Sanae Kawaguchi Moorehead Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Sanae Kawaguchi Moorehead (Morehead City, North Carolina), born in Hollywood, California, who passed away on May 16, 2025 at the age of 93. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Sanae Kawaguchi farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Sanae Kawaguchi is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Sakujiro Kawaguchi and Fuki Kawaguchi (John Louis Moorehead) of Hollywood, CA. She is survived by: her daughter Katharine Moorehead, MD; her son-in-law Ted Kenneally of Morehead City, NC; her grandson Sen Kenneally of New York City; her daughter Barbara Moorehead; her son-in-law Robert Lemchen of Los Angeles, CA; her grandchildren, Joseph Lemchen and Rachel Lemchen; and her sisters, Kris Toshie DeQuieroz and Joy Haruko Kawaguchi.