Arthur K. Nishimoto
August 28. 1923-Jan. 7, 2017
Well, although not the same year of death as my own father, yet within less than 1 year's time, both Spencer's and my father have passed. So for my kids, both grandfathers, and my grandkid's, both of their remaining great grandfathers. So needless to say, it's been one of those years. Spencer's dad lived to be 93 years old. I think I posted earlier of the last visit we had with him back in October. It was Spencer, Tyson and myself as we were headed to St. George for Ty's baseball tournament. We had planned to go see the local sights of St. George, but just before heading there, we received a call from Spencer's brother saying his father was not doing well. It was disappointing not to continue with our plans, but we are glad that we went to see him "one last time".
The fact that it was January made things a bit hard for us as the weather report was grim, to say the least. So we paid heed to the forcast and left a day earlier than planned and spent a night in St. George. It turned out to be a wise decision as there was lots and lots of snow on Thursday.
The funeral was on Jan. 20, nearly 2 weeks after he passed. So this was a bit of time in between, but I guess that was to make sure those who wanted to attend would have the opportunity to make arrangements to do so. So below are some pictures from the last few days.
The above are the pages from his program. Below are the pages of his life sketch.
Now for some pictures I took whenever I saw a photo opp!
Below Eleanor Kailiponi and Brecklyn Hofheins. Eleanor is a granddaughter and Brecklyn a Great granddaughter.
Jamie and Brecklyn by the casket
Spencer and I by the casket.
Waiting for the service to begin.
Jamie's family by the casket.
Spencer, myself and our kids by the casket.
Esther, Brecklyn and Emma by the casket.
Spencer and his brother Wells.
Tyson taking photos.
Waiting for the services. (At the viewing)
We were the only family that took pictures at the casket, I noticed. So I took some random ones. This is Julie Humphreys and daughter Pearl.
The Nishimoto siblings, Cas, Erin, Spencer, Ian and Wells.
Tige at the casket.
Brecklyn at the casket with others.
Spencer visiting at the viewing.
The interment was at the Veteran Memorial Cemetery in Boulder, NV. It was horrible weather, cold wet and windy.
The display table.
At the side of the display table.
The Relief Society made a nice luncheon and we were very hungry!
After the luncheon we went to the hotel for awhile, then returned to the house and spent time with family members.
Jamie and family went home that same night and we left the next morning to this: a snowstorm. Ugh. not fun to drive in.
Glad we missed the excitement here!
