Eva Chikusa was born in Lewistown, Montana to Frank Koichi & Misao Minato. She attended Broadway High School in Seattle. She was a secretary at Garfield High School and Lindberg High School in Renton before retiring. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Sadanobu (Bo) Chikusa. She is survived by her son Jeff (Laurie) Chikusa, daughter Barbara (Colin) Tsuchikawa, granddaughters Karen (Shimea) Thomas, Corey (Marc) Fernando, grandson Trent (Stephanie) Tsuchikawa, five great grandchildren, brother Howard Minato and sister Margaret Gojio.