World War II including seeing his family’s home being destroyed by a bomb from a nearby rice field where he was taking refuge along with his mother, grandmother, and three younger siblings. Despite this experience, Yoshi had a fascination with United States culture and aspired to move to America when he was old enough to do so. After completing a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in the late 1950s, Yoshi married the love of his life, Yukiko Onodera, in 1962. A few short years later, he emigrated to the United States to find work and lay the groundwork for making a home there. On October 3, 1967, his wife Yuki, sons Ken-ichi (4) and Koji (1) joined Yoshi in Aberdeen, South Dakota to start a new life in America. Yoshi and his family lived in South Dakota where he worked with large animals on a ranch before settling in the Denver area in 1968 where they became US citizens.
Yoshi was an intellectually gifted and inquisitive man who had many interests.
