Tom Tomeo Ohno, age 74 of Bloomington, passed away on October 11, 2002. He taught math and coached baseball at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis for 26 years. He also taught at Lincoln Junior High and Cretin-Derham Hall. Tom had a passion for coaching kids and helping the community. He also spoke to students about his personal World War II internment experience. Preceded in death by parents, brother Joe, and sister Miyako (Ken) Yamaguchi. Survived by his wife, Reiko, daughter, Pamela (Tim) Dagoberg, and son, Robert (Pamela), grandsons, Erik and Jack Dagoberg, and Benjamin and Samuel Ohno, brothers, Fred (Emi), and Henry, sisters, Takiko Hazemoto, Marian Kikuchi, Amy (Paul) Shimada, Nobuko (John) Ikeda, Sakiye (Albert) Tsuchiya, and Sally Sudo, many nieces and nephews. A celebration of Tom's life will be held at 5:30 pm on Friday, October 18, 2002 at Transfiguration Lutheran Church, 110th Street & France Avenue South, Bloomington, MN. Private interment. Memorials are preferred to the Japanese American Citizens League - Twin Cities Chapter Scholarship Fund. WERNESS BROTHERS 952-884-8145

Published on October 13, 2002


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