Yasuyo Kobayashi

Daniels

Yasuyo Kobayashi Daniels, a longtime resident of West Bristol PA, departed this life peacefully on January 16, 2025, at home in Wichita Falls, Texas at the age of 92.

She was surrounded by the love and comfort of her family.

She was born on April 11, 1932, in Nagoya, Japan, to the late Jynosuke Kobayashi and Wakae Nishio Kobayashi. Yasuyo enjoyed her early years in Japan where she met and married her husband, Thomas, who was a US Marine stationed in Gifu, Japan during the Korean War. They relocated to the Philadelphia PA area, where they raised their family and were married for 59 years before her husband passed.

Yasuyo was a devout Catholic and an active member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Croydon PA for 35 years. Reading, gardening and playing video games with her grandkids were among her favorite interests.

Nina (a nickname given lovingly by her husband) was devoted to taking care of her family and home until all her children were enrolled in school. She then took a sales clerk job at John Wanamaker's Department store in Center City, Philadelphia, where she worked until retiring in 1987. Yasuyo enjoyed taking her family to the Wanamaker's Christmas Light Show every year, which was a big favorite. In keeping with the Japanese tradition of Hanami, she visited the Cherry Blossom festival every spring in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. After retiring she enjoyed driving cross-country with her husband to visit their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Yasuyo was preceded in death by her husband Thomas. Left behind to cherish her memory areher loving children: Armand, Roman (Denise), Selicia Noreika, Felicia (Jeff); grandchildren: Alex Mauer, Jeannine Sanders, Christa and Darius Daniels, Matthew Jankowski, Jyuno, Jiro (Mackenzie), Jomei Daniels; great-grandchildren: Juliana, Madelyn, Natalie, Gabriel, Gianna, Leonardo, Saint, Montgomery.

She will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Her laughter, generous spirit, wisdom, and love of life will live on through the many lives she touched.

Respecting her wishes, she will be cremated and the family will celebrate her life in private.