FORMERLY OF ADRIAN
Shigeo S. Fujikawa was born in Honeyville, Utah. He was the fifth of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenzo Fujikawa, first-generation immigrants from Japan. Shig graduated from high school and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951. He proudly served in the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1953.
On February 17, 1958, Shig married Frieda Nakamoto, who would be lovingly at his side for the next 63 years. They were the first couple to be married in the newly-constructed Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple in Ontario, Oregon. They settled on a farm near Adrian, where they built their home and raised four daughters.