Tokuyoshi Awamura Dies; Father-in-Law of Inouye
Tokuyoshi Awamura, 86, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. He was the father-in-law of Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Mr. Awamura began his career at age 15 as a sugar-cane field worker and eventually became proprietor of the Heiwa-do Jewelry Store and sat on the board of directors of Central Pacific Bank and Mutual Finance Co.
He was a past president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the United Japanese Society and the Hawaii Economic Study Club.
Services will be at 3:30 pm Sunday at Makiki Christian Church.
Mr. Awamura was born in Hiroshima, Japan.
After starting work for Wailuku Sugar Co., he labored in its fields for 22 months then became associated with the Maui Trading Co. of Lahaina, where he worked long hours and then studied English at night.
He attended the University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He was a jewelry salesman and an apprentice in a jewelry store before opening his first jewelry store in Lower Paia, Maui, in 1920. Nine years later, he opened Heiwa-do Jewelry Store in Honolulu.
The Emperor of Japan gave him the Fifth Class, Order of the Sacred Treasurers, in 1968.
Mr. Awamura is survived by his wife, Mitsu S.; six daughters, Mrs. Roy (Edith T.) Satow, Mrs. Daniel (Margaret S.) Inouye, Mrs. Richard (Grace S.) Murakami, Mrs. Betty Y. Higashino, Mrs. Richard (Shirley A.) Nozoe and Patricia K. Awamura; and seven grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-BUlletin, Fri. 28 Dec. 1984, p. 34
Tokuyoshi Awamura
Even as Hawaii observes the centennial of Japanese immigration to the Islands, more and more of those who came as plantation workers are leaving the scene.
Tokuyoshi Awamura, who died last week at 86, is among them. Born in Hiroshima, he came here when he was 15, worked up to 12 hours a day in the canefields of Wailuku Sugar on Maui, then after 22 months took a job with a trading company in Lahaina.
He learned English at night school and from that modest beginning later studied at University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He served as a jeweler's apprentice and salesman and in time became the owner of his own store, first in Maui, then on North King Street in Honolulu. Fourteen years ago, when a "customer" suddenly turned robber, Mr. and Mrs. Awamura stood their ground and the hold-up man fled.
Tokuyoshi Awamura was active in community affairs, serving as president of the Hawaii Economic Study Club, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the United Japanese Society. He was also a director of Mutual Finance Company and Central Pacific Bank.
He and his wife, the former Mitsu Sugiyama of Kohala, Hawaii, became the parents of six daughters, among them Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye. The immigrant boy from Japan lived to see his son-in-law become a nationally respected public official, one of the highest ranking members of the U.S. Senate.
All who knew Tokuyoshi Awamura found him a gracious, kindly gentleman, who appreciated the opportunities he found in America and sought throughout his life to acknowledge that with good deeds.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sun. 30 Dec. 1984, p. 17
Tokuyoshi Awamura, 86, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. He was the father-in-law of Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Mr. Awamura began his career at age 15 as a sugar-cane field worker and eventually became proprietor of the Heiwa-do Jewelry Store and sat on the board of directors of Central Pacific Bank and Mutual Finance Co.
He was a past president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the United Japanese Society and the Hawaii Economic Study Club.
Services will be at 3:30 pm Sunday at Makiki Christian Church.
Mr. Awamura was born in Hiroshima, Japan.
After starting work for Wailuku Sugar Co., he labored in its fields for 22 months then became associated with the Maui Trading Co. of Lahaina, where he worked long hours and then studied English at night.
He attended the University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He was a jewelry salesman and an apprentice in a jewelry store before opening his first jewelry store in Lower Paia, Maui, in 1920. Nine years later, he opened Heiwa-do Jewelry Store in Honolulu.
The Emperor of Japan gave him the Fifth Class, Order of the Sacred Treasurers, in 1968.
Mr. Awamura is survived by his wife, Mitsu S.; six daughters, Mrs. Roy (Edith T.) Satow, Mrs. Daniel (Margaret S.) Inouye, Mrs. Richard (Grace S.) Murakami, Mrs. Betty Y. Higashino, Mrs. Richard (Shirley A.) Nozoe and Patricia K. Awamura; and seven grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-BUlletin, Fri. 28 Dec. 1984, p. 34
Tokuyoshi Awamura
Even as Hawaii observes the centennial of Japanese immigration to the Islands, more and more of those who came as plantation workers are leaving the scene.
Tokuyoshi Awamura, who died last week at 86, is among them. Born in Hiroshima, he came here when he was 15, worked up to 12 hours a day in the canefields of Wailuku Sugar on Maui, then after 22 months took a job with a trading company in Lahaina.
He learned English at night school and from that modest beginning later studied at University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He served as a jeweler's apprentice and salesman and in time became the owner of his own store, first in Maui, then on North King Street in Honolulu. Fourteen years ago, when a "customer" suddenly turned robber, Mr. and Mrs. Awamura stood their ground and the hold-up man fled.
Tokuyoshi Awamura was active in community affairs, serving as president of the Hawaii Economic Study Club, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the United Japanese Society. He was also a director of Mutual Finance Company and Central Pacific Bank.
He and his wife, the former Mitsu Sugiyama of Kohala, Hawaii, became the parents of six daughters, among them Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye. The immigrant boy from Japan lived to see his son-in-law become a nationally respected public official, one of the highest ranking members of the U.S. Senate.
