EVELYN SHINSATO Obituary

EVELYN YOKOMIZO SHINSATO February 14, 1930 to July 16, 2025 Evelyn Yokomizo Shinsato, 95, died on July 16, 2025 in Waipahu. She was born in Pahala to Hisaji and Ineyo Fukumoto. After graduating from Mid-Pacific Institute, she studied dressmaking and design at Fashion Center, and Style Center in Honolulu. Evelyn was preceded in death by her first husband Tsutomu "Durham" Yokomizo (d. 1980) and her second husband Kenzo Shinsato (d. 2022). Each marriage lasted for some 30 years, the first on Molokai and the second in Anchorage. While living on Molokai, Evelyn was the organist at Guzeiji Soto Mission on Hotel Lane and sometimes played at other churches on the island. She was a homemaker who taught piano and sewing to many Molokai youth; later she was employed at Molokai Drugs Store. She is survived by five children from her first marriage - Myra (Skip) Peterson, Lei (Rob) Spangler, Fay (Simon) Akindes, Marge (Robby) Bento, and Kyle (Michelle) Yokomizo; five grand- children and three great-grand- children; and hanai Shinsato family. She is survived by two brothers Alvin (Sharon Niwa) Fukumoto and Clyde Fukumoto. Services are scheduled on Oct. 11 at the Nuuanu Soto Mission; 9 am visitation and 10 am service. Everyone is invited to wear Evelyn's favorite color, purple. Private burial to follow at Valley of the Temples. In lieu of koden, memorial donations are suggested to Alzheimer's Association Hawaii and Guzeiji Soto Mission Molokai. Arrangements Provided By: Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary