Long time St. Louis JACL member Janice (Hattori) Koizumi has passed away at the age of 101 in Chicago, Illinois, early in January 2022, just short of her 102nd birthday. Ms. Koizumi’s story was documented in the 2019 book “The Block Manager” written by her former co-worker Ms. Judy Mundle in 2019. May 7, 2019 was officially designated as Janice Hattori Koizumi day in the City of St. Louis.