Alyce (Alice) Yukiko Ono's Obituary
Alyce Yukiko Ono, aged 98, died peacefully due to natural causes on June 12, 2014, at her home in Oakland, CA. Alyce was born April 5, 1916, in Gilroy, CA, the daughter of Kane (mother) and Kichizo (father) Matsumura.
Alyce grew up in a farming family in San Jose, CA, and attended local schools in neighboring Milpitas. In 1940, Alyce married the love of her life, George Ono, in San Jose and was happily married for 58 years before George passed away in 1998. They were the proud parents of daughter Patricia Ono. George’s career as an electrical engineer lead them to residencies in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and a return home to California in 1965 to Oakland.
In addition to being a loving wife and mother, Alyce’s other passions in life were gardening, cooking, keeping an immaculate personal appearance and a tastefully decorated home, and being Oakland’s biggest baseball fan of the Athletics. Alyce and her family have held season’s tickets to A’s home games for 46 years since 1968, the initial season of the A’s in Oakland. Throughout her life, Alyce was always positive in outlook with an ever-present sense of humor and known for her kindness, considerateness, generosity, and respectfulness for others.
Alyce is survived by her daughter Patricia of Oakland, sister Rose Maruyama of San Jose, sister-in-law Bernice Matsumura of San Jose, and leaves behind numerous loving relatives and friends. Alyce was preceded in death by her husband George; parents; four sisters, Rieye Okawa, Kiye Kurasaki, Mitsuye Hinaga, Toshiye Uchida; and two brothers, Phil Matsumura, George Matsumura.
There will be a funeral service held at the Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94611, on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
The family wishes to thank all of those who cared for Alyce during her last illness.
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