Toshimi Ivey

Toshimi Ivey, 83, passed away on May 7, 2022, in Arlington, TX surrounded by her loving family.

Toshimi was born on June 10, 1938, in Caroline Islands, Palau, to Shige Nakamura and Keimatsu Omine.

Toshimi married Floyd Harris Ivey III in 1973, they first met in the earlier 1960’s. They were looking forward to being able to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2023.

Beautiful is the best word that encompasses everything Toshimi was. Not only was she beautiful inside and out, but she also surrounded herself with beauty. She was known for her green thumb, and beautiful flowers. Toshimi was very artistic and crafty, and passed her artistic ability on to her daughter and grandchildren. She also loved her friends and treated them as family.

Toshimi is survived by her husband, Floyd Harris Ivey III; daughter Susan (Jon) Palmer; grandchildren Anna (Dan) Fitcher (and their four children Kayla, Kamryn, Blake, and Brynlee), Airi (Sam) Theth (and their four children Chantel, Jayden, Kai, and Noah), Erica Mathews (and her five children Aiden, Liam, Jakobe, Harlo, and Nienna), Jonathan (Emily) Palmer (their daughter Emma and their 2nd on the way), Joshua Palmer (and Anna Gallant), Emily Palmer (and Jose Lopez); and her siblings Terumasa, Yumiko, Kageyasu, Chikago, and Mikio.

Toshimi is preceded in death by her mother Shige Nakamura; father Keimatsu Omine; stepmother Tomi Omine; and siblings Kazumi and Sachio.

The visitation service for Toshimi Ivey will be held on May 31st at 10:30 a.m. at Wade Funeral Home, located at 4140 Pioneer Parkway in Arlington, TX. Burial services will be held the same day at 2:00 p.m. at DFW National Cemetery at 200 Mountain Creek Parkway in Dallas, TX.

SKETCHES

Now we are together…gone is loneliness… nights are filled with music… because you said yes…dreams
have made the journey…to reality… arms entwine like roses… now there’s you and me… wonderful the magic…
of a burning kiss… and I’m truly grateful… to be part of this… what was once important… seems nothing at all…
my heart hears you sighing… it answers your call… you are warm and tender… like the hush of spring…
you’re the queen who makes me… feel just like a king… time with you is precious… sweet the love I feel…
I am prone to wonder… can it all be real… happiness is blooming… faded is the past… hold me and enfold me…
we’re alone at last.