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Born
August 23, 1923

Passed Away
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Service
Stockton Buddhist Temple on Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 at 4:30 PM

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Obituary for Chisato Watanabe

CHISATO WATANABE

A funeral service for Chisato Watanabe, 89 year-old, Stockton, CA born Nisei, who peacefully passed away on November 13, 2012 will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 4:30PM at Stockton Buddhist Temple, 2820 Shimizu Drive, Stockton, CA with Rev. Yukio Motoyoshi officiating.

She is survived by her sons, Dr. Bruce (Terry) and Craig (Debbe) Watanabe; grandchildren, Eric, Robyn, Amy, Cody Watanabe; brother Henry (Dorothy) Nishioka; also survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives.  

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Gwendolyn Walker

November 29, 2012, 11:52 AM

Chisato’s wonderful personality and artistic ability will be greatly missed. She was a great friend to our family when we lived in Stockton. We can’t be with you today but we are here in spirit.

The Walker Family - Larry, Gwendolyn, Dana, Larry, jr. and Kara

John Yoyogi Fortes

October 4, 2013, 11:01 AM

Today is October 4, 2013. I was thinking who influenced me most in my career as an artist and I thought of Chisato Watanabe. Through an internet search, I found this page. I am 60 now so I didn’t know she had passed on. I am saddened to know that she is no longer with us to share her infectious personality, but I am happy that she lived such a long life.

When I was a young student at Delta College in the 70’s, it was Chisato that put the bug in my ear and heart to become an artist and question myself and the nature of art. My success as an artist goes back to that day when Chisato put the responsibility of creating work on my shoulders and sent me on a most frustrating journey, finding my own voice.

Chisato, if you can hear me, thank you for your encouragement and honesty. You are missed, but your spirit does live on through me in my art.

John Yoyogi Fortes

Janet Koike

September 21, 2014, 10:52 AM

I can’t believe that I didn’t see Chisato one last time. I thought of her this morning and decided to look her up online. I am so very sad to see she has passed on. In the mid 70’s she was a mentor to me when I was an art student at UOP. She was the first Japanese American woman that I could really speak to about being an artist and we would talk late into the night at her kitchen table. Such a vivid memory for me.
Janet Koike