Obituary for Yoshiko Ferguson
Yoshiko Ferguson of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on December 21, 2019. She was 88 years old
Yoshiko was born in Kobe, Japan and is the beloved mother of Naomi Diggin (Jack), Alma Sherwood (David), the late Dr. Thomas Jordan (Christine Hatem), the late Ryland Richard Jordan, Jr. and the late John Jay Jordan. She was the grandmother of Kimberly Hill, Craig Thompson, Eddie Bergalowski, III, Kelly Bergalowski, Aaron Jordan, Arianna Jordan, great-grandmother of five and great-great grandmother of one. She was predeceased by her first husband, Ryland Jordan, and her second husband, Clarence Ferguson.
Yoshiko met and married Ryland Jordan when he was a U.S. soldier stationed in occupied Japan. She came to America from Kobe, Japan, after World War II with little English or knowledge of the United States, yet in a few years, proudly passed the citizenship test. She worked two jobs most of her life in the kitchen at health care facilities, where she was sometimes called “the Juice Lady”. She always put family first and pushed her children to work hard at school and to be frugal. In Japan she had learned math using the abacus, and she was able to do calculations in her head faster than her children could do them with a calculator. She loved caring for her pet dogs, making friends with the neighborhood cats, feeding seagulls, and growing flowers.
She loved her church Stepney Faith Center and her church family. She had gift for growing beautiful flowers and loved nature. She loved all animals but especially her dogs.
A viewing will be held on Thursday, December 26, 2019 from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the Zellman Funeral Home, P.A., 123 S. Washington Street, Havre de Grace, MD. Where a funeral service will be held at 11 A.M.
Interment will be at Angel Hill Cemetery in Havre de Grace, MD.
Messages of condolences and stories to share may be made at www.zellmanfuneralhome.com
Yoshiko was born in Kobe, Japan and is the beloved mother of Naomi Diggin (Jack), Alma Sherwood (David), the late Dr. Thomas Jordan (Christine Hatem), the late Ryland Richard Jordan, Jr. and the late John Jay Jordan. She was the grandmother of Kimberly Hill, Craig Thompson, Eddie Bergalowski, III, Kelly Bergalowski, Aaron Jordan, Arianna Jordan, great-grandmother of five and great-great grandmother of one. She was predeceased by her first husband, Ryland Jordan, and her second husband, Clarence Ferguson.
Yoshiko met and married Ryland Jordan when he was a U.S. soldier stationed in occupied Japan. She came to America from Kobe, Japan, after World War II with little English or knowledge of the United States, yet in a few years, proudly passed the citizenship test. She worked two jobs most of her life in the kitchen at health care facilities, where she was sometimes called “the Juice Lady”. She always put family first and pushed her children to work hard at school and to be frugal. In Japan she had learned math using the abacus, and she was able to do calculations in her head faster than her children could do them with a calculator. She loved caring for her pet dogs, making friends with the neighborhood cats, feeding seagulls, and growing flowers.
She loved her church Stepney Faith Center and her church family. She had gift for growing beautiful flowers and loved nature. She loved all animals but especially her dogs.
A viewing will be held on Thursday, December 26, 2019 from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the Zellman Funeral Home, P.A., 123 S. Washington Street, Havre de Grace, MD. Where a funeral service will be held at 11 A.M.
Interment will be at Angel Hill Cemetery in Havre de Grace, MD.
Messages of condolences and stories to share may be made at www.zellmanfuneralhome.com