Preceded by Curtis Bowers Succeeded by Celia Gould Party Republican Party | Nationality American Battles and wars Vietnam War | |
Governor Phil BattDirk KempthorneJim Risch Died 6 November 2011, Boise, Idaho, United States | ||
Patrick Alan "Pat" Takasugi (June 9, 1949 – November 6, 2011) was a Republican Idaho State Representative representing District 10 in the A seat