Interment will be held at Vancouver Memorial Services, 5505 Fraser Street, Vancouver, B.C. on Thursday, June 30th at 2:00 pm.
Directions to Vancouver Memorial Services: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/vancouver-bc/vancouver-memorial-services-and-crematorium/3748
The family respectfully requests that flowers are not brought to Interment.
To RSVP please contact Gary Shinbo at 778-917-6620 or email: [email protected].
Saburo was born April 26, 1929 Saburo Shinbo lived in many places during his 93 years of life, Dawson City, Yukon, Japan, Edmonton and finally in Metro Vancouver. Saburo found the love of his life, Hiroko, in Japan and yanked her to -40C Edmonton via Trans Canada Airlines. What was she thinking?
Unfulfilled with their daily grind in Edmonton, Hiroko making Klondike dresses, Saburo as supporting staff in a hospital, they ventured into opening a Japanese grocery store selling Japanese foods and products, a pioneer at that time. "Japan Food Centre" was featured in the magazine Chatelaine in1974 issue as well as in the Edmonton Journal.
Experiencing the biting cold of -40°C temperatures and the stinging pain of mosquitoes, they escaped to Vancouver and set up their own ma and pa tofu business (Shinbo Tofuten). Exhausted from the 3 am to midnight grind of making tofu, he spent the next few years working in the Bank of Tokyo.
In his final retirement, he enjoyed the lifestyle of Steveston, riding his scooter and making "tree houses" from driftwood he found on the beaches.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.firstmemorialnorthvancouver.com for the Shinbo family.
For those who wish to connect or share a memory with the family, you are welcome to leave a message of condolence.
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First Memorial Funeral Services/Boal Chapel and Memorial Gardens 604-980-3451
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