Background
Shimabukuro was born in Waipahu, Hawaii.
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Sam Koyei Shimabukuro
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He later served a three-year mission to Japan, spending half of his time on Okinawa. While on his mission, Shimabukuro met Amy Michiko Hirose. The marriage occurred in October 1957 in the Laie Hawaii Temple.
Their only child, Phyllis, died of lupus in 1974.
Shimabukuro served for two and a half years in the United States military. He received a degree in public administration from the University of Hawaii.
He then worked for many years in the Hawaii Department of Labour. From 1985 to 1988 he was the president of the church"s Tokyo Japan Temple.
From 1988 to 1991, he was the president of the Honolulu Hawaii West Stake.
Shimabukuro became a general authority in 1991, joining the church"s Second Quorum of the Seventy. Shimabukuro died in Honolulu on October 8, 2015.
Membership
He was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy from 1991 to 1996. Foreign part of this time, he was a member of the church"s Asia North Area presidency. He was released as a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1996.
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Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints