{"id":85306,"date":"2024-01-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=85306"},"modified":"2024-01-12T11:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:56:03","slug":"camp-zama-employee-remembered-for-selflessness-eagerness-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=85306","title":{"rendered":"Camp Zama employee remembered for selflessness, eagerness to help others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Friends, family, co-workers and community members came together for a memorial service Jan. 11 to honor the life of June Takizawa, who passed away Dec. 30, 2023, at the age of 64. Since 2015, June had worked as the recreation assistant at the Camp Zama Golf Course.
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\n June Takizawa, who had worked as the recreation assistant at the Camp Zama Golf Course since 2015, died Dec. 30, 2023, at the age of 64. A memorial service was held Jan. 11 at the Camp Zama Chapel.
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan \u2013 The anecdotes that friends and co-workers shared about June Takizawa during her memorial service were all about how selfless and eager she was to help those around her.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was generous to a fault, and always put other people\u2019s needs in front of her own,\u201d said Dale Jorgenson while speaking at Thursday\u2019s service at the Camp Zama Chapel.<\/p>\n

Jorgenson, the manager of the Camp Zama Golf Course, went on to list several examples of when June, who had served as the course\u2019s recreation assistant since 2015, went out of her way to help him, such as arranging to have furniture delivered to his house, taking his car to get new tires put on, and making sure everyone on the staff got a snack from the gift baskets that course members would often send.<\/p>\n

June \u201cjust took care of people,\u201d Jorgenson said, all the way up until her death Dec. 30, 2023, at the age of 64. The number of friends, family and co-workers who attended both her memorial, and her wake the previous weekend, served as a testament to the impact she had on people\u2019s lives, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know for sure my life is better for having known her, and we will all miss her, every day,\u201d Jorgenson said.<\/p>\n

June\u2019s connection to Camp Zama goes back to when she attended, and graduated from, the installation\u2019s then-Zama High School in the late 1970s. While a student, she got a job working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Japan Engineer District before and after school.<\/p>\n

After graduation, June attended college at San Jose State University in California where she met her future husband, Shigeki. The two returned to Japan after the birth of their son, Hiroshi. Their daughter, Shiho, was born a few years later.<\/p>\n

June had various jobs in Japan in the following years, including teaching English and running her own business as an auto exporter, before being hired at the Camp Zama Child Development Center in 2011. She moved to the golf course four years later, where her duties as the recreation assistant eventually included keeping the paperwork for the club\u2019s honorary members organized and up to date.<\/p>\n

Ron Nichols, the assistant golf course manager, said there were no words to express how it felt to lose his good friend whom he sat next to at work for the last six years. Like Jorgenson, Nichols said that what he\u2019ll remember most about June was her unwavering eagerness to help others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe I ever heard June say \u2018No,\u2019 ever, on requests for help, from anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was always there; it didn\u2019t make any difference [what you needed].\u201d<\/p>\n

Col. Marcus Hunter, the commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, thanked those who came to the memorial to honor and celebrate June\u2019s life while acknowledging the difficulty of dealing with such a sudden loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we will miss her positive attitude [and] her smiling face, of course we will always recall the memories of good times spent together,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cJune\u2019s long history here at Camp Zama is truly an inspiration of service. She had a great and positive impact on countless members of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The garrison commander said that reflecting on the loss of a friend or loved one should generate a sense of gratitude for the goodness of one\u2019s blessings and inspire in them a desire to do good and to serve and lift others. June possessed both these qualities, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[She was] incredibly grateful, and incredibly engaged in service in all that she did,\u201d he said. \u201cWe remember June, and we strive to follow her example of service and kindness in all that we do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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