Marguerite Kim Matsumura's Obituary
Marguerite Un Soon Kim Matsumura Marguerite Un Soon Kim Matsumura, 91, of Kailua, Oahu passed away on Monday, July 4, 2016 at her residence in Kailua. She was born in Ewa Beach, Hawaii on June 18, 1925 to Rev. Chung Kun Kim and Suzanna Yong Ok Yu Kim.
After graduating from Molokai High School in 1943 at the height of World War II, Margie made her way to Honolulu to work for the quartermaster. She married in 1944 to Kunji Chuck Matsumura on O`ahu where they raised their seven children. She was ever active in her church, holding various council positions but loved serving as a Sunday school teacher. While raising her children, she held a variety of jobs such as selling World Book Encyclopedias, Guardian Service Cookware, real estate and working for the US Census Bureau.
After her children were grown, she fulfilled a life-long dream of attending college graduating from Windward Community College in 1981 with an Associate’s Degree and continuing her education at University of Hawaii at Manoa earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Education in 1985. She worked for several years as a preschool teacher and then as a substitute teacher for the DOE—jobs she loved for the joy and privilege of working with children.
In her seventies, she participated in a faith-based power lifting group and even won some competitions! She was a member of the Kailua Baptist Church until leaving to participate in the founding of the First Baptist Church of Waimanalo where she remained a member until she joined the Church Triumphant on July 4, 2016. She loved her God, her children, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren, her church and her friends and was devoted to all of them. Her strong faith and desire for all people to know God as she knew God were qualities that she carried with her always.
She is predeceased by her parents, siblings Suzanna Kim, Albert Kim, Ella Southard, Adeline Gura, Howard Kim and her son, Gary Matsumura and granddaughter Lani Matsumura. She is survived by sons, Richard (Jackie) Matsumura, David Matsumura and Dennis Matsumura; daughters, Rita Bowden, Laura (Michael) Matteson and Susan (Shaun) Simms; 11 grandchildren, Brian (Michele) Matsumura, Brendan (Michele) Matsumura, Jason (Emily) Bowden, Joseph Bowden, Nicole Matteson, Mikie Matteson, Nelson (Paige) Matsumura, Patrick Matsumura, Naomi Matsumura, Jamar Simms and Vanessa (Brett) Radziewicz and seven great-grandchildren, Sophia Matsumura, Elijah Matsumura, Anaya Matsumura, Annalia Bowden, Jonah Bowden, Ty Radziewicz and Mya Radziewicz, her sister Lillian Yoshida and sister-in-law Dorothy Kim, and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at First Baptist Church of Waimanalo. Donations may be made in her name to the youth program of the First Baptist Church of Waimanalo, 41-568 Flamingo St, Waimanalo, HI 96795. Visitation 9:30-10:30 AM; service at 10:30 AM; interment at the Hawaiian Memorial Park in Kaneohe at 2:00 PM. Casual attire suggested.
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