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| K. Shiba |
Lydia Nagata of Dinuba, California in 1950. They moved to Kerman, California where he worked as an associate engineer for the Kerman Telephone Company and raised three young children. In 1963, they moved their family to Sacramento where K worked as an associate telecommunications engineer for the State of California Department of Transportation and their daughter, Nancy was born. He retired in 1986 after working 23 years. During the summer, the family returned to Cutler to his parents’ peach farm to help with the harvest.
K. was a life-long learner who loved to read and solve problems. He enjoyed the outdoors – working in his garden and watching hummingbirds, and he was a talented woodworker and handyman. K was a humble man who had a strong work ethic and a good sense of humor; he loved to laugh,
K Shiba, alongtime resident of Sacramento, died on November 22, 2015 at the age of 93. He was preceded in death by his sister Ruby of Los Angeles.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lydia; son David (Debra) of Modesto; daughter Kathie (Jeff) of Maryville, Tenn.; son, Kenneth of Sacramento; and daughter, Nancy of Sacramento; his brothers, George (Jean) of Orosi, Ben of Visalia, and John (Linda) of Cutler; and his sisters, Julie of Visalia, Midori of Visalia, and Miyuki of Las Vegas.
He leaves his grandchildren: Rebecca of Sacramento, Sara (Jeff) of Denver, Ty and Megan of Oakland, Michael and Bonnie of Richmond Hill, Ga., Sarah (Brent) of Kernersville, N.C., Crystal and Brad of Lafayette, La, Debra Marie and Tony of Chico, Bryan of San Francisco, Steven of Santa Clara,and Jacob of Maryville, Tenn., and 8 great-grandchildren.
