Otome Hasagawa
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Otome Hasagawa

  • September 5, 1906 - October 11, 2010
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
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“Please accept our sincere condolences. It was an honor and a pleasure to know Otome. From all the staff at Internal Medicine at St Marks ”
1 of 6 | Posted by: David Kuo - Salt Lake City, UT

“Paul and Family: So sorry to hear about the passing of your mother & grandmother. Please accept our heartfelt sympathy. We can't imagine living to...Read More » ”
2 of 6 | Posted by: Sandra Harman - Taylorsville, UT

“A beautiful mother with beautiful children whom we are blessed to know. We send our love and deepest sympathy to you Paul, Roxanne, Stacey and Kory....Read More » ”
3 of 6 | Posted by: C. H., Phyllis, Rod and Nikki - UT

“Stacey, I am very sorry to hear about your Grandma. It's been 25 years since I lost my own Grandmother and I still think of her often. Nothing can...Read More » ”
4 of 6 | Posted by: Cindy Holt - UT

“I'm so sorry for your loss. I know the hole it leaves in your life. I have not seen Paul or Kory for years, but always really liked them. I hope...Read More » ”
5 of 6 | Posted by: Kathy Jones - Taylorsville, UT

“Psalms 91:14-16 (KJV) 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name....Read More » ”
6 of 6 | Posted by: Rev. Valentine Vit - NJ


Otome Hasegawa

Otome was born September 5, 1906 in Okayama, Japan to Momokichi and Asano Motobayashi… on October 11, 2010 she quietly died in her home in Salt Lake City, Utah at age 104!

Following her graduation from Okayama High School in 1923 Otome married Masuta “Harry” Hasegawa in 1924 and they sailed to the United States where he was employed in Portland, Oregon working in the Japanese Import business.

Kazue “Betty”, their daughter was born in May of 1925 followed by Noboru “Paul” in 1927. The family moved to Long Beach, Washington where they opened an Asian Curio Shop.

After leaving the Minidoka Relocation Camp in July of 1945, the family then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where Otome began working at the Eagle Laundry where she continued to work until she retired in 1970.

In 1953 Otome became a United States Citizen.

Otome was a gifted cook, loved to knit and crochet, she also sewed most of her clothes and was an avid gardener.

She is preceded in death by her husband Masuta “Harry” Hasegawa who passed on in July of 1981 and leaves behind her daughter, Betty (Mitsuo ) Morishita also her son, Paul Hasegawa; her grandchildren Debbie (Alexander) Contini, and Aaron Morishita of New York; Roxanne, Stacey and Kory (Andrea) Hasegawa, all of Salt Lake City; and her great-grandsons Thomas and Robert Contini.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, October 16, 2010, 11 am at Mountain View Memorial Mortuary, 3115 East 7800 South. A viewing will be held 1 hr prior to services. Interment at Mountain View Memorial Cemetery.