Clifton, NJ Family Church: Viewing and Seonghwa Programs for Akinobu Iwasaki — Shota Iwasaki

We will be holding a Viewing and Seonghwa Ceremonies in honor of Akinobu Iwasaki. An online livestream will be made available around 11AM streaming both

the Viewing and the Seonghwa Ceremony, on the NJ Family Church’s YouTube page. A reminder email with the livestream link will be provided tomorrow. Please check on the information below regarding the programs.

Viewing Viewing hours will be tomorrow, October 21st, from 10:30AM - 12:00PM. It will be hosted at the Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church.

The address is: 915 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19107

Seonghwa Ceremony The Seonghwa Ceremony will start right after the Viewing on October 21, from 12:00PM - 2:00PM. It will be held at the same venue as the Viewing at the Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church.

The address is: 915 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19107

*A late lunch will be served after the Seonghwa Ceremony.*

Parking Information The parking lot of the church will be unavailable due to space and schedule. Please park in either of the two paid public parking places, as well as free street parking around the area. If you need more information on parking, please contact 267-338-9647.

Location 1: 307n N 11th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107

Location 2: 411-19 N 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19123

Support to the Family Offer a Donation If you would like to offer a donation to support the Iwasaki family in covering the costs for various expenses, please click on this GoFundMe page.

Offer a Prayer Any prayers for the family is welcome. However, if you wish to join a 40 Hour Chain Prayer leading up to Akinobu’s Seonghwa Ceremony, please click on this link and schedule some time of your day to pray for him.

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Beloved son, brother and friend Akinobu Iwasaki passed away on Wednesday 10/11/23 surrounded by all of his family members.

Aki suffered from a sudden Pulmonary Embolism on 10/4/23, that led to every imaginable complicatio n. After spending days at the UPMC Presbyterian, w ith the staff there t rying everything they cou ld to help Aki, he was officially pronounced brain dead. His entire family flew from all sides of the wo rld to be by Aki’s side in his final moments, before they took him off the machines that were keeping him alive. No wo rds can describe t he pain Shota, M iyuki , Sunkook, Noritaka, Soonmee, Lena, M iae, and Shohey Iwasa ki are feeling for losing their son and brother.

Aki was attending a trade school th is fall in hopes of discovering a practical skill set that he liked that could eventually lead to a career path for him. Before this, Aki lived wit h his fam ily in Philadelphia where you could almost always find him (at any hour of the day) playing basketball w ith friends at a local court. Basketball is probably one of the first things to come to mind when any of us who knew Aki th ink of him. He loved the game. He loved cha llenging people, he loved getting challe nged, and he loved smack ta lking. Basketball was Aki’s way of making friends, relating to people, and expressing himself to the fullest. When not on the court, you could find Aki challenging his older brothers, Sunkook and Nori, to w restling matches, playing games with his younge r brother Shohey, and chilling at home with his sisters Soonmee, Lena and Miae.

Aki was such a kind, loving, and understanding ki d. He brought so much laughter and joy to everyone’s lives. For anyone w ho had the blessing of knowing Aki, our lives wi ll be forever c hanged now that he’s no longer with us.

We ask if you cou ld support the Iwasaki family in t his diffi cult time, and allow them the time and space to properly grieve.

Your help wi ll support them with medica l bills, his Seung Hwa ceremony, and any expenses that accumulated along the way. Thank you so much to everyone who prayed and sent good t houghts t o Aki and reached out to the Iwasaki fam ily. We feel your love.

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Tommmy & Pauline Lee and family $250 2d

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I am so sorry for your loss. Sending you r family love

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We are thankfu l t o have met t he Iw asaki Family. You has always show n us kind ness and made us feel w elcomed. We met Aki a few t im es at Cam p Shehaqua. We we ren’t c lose, but he w as always kind and positive. Ou r t hou ghts and hearts are w ith you at t his … Read mo re

Yeonjin & lnil Koh $100 5d

I am so sorry to hear your loss. We are keeping you and your family in our thoughts.

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sorry for your loss, prayers fo r your fa mily

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M uc h love and prayer for your family, from the Bouachris

Mitsu Fukuzaki $70 8d

I’m so sorry to hear of Aki’s passing. Grateful t o have spent t he t ime w e did in Lonest ar Camp 2022. I w ish you all t he space and support you need to p rocess. M uc h love.

Matthew Stoia $100 8d

I’m sorry for your loss.

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