George Uchida, 85, passed away on May 27, 2009.
Geroge Uchida
George was born on April 11, 1924 in Seattle, Washington to Otomatsu and Mio Uchida. During his life, he served in the US Army, with the Military Intelligence Service, Korea. He volunteered for years with Explorer Search and Rescue, and later King County Search and Rescue as well as Mountain Rescue and many other service oriented organizations.
He owned and operated an apartment house in downtown Seattle where he handled all the carpentry, plumbing, heating, painting, electrical and flooring jobs. He spent many years working at Tsubota Steel and Pipe Company.
A man of many talents, George had a one-man show of his photography at the Seattle Worlds’ Fair. He loved the outdoors, from mountain climbing, to hiking and in his later years, gardening.
George was preceded in death by his wife,
Kimie, his parents, brother Jack Uchida, and sister Kinu Tsubota. He is survived by his son, Jay Uchida (Fran); daughter, Robin Lange (Dave); grandchildren Karim (Alice); Hilary (Shane); Whitney (Walker); Griffin (Jordan); Brady and Kimie and three great-grandchildren Ella, Delaney and Jack, and many other family and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to support Camp Sheppard of the Boy Scouts of America:
Max Eckenburg Trust
821 Laurel Way
Edmonds, WA 98020
