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| 1948 |
| James
"Jim" Hyatt (48) 47-48 DOD: 01 April 2022 |
James
"Jim" Hyatt (48) – It
was in the early 1990’s that Jim Hyatt, Yokohama American High School ’59,
began sending letters to the editor placed in various newspapers throughout the
USA seeking to find alumni from Yokohama American High School, aka YoHi, and its
successor Nile C. Kinnick High School. For
many of us, this was our first reconnection with the YoHi world that we loved
dearly, made such impactful impressions upon us, and we left upon our return to
the USA.
With the
growing use of the internet in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, Jim began
the development of the first iteration of the YoHi/Kinnick website that exists
even today now managed by Bill Sims ’69—www.yohidevils.net.
Many of the pages contain files that Jim uploaded representing countless
hours of time and effort.
We recently
received word that Jim passed away on April 1, 2022 dying peacefully in his
sleep at 92 years of age. He was
preceded in death by his wife Iva Hurst Hyatt, also of the YoHi class of 1949.
Preliminary information indicated that Jim was to be buried at the
veteran’s cemetery in Ft. Jackson, South Carolina on April 11, 2022.
For those who are interested in learning more about Jim and his wife Iva,
there is a wealth of information to be found at https://yohidevils.net/library/hyatt.htm
and
https://yohidevils.net/library/jim&iva.htm.