Yoko Yokoyama Cassady

Yoko Yokoyama Cassady, 78, of Washington, WV, passed away at 5:30 am on Friday, June 22, 2012, at Eagle Pointe Nursing Home.  

She was born on April 24, 1934, in Iwana, Hokkaido, Japan, a daughter of Yoshkieh and Riyo Suda Yokoyama.

On December 9, 1971, in Sapporo, Japan she married George Cassady who preceded her in death on November 4, 1993.  He was career military and they spent their married life traveling on his different assignments.  They later retired and lived in Parkersburg, WV.  She was a member of Foreign Wives Club, Grace Gospel Church and attended Christ Mission Baptist Church.

She is survived by a daughter Mutoko Siki and a son Tadahero Yokoyama and 2 granddaughters and 2 grandsons all of Japan, her friends and staff at Eagle Point Nursing Home and Buddist friends: Hideko & Keith Sakiyama, The Wanzo Family, Lui Yeh Cunningham, Yasuko Hughes, Chikako Hizer, Midori Clark.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm, Thursday, June 28th at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home.  She will be placed to rest beside her husband in East Lawn Memorial Park.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 4:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday evening.  Messages of sympathy may be sent at www.mslfuneralhome.com.