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OBITUARY: Floral Entrepreneur Toshikiyo ‘Andy’ Matsui, 85
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CARMEL Floral entrepreneur Toshikiyo “Andy” Matsui, 85, died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 11 at The Cottages of Carmel.
Matsui was born on March 1, 1935 into a traditional farm family in rural Nara Prefecture. As a young man, he participated in the Ministry of Agriculture training programs that sent him to California and introduced him to new possibilities.
Andy Matsui
In 1964, he emigrated to the U.S. along with his wife, Yasuko, and first daughter. The couple worked as laborers in Japanese-owned flower nurseries in the Bay Area until they were able to start their own operations in leased greenhouses.