Mass for Frank Hashimoto, 90, one of the last members of the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, will be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Benedict`s Church, 2215 W. Irving Park Rd. Mr. Hashimoto, of the Northwest Side, died Saturday in Ravenswood Hospital. He was a vaudevillian and acrobat for 40 years. After coming to the United States in 1906, he toured with such circuses as Ringling Bros. and Barns & Carruthers. Mr. Hashimoto was an agent for the Oriental Show at the opening of the Chicago Stadium in 1920 and was a member of Show Folks of America and the Japanese-American Service Committee. Survivors include his wife, Audrey Delores; a son, Francis Dean; 3 stepsons, Donald Narsh, Noel Owano and Luis Owano; 3 stepdaughters, Margot Owano, Danna McGlashing and Diana St. Laurent; 19 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
FRANK HASHIMOTO
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