Tosh was preceded in dying by his initial spouse, Grace Nakashima and most not too long ago by Carol Sato Nakashima. He was the previous surviving Nakashima sibling of his generation and leaves driving his daughters Jodeene (Alan) Aikawa, Teresa (Chuck) Nakashima Rennie, Karen (Jan) Sato, son Ken (Sherri) Sato grandchildren Alexandra Rennie, Kaileen Glass, Jennifer Caravelli, Kendra Sato, Ryan Sato and a lot of nieces and nephews.
Tosh was born into a rose nursery family members located in San Leandro, CA. The Nakashima family was quite energetic in the Japanese local community and spearheaded the building of the Oakland Buddhist church which was finished in 1927.
He grew up in the course of WWII as a Kibei, getting been partly educated in Japan as he was not equipped to return to the relaxation of the loved ones in America when the war begun. He and his loved ones ended up grateful to the family pals who taken care of the nursery home through the war and returned it to the Nakashima family at the war’s stop. Tosh served in the military throughout the Korean War and afterwards married his sweetheart, Grace Aoki, with whom he experienced his two daughters, maintained his effective nursery and was lively in the regional JACL.
Tosh was one particular of three brothers associated in the nursery business and assumed command of the San Leandro branch soon after his oldest brother decided to sort a independent nursery in Watsonville. The K. Nakashima nursery thrived for decades below Tosh, including a shift of the firm to Gilroy, CA in the early1980’s. He would explain to people today how it was never ever do the job for him simply because he liked the rose market, collaborating with other marketplace mates, strolling among the acres of greenhouses of roses, and generating hybrid versions together with one particular which he named for his wife Grace. He liked to travel and stop by his several rose expanding close friends in The us, Europe and Japan.
Tosh was recognised both of those as a mentor to youthful rose growers and for utilizing progressive strategies these kinds of as rising hydroponic roses.
Shortly after shifting the nursery to Gilroy, Tosh endured the devastating reduction of his wife Grace. Throughout the very last fifteen yrs of his existence he was capable to discover like and joy once again by marrying Carol Sato and gaining a son (Ken) and a further daughter (Karen) and 3 grandchildren
Initially Tosh and Carol alternated dwelling involving Carol’s residence in Morgan Hill and a dwelling on Millerton Lake, in which they loved to entertain pals and relatives. They eventually settled entire time in the Morgan Hill household, the place they ended up splendidly cared for by Ken and Karen, who both equally lived nearby.
Thanks to Carol’s passing in 2021 and his failing overall health, final summer Tosh moved to Terry’s spot where she and her spouse, Chuck and their daughter Alexandra, made confident his time remaining was snug and loaded with further adore and happy memories.
Tosh was a frequent source of help and entertainment for his a lot of loved ones and pals. He needed them to know how happy he was of them and how a lot he beloved them.
A personal family members memorial assistance will be held in Gardena, with ultimate internment at Chapel of the Chimes Hayward. A celebration of his lifestyle will be held when the COVID pandemic permits.
Posted by Los Angeles Times on Feb. 6, 2022.
