Kimi Yamada

July 15, 1921 - February 12, 2014

In Memory of Kimiko Fujii Yamada Kimiko Fujii Yamada passed away peacefully in her sleep early Wednesday, February 12th, 2014. Kimi, born in 1921 in Troutdale to Bukichi and Yoshino Fujii, the 3rd of 8 children and a family of step brothers and sisters. She grew up on the family farm, and resided in Newberg since 1954. Kimi was wife to Dr. Roy Yamada and loving mother to 3 sons. An artist who did pastel drawings of landscapes and flowers, Kimi was prolific through her 80's. She enjoyed golfing, gardening, clam digging, wandering the woods of the Cascades and coast picking mushrooms and spending time with her many friends and family. She loved her family, grandchildren and great grandchildren, her caregivers as family, friends from Troutdale, Nyssa, and Newberg and came to love the community and people of Newberg as her own. Kimi suffered from Parkinson’s for nearly 35 years. She amazed her family and caregivers with her strong spirit to live. She is survived by Russell of Corvallis, Randy of Lake Oswego and Rodney of Portland. Three grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren and many step grand-children. Also her brothers Ed and Tom and many nieces and nephews around the country. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Roy, her sister Aki, brothers Kaz, Jim, Jack, Tad, stepbrother Toshi and stepsister Fumico. The service will be March 29th at 3 PM at Epworth United Methodist Church 1333 SE 28th Ave, Portland. In lieu of flowers, please send donations there or to the Newberg First United Methodist Church, both of which were dear to Kimi.