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James L. "Jim" Kawata
10 Apr 1952 – 26 Feb 2012
| Birth | 10 Apr 1952 |
| Death | 26 Feb 2012 |
| Cemetery | Ord Cemetery Ord , Valley County , Nebraska , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86085800 |
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James L. "Jim" Kawata, 59, of Grand Island, died Sunday, February 26, 2012, at home. Jim was born April 10, 1952, at Ord, NE, the son of Jiro "Joe'" Kawata and Delores (Hurlbert) Kawata. Jim grew up in Grand Island, graduating from Grand Island Senior High School in 1971. Jim enjoyed golf, going to the horse races, tennis, hunting, collecting stamps and coins, and enjoyed artwork, especially photography. Jim was also active in little league baseball and was a coach for the youth basketball at the YMCA. Those left to cherish his memory are: children, Ryan Kawata and his fiancé Jamie Swartz of Lincoln, Kayla and her husband Thomas Hudiburgh of Ogallala, Justin Kawata of Grand Island and Nolan Kawata of Grand Island; brothers and their wives, Jeff and Ann Kawata of Broken Bow and David Kawata of Greeley, CO; and sister and her husband, Cathy and Ron Christensen of Grand Island; granddaughter, Halle Hudiburgh and a host of relatives and friends. Jim was preceded in death by: parents.
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