Mutsuko Gorgone

GORGONE, IKEMA, SHIMOJI

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 3/4/2011 at 15:02:27

Memorial Services for Mutsuko Gorgone will be held at 2pm Sunday, March 6th at Vineyard Community Church, 2205 E. Grantview Dr, Coralville. Mutsuko died Wednesday, March 2nd.In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to Friends of the Animal Center Foundation, Iowa City. Arrangements are with Lensing Oak Hill Funeral Service, Coralville.
Mutsuko was born February 29, 1964 in Miyakojima, Japan, the daughter of Seiryo and Yoko Ikema Shimoji. On March 20, 1989 Mutsuko married James Gorgone in Okinawa, Japan, where he was serving in the military. After having lived in New Hampshire for nine years, she and her family relocated to Coralville in 2004.
Mutsuko had been employed at the New Pioneer Coop of Coralville. She enjoyed taking care of her adoring dogs, Andy and Winston, and loved spending time with her many friends, especially over a warm cup of coffee. She was a warm, beloved woman who always put her family before herself.
She is survived by her husband James and their two children Amy and Justin, all of Coralville; her mother Yoko, of Japan; and three sisters, Ikue of North Carolina, and Saori and Yumiko, both of Japan.
She was preceded in death by her father.