10 things about San Antonio, Texas’s Frank Kuwamura Jr.

Frank Kakuzo Kuwamura Jr. was a Japanese-American man from San Antonio, Texas, United States. The city was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost.

BIOGRAPHY

Before settling in Texas, Kuwamura lived in Maryland, USA. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. His father Frank Kakuzo Kuwamura Sr. was born in Japan.
2. His mother Aurora “Dora” Gonzalez Rendon Kuwamura was born in Laredo, Webb County, Texas.
3. He worked at the Defense Mapping Agency, which was headquartered at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C, USA.
4. His son Frank Kakuzo Kuwamura III married Melissa Ann Douglas of San Antonio.
5. His daughter Diane Kay Kuwamura married Stephen Gabriel Perry of Chevy Chase, Maryland.
6. He and his wife Patricia Aurora Kuwamura initially lived in Rockville, Maryland.
7. He has two older sisters namely Helen Kuwamura Gloria and Alice Kuwamura Weiss.
8. He has two younger brothers namely Ken Robert Kuwamura and Fredererick Shiro Kuwamura.
9. He has one younger sister named Anita Louise Kuwamura Taylor.
10. In 2016, he died at age 83.

TIMELINE

1950s

• In 1954, he started working with various U.S. Department of Defense agencies.
• In 1959, he married Patricia.

1960s

• On January 29, 1960, his father died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 69.
• In 1961, Patricia gave birth to their son Frank III.
• In 1965, Patricia gave birth to their daughter Diane.

1990s

• In January 1996, he retired from the Defense Mapping Agency.

2000s

• On April 30, 2007, his mother died in San Antonio at the age of 101.
• In September 2009, he and Melissa moved from Rockville to San Antonio where he continued to enjoy his retirement.

2010s

• On January 25, 2016, he turned 83.
• On September 17, 2016, he died in San Antonio.

2020s

• On September 16, 2022, his grandson Hayden Taylor Kuwamura was arrested in San Antonio and charged with three counts of terroristic threats.