All who knew Tokuyoshi Awamura found him a gracious, kindly gentleman, who appreciated the opportunities he found in America and sought throughout his life to acknowledge that with good deeds.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sun. 30 Dec. 1984, p. 17
Tokuyoshi Awamura Dies; Father-in-Law of Inouye
Tokuyoshi Awamura, 86, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. He was the father-in-law of Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Mr. Awamura began his career at age 15 as a sugar-cane field worker and eventually became proprietor of the Heiwa-do Jewelry Store and sat on the board of directors of Central Pacific Bank and Mutual Finance Co.
He was a past president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the United Japanese Society and the Hawaii Economic Study Club.
Services will be at 3:30 pm Sunday at Makiki Christian Church.
Mr. Awamura was born in Hiroshima, Japan.
After starting work for Wailuku Sugar Co., he labored in its fields for 22 months then became associated with the Maui Trading Co. of Lahaina, where he worked long hours and then studied English at night.
He attended the University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He was a jewelry salesman and an apprentice in a jewelry store before opening his first jewelry store in Lower Paia, Maui, in 1920. Nine years later, he opened Heiwa-do Jewelry Store in Honolulu.
The Emperor of Japan gave him the Fifth Class, Order of the Sacred Treasurers, in 1968.
Mr. Awamura is survived by his wife, Mitsu S.; six daughters, Mrs. Roy (Edith T.) Satow, Mrs. Daniel (Margaret S.) Inouye, Mrs. Richard (Grace S.) Murakami, Mrs. Betty Y. Higashino, Mrs. Richard (Shirley A.) Nozoe and Patricia K. Awamura; and seven grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-BUlletin, Fri. 28 Dec. 1984, p. 34
Tokuyoshi Awamura
Even as Hawaii observes the centennial of Japanese immigration to the Islands, more and more of those who came as plantation workers are leaving the scene.
Tokuyoshi Awamura, who died last week at 86, is among them. Born in Hiroshima, he came here when he was 15, worked up to 12 hours a day in the canefields of Wailuku Sugar on Maui, then after 22 months took a job with a trading company in Lahaina.
He learned English at night school and from that modest beginning later studied at University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He served as a jeweler's apprentice and salesman and in time became the owner of his own store, first in Maui, then on North King Street in Honolulu. Fourteen years ago, when a "customer" suddenly turned robber, Mr. and Mrs. Awamura stood their ground and the hold-up man fled.
Tokuyoshi Awamura was active in community affairs, serving as president of the Hawaii Economic Study Club, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the United Japanese Society. He was also a director of Mutual Finance Company and Central Pacific Bank.
He and his wife, the former Mitsu Sugiyama of Kohala, Hawaii, became the parents of six daughters, among them Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye. The immigrant boy from Japan lived to see his son-in-law become a nationally respected public official, one of the highest ranking members of the U.S. Senate.
All who knew Tokuyoshi Awamura found him a gracious, kindly gentleman, who appreciated the opportunities he found in America and sought throughout his life to acknowledge that with good deeds.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sun. 30 Dec. 1984, p. 17
Tokuyoshi Awamura, 86, of Honolulu died Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. He was the father-in-law of Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Mr. Awamura began his career at age 15 as a sugar-cane field worker and eventually became proprietor of the Heiwa-do Jewelry Store and sat on the board of directors of Central Pacific Bank and Mutual Finance Co.
He was a past president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the United Japanese Society and the Hawaii Economic Study Club.
Services will be at 3:30 pm Sunday at Makiki Christian Church.
Mr. Awamura was born in Hiroshima, Japan.
After starting work for Wailuku Sugar Co., he labored in its fields for 22 months then became associated with the Maui Trading Co. of Lahaina, where he worked long hours and then studied English at night.
He attended the University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He was a jewelry salesman and an apprentice in a jewelry store before opening his first jewelry store in Lower Paia, Maui, in 1920. Nine years later, he opened Heiwa-do Jewelry Store in Honolulu.
The Emperor of Japan gave him the Fifth Class, Order of the Sacred Treasurers, in 1968.
Mr. Awamura is survived by his wife, Mitsu S.; six daughters, Mrs. Roy (Edith T.) Satow, Mrs. Daniel (Margaret S.) Inouye, Mrs. Richard (Grace S.) Murakami, Mrs. Betty Y. Higashino, Mrs. Richard (Shirley A.) Nozoe and Patricia K. Awamura; and seven grandchildren.
Honolulu Star-BUlletin, Fri. 28 Dec. 1984, p. 34
Tokuyoshi Awamura
Even as Hawaii observes the centennial of Japanese immigration to the Islands, more and more of those who came as plantation workers are leaving the scene.
Tokuyoshi Awamura, who died last week at 86, is among them. Born in Hiroshima, he came here when he was 15, worked up to 12 hours a day in the canefields of Wailuku Sugar on Maui, then after 22 months took a job with a trading company in Lahaina.
He learned English at night school and from that modest beginning later studied at University of Hawaii and Columbia University.
He served as a jeweler's apprentice and salesman and in time became the owner of his own store, first in Maui, then on North King Street in Honolulu. Fourteen years ago, when a "customer" suddenly turned robber, Mr. and Mrs. Awamura stood their ground and the hold-up man fled.
Tokuyoshi Awamura was active in community affairs, serving as president of the Hawaii Economic Study Club, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the United Japanese Society. He was also a director of Mutual Finance Company and Central Pacific Bank.
He and his wife, the former Mitsu Sugiyama of Kohala, Hawaii, became the parents of six daughters, among them Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye. The immigrant boy from Japan lived to see his son-in-law become a nationally respected public official, one of the highest ranking members of the U.S. Senate.
All who knew Tokuyoshi Awamura found him a gracious, kindly gentleman, who appreciated the opportunities he found in America and sought throughout his life to acknowledge that with good deeds.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sun. 30 Dec. 1984, p. 17
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