Michiko Kawauchi

Michiko Kawauchi, 85, longtime Basin City resident, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Coventry House Assisted Living in Othello, WA. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm, Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Kayser’s Chapel, Moses Lake with Rinban Donald D. Castro, officiating. Viewing will be held Wednesday February 20, 2013 from 4:00-6:00pm at Kayser’s. Interment will follow in Moses Lake at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Michi was born August 25, 1927 in Kaysville, Utah to Yasaburo & Tsuruyo Yamane, the sixth of twelve children. She attended Layton Elementary School, North Davis Junior High School and graduated from Davis High School in l945. She worked very hard on the family farm while her brothers were away serving in the armed forces. She was also employed at the Clearfield Lumber Company as the office manager. She met the love of her life Harry Kawauchi and they were married December 11, 1955 in Ogden, Utah. She moved with Harry to their first home in Moses Lake, Washington. They later moved to Othello and in 1960 relocated to the farm in Basin City where she continued to live after Harry’s death in 1978. In 2009 she moved to Coventry House in Othello where she made a second family with the residents and staff who provided her loving care until her death. Michi was a wonderful mother to Scott, Leslie, and Michael supporting them in everything they did, never missing an activity they were involved in as children or as adults. She adored her grandsons Davy and Dustin and looked forward to their summer visits since they were babies. Michi was a perfectionist with her sewing, cooking, knitting, crocheting and gardening. She enjoyed casino trips with family and friends and in later years stood in long lines to have the latest Beanie Babies. Michi is survived by her sons and daughter: Scott Kawauchi, Basin City, WA; Leslie & David Daniel, Scottsdale, AZ; Mike Kawauchi & Lisa Druesdow, Everett, WA; grandsons: Davy & Dustin Daniel, Scottsdale, AZ; brother and sisters: James (Sumi) Yamane, Helen Higashida, Natsuko Gerberding, Yayoi Yamashita (Hiro), Tamiko Sato (Rod) and Pamela Sato. She was preceded in death by her husband Harry Kawauchi; parents Yasaburo & Tsuruyo Yamane; brothers: William, Sam, Kozo and Jun; sister: Tomiko who passed away at birth.

Michiko Kawauchi

August 25, 1927 - February 16, 2013