Obituary for Joyce Midori Ikeda

Joyce Midori Ikeda passed away at home surrounded by family on May 2o, 2010.

Shortly after her birth in Gilroy, CA on October 17, 1941, she was relocated with her family to Tule Lake Relocation Center. The family stayed there until they were allowed to move to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1944. After three years, they returned to the family home in Gilroy where she graduated from Gilroy High School in 1959.

Joyce graduated from San Jose Nursing School with a registered nursing degree. Natividad Medical Center was blessed with her skills until she retired in 1998 as a House Supervisor.

She started her "second" career as a grandmother where she looked forward to the grandchildren's visits and savored time babysitting.

With her boundless energy and loving compassion, she cared for family, extended family, friends and Temple, always with a smile. Even during her numerous hospital stays at Stanford, she was concerned about family and friends.

She is survived by her husband of 47 years Don; children, Dean Ikeda of Salinas, Sheri (Jeffrey) Minamide of Fremont, Gary Ikeda of Sunnyvale, Dave (Shizuka) Ikeda of Alameda; grandchildren Jordan, Neil, Sage and Kylie; mother Toshiko Yamane of Fremont; sister Irene Yamane of Fremont; sister-in-law Atsuko (Jack) Obata of Gilroy, brother-in-laws, Kunio Ikeda, Sam (Yoshiko) Ikeda both of Salinas.

A memorial service will be held on June 5, 2010 at 2 P.M. at the Buddhist Temple of Salinas, 14 California Street.