Amy Urano, 91, of Fort Lupton, died March 9, 2011, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton.
She was born Dec. 13, 1919, in Fort Lupton, to Hirokichi and Tatsu Funakoshi. She graduated from Fort Lupton High School. She then went to Colorado Aggies until she married Frank Urano Feb. 26, 1940. They lived in California and moved back to Colorado where they farmed until 1967. Frank and Amy owned a gas station from 1967 to 1973. Amy loved working as a teachers’ aide and library aide from 1968 to 1990. She worked at Kiyota Greenhouses for 17 years. Amy treasured her family and many friends.
Amy is survived by two sons; Robert (Valerie) Urano and Richard (Jeannie) Urano; daughter, Sherry (Bill) Watada; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren; siblings; Fred Funakoshi, Kenneth Funakoshi, Ruth Noda, Daisy Kiyota, Mary Masunaga and San Funakoshi; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in April 1978.
A celebration of her life was March 14 at the United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton. Tabor-Rice Funeral Home handled arrangements.