Miyoko (Mimi) Shiratori Cox passed away on April 23, 2020 at the Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation, Taylorsville, UT at age 86. She was the eighth child of twelve born to Tsunesaku and Tomi Shiratori in Rexburg, Idaho on March 21, 1934. Mimi graduated from Idaho Falls High School and earned her practitioner nursing license at Sacred Heart in Rexburg, Idaho. She found joy in serving at many care centers & hospitals in Idaho & Utah, helping those that needed care. We would like to thank Dr. David Powell & Daniel J. McAtee and health workers at Stephen D. Ratcliff Medical Clinic for their gentle care to Mimi. We would also like to thank the healthcare workers at Avalon Heath Care. Thank you for the Salt Lake 19th & Deerfield ward members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Japanese Church of Christ, the Nisei group of Salt Lake, and many family & friends.

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She is survived by daughters, Tami (Harry) Barrett, of Norfolk VA and Teri Akiyama, of West Valley City, Utah; granddaughter, Teresa (W. Eric) Tinder; grandson, Alan (Christina) Barrett; five great-grandsons, William Eric, Preston & Mason Tinder and Peyton & Noah Barrett, Norfolk, VA.; brother, Seiji (Linda) Shiratori, Idaho Falls, ID; sisters Aiko Shikashio, Coeur d’Alene, ID & Chitose Chun, Camarrilo, CA. She also had many nephews, nieces, and other family members around the world.

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She was preceded in death by her parents; infant daughter, Teiko; her one brother, Tatsuji Shiratori; her seven sisters, Kiyoko (Takeshi) Minigawa, Teruko Helen (Kenji) Shiozawa, Michiko(Shigeru) Nii, Misao (Takeo) Haga, Yuriko (Yoshito Vince) Tamura, Harue (William) Kaufman, Lynda Nori Shiratori; brother in laws, James Shikashio & Harvey Chun.

She will be interred in Fielding Memorial Park, Idaho Falls, ID at a later date. If you get a chance, listen to Amazing Grace or Ue o Muite Arukou (Sukiyaki), in remembrance of Mimi. Thank you McDougal Funeral Home.