Beatrice Kyung Hee (Park) Okamoto's Obituary
Beatrice Kyung Hee (Park) Okamoto born October 21, 1946 in Hilo, Hawaii to Thomas and Salome Park. Bea was the youngest of seven children.
She loved swimming at the beach and playing marbles with her Pahk cousins.
Bea and family moved to Honolulu in the early 1950s. She spent lot of time at the family alteration shop in Fort Derussy, riding the bus or “cruising” all around the Palolo Valley, getting hair permanents, and attending social events with her high school group the Les Darnelles.
Bea graduated from Kaimuki High School 1964 and took a job working at the Dole Pineapple Cannery for a short time.
In 1967, she left for California to pursue Cosmetology school and family friend Ellen Paik and Bea’s oldest brother Charlie’s wife’s family (The Chung’s) introduced her to “mainland” life.
Bea ended up working at Bank of America and sharing an apartment in LA with her brother, Carl’s wife, Charlotte, and other girlfriends.
Bea claimed she didn’t remember meeting Cliff at that infamous house
party, but clearly he got her attention on the multiple phone calls and dates that followed.
After Cliff and Bea married in 1974, Bea continued her work at Bank of America, but decided to be a fulltime stay at home mom in 1976. She enjoyed planning camping trips, Christmas parties, baking and decorating desserts, sewing, and volunteering.
Bea not only managed the household but went back to work part time at Sears sometime after their second daughter, Sue, was born in 1983. Later, Bea worked at Costco and then Upland Unified School District while volunteering and keeping her girls busy in various extracurricular activities. Bea retired from Diamond Bar/Walnut Unified School District as a food service worker 2006.
She and Cliff started traveling to multiple states across America and Canada before Bea was also diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017. Bea suffered a stroke in 2018, after which both Bea and Cliff moved to Poway to live with their daughter Sandra and her family.
Cliff and Bea had an endless love and were inseparable even at their passing, one week apart on Aloha Friday’s. They are celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary in heaven on Oct 19th. Their grandchildren, Malia and Noah were their pride and joy-close second their Son in law, Eric and two daughters, Sandra and Sue.
Order of Events
Welcome
Eulogy
Nephew Jim Ogden
Nephew David Park
Hula Tribute- "Pua Hone"
Daughters Sandra and Sue
Grandchildren Noah and Malia
Words of Remembrance
Video Remembrance
Closing Prayer
Son in Law Eric
Mahalo to everyone for all your love and Support
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