KLEIN, Asao "Tosh" 1928-2009

KLEIN, HIDAKA, TANIGUCHI, KENO, CRAWFORD, KLIMEK

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/16/2010 at 00:02:41

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, October 11, 2009]

CEDAR FALLS - Asao "Tosh" Klein, 80, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, of lung cancer. She was born Dec. 15, 1928, in Otsuka, Japan, the daughter of Hideo and Noe Hidaka. Asao married Michael Klein on Oct. 12, 1964, in Fukuoka, Japan. She was an avid golfer, playing in a league at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course. Asao also enjoyed tennis and was a member of the Black Hawk Tennis Club. She worked as a house cleaner for many years, retiring in 2002.

Survivors include her husband, Michael, a retired postal worker, of Cedar Falls; two brothers, Tomio Hidaka of Otsuka, Japan, and Michinori Taniguchi of Osaka, Japan; a sister, Kurumi Keno of Korea; two nephews, Tracy Crawford of Kansas City, Mo., and Michitoshi Taniguchi of Osaka; two nieces, Kathy (Mike) Klimek of Kansas City and Hiromi Taniguchi of Osaka; two grandnieces, Amanda Klimek of Kansas City and Yuri Taniguchi of Osaka; and a grandnephew, Kyouhei Taniguchi of Osaka. Asao was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Oaza and Ohira Hidaka.

Asao was cremated and buried at Fairview Cemetery in Cedar Falls on Sept. 24. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with lunch following the service in the Club Room, 2nd Floor, of College Square HyVee. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice

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