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Note: REFN7 Shizuko OZAWA had a heart condition and was wearing a Pacemaker
when she collapsed and died after departing from a train at
Hankyu Juso Train Station in Osaka City. She was rushed to a hospital, but all efforts to revive her failed. Shizuko was interred
in
Sumiyoshi Cemetery, Kobe City, Hyogo Ken, Japan.
The OZAWA clan was originally from Kyoto Ken (Prefecture), Japan. Many of
the family ancestors are enshrined at INSHINJI Temple, Osaka, Japan. This
Temple was established in 1185 AD. Toward the end of World War II in March 1945, Shizuko OZAWA together with
her
husband and 5 daughters were forced out of their Osaka home by the U.S.
bombing
of the city. They relocated to her husband's birthplace in Kumano Village
near
Fukuyama City in Hiroshima Prefecture, only 50 miles from ground zero in Hiroshima City where the first atomic bomb was dropped only a few months
later in August. Although the family survived without radiation effects,
it was Shizuko OZAWA who provided the initiative and inspiration to hold
the
family together during those most extenuating times. (Due to her husband's loss
of his established business in Osaka, he was mentally depressed and
unable to
function at his normal capacity in providing for the family. Hence,
Shizuko's
strength prevailed.)
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