KIMIKO AMATO
AGE 94 YEARS
Kimiko "Kay" "Kimi" (Yamaguchi) Amato, from East Boston, passed away, June 11, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Angelo A. Amato. Devoted mother of Joseph of East Boston, John and Charles both of Wilmington and their spouses. Grandmother of 6 grandchildren. Great-grandmother of two.
Kimiko met her future husband in Japan in 1946 while he was serving in the US Army as part of the American Forces occupying Japan after World War II. Angelo returned home in 1948 and joined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Engineering services. Missing the provisions of the War Brides Act passed by President Harry S. Truman, Angelo petitioned then Congressman John F. Kennedy to introduce a special bill on her behalf to allow her to enter the United States in 1949. Kimiko is believed to be one of the first few Japanese was brides to come to the U.S. to marry.
Funeral Services for the family will be held under the provisions of COVID-19 Phase II reopening, in the Magrath Funeral Home, 336 Chelsea St. East Boston. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
Published in The Boston Globe on June 14, 2020
AGE 94 YEARS
Kimiko "Kay" "Kimi" (Yamaguchi) Amato, from East Boston, passed away, June 11, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Angelo A. Amato. Devoted mother of Joseph of East Boston, John and Charles both of Wilmington and their spouses. Grandmother of 6 grandchildren. Great-grandmother of two.
Kimiko met her future husband in Japan in 1946 while he was serving in the US Army as part of the American Forces occupying Japan after World War II. Angelo returned home in 1948 and joined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Engineering services. Missing the provisions of the War Brides Act passed by President Harry S. Truman, Angelo petitioned then Congressman John F. Kennedy to introduce a special bill on her behalf to allow her to enter the United States in 1949. Kimiko is believed to be one of the first few Japanese was brides to come to the U.S. to marry.
Funeral Services for the family will be held under the provisions of COVID-19 Phase II reopening, in the Magrath Funeral Home, 336 Chelsea St. East Boston. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
Published in The Boston Globe on June 14, 2020
KIMIKO AMATO
AGE 94 YEARS
Kimiko "Kay" "Kimi" (Yamaguchi) Amato, from East Boston, passed away, June 11, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Angelo A. Amato. Devoted mother of Joseph of East Boston, John and Charles both of Wilmington and their spouses. Grandmother of 6 grandchildren. Great-grandmother of two.
Kimiko met her future husband in Japan in 1946 while he was serving in the US Army as part of the American Forces occupying Japan after World War II. Angelo returned home in 1948 and joined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Engineering services. Missing the provisions of the War Brides Act passed by President Harry S. Truman, Angelo petitioned then Congressman John F. Kennedy to introduce a special bill on her behalf to allow her to enter the United States in 1949. Kimiko is believed to be one of the first few Japanese was brides to come to the U.S. to marry.
Funeral Services for the family will be held under the provisions of COVID-19 Phase II reopening, in the Magrath Funeral Home, 336 Chelsea St. East Boston. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
Published in The Boston Globe on June 14, 2020
AGE 94 YEARS
Kimiko "Kay" "Kimi" (Yamaguchi) Amato, from East Boston, passed away, June 11, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Angelo A. Amato. Devoted mother of Joseph of East Boston, John and Charles both of Wilmington and their spouses. Grandmother of 6 grandchildren. Great-grandmother of two.
Kimiko met her future husband in Japan in 1946 while he was serving in the US Army as part of the American Forces occupying Japan after World War II. Angelo returned home in 1948 and joined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Engineering services. Missing the provisions of the War Brides Act passed by President Harry S. Truman, Angelo petitioned then Congressman John F. Kennedy to introduce a special bill on her behalf to allow her to enter the United States in 1949. Kimiko is believed to be one of the first few Japanese was brides to come to the U.S. to marry.
Funeral Services for the family will be held under the provisions of COVID-19 Phase II reopening, in the Magrath Funeral Home, 336 Chelsea St. East Boston. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
Published in The Boston Globe on June 14, 2020
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