Chieko N. Okazaki, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Chieko N. Okazaki

American Mormon missionary and writer and Relief Society Leader

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1926

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2011

Profession: missionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Chieko Nishimura Okazaki (October 21, 1926 – August 1, 2011) was an American writer, educator, and religious leader.
She served as first counselor to Elaine L.
Jack in the Relief Society general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1990 to 1997.
She was the first minority to serve in the presidency of an LDS Church auxiliary organization.Okazaki was born and raised in Hawaii as a Buddhist, the daughter of Hawaii-born parents of Japanese descent.
As a child her mother, Hatsuko Nishimura, taught her the principle of kigatsuku—or doing what you know you should do without being told to do it.
At the age of fifteen she converted to the LDS Church.
Professionally she was an educator and taught in Hawaii, Utah, and Colorado, and was also an elementary school principal.