Paul passed away peacefully in the Methodist Hospital , San Antonio. He was 91 years old. He had the company of his niece June Hiroshima-Lentz and his best friend and neighbor Brenda Brown during that time. He continued to joke and tease until the end.
Paul Kozo Hiroshima was born as the third of four sons to Takashi Peter Hiroshima and Sakura Yamamoto Hiroshima in New York, New York. His father was the CEO of an import export company and they returned to Japan when Paul was very young. They lived in Shukugaya, Nishinomiya and he earned a Veternarian degree and was licensed to practice in Japan. He chose to go into the business sector and later with the American government and AAFES where he worked for 30 years retiring in 1982 as Chief, Finance and Accounting Alamo Exchange Region.
He was unassuming, kind, generous, humorous and talented. And he was dapper. He won awards in photography, drew golf cartoons and carved beautifully detailed boxes finished in lacquer. He loved golf, and music especially classical guitars.
Paul was survived by niece June Hiroshima-Lentz of Seattle and nephew Edward Hiroshima of New York; his brother Kosaku Frank Hiroshima and Momoko and their sons Suguru and Hajime in Japan. He was pre-deceased by Jo Lundsford his long time love and his 2 brothers John Koichi Hiroshima of Tokyo and Ed Koji Hiroshima of New York and Ed’s wife Shigeko Peggy Hiroshima.
He was greatly loved and will be sorely missed. There will be a Celebration of Life in the latter part of June.
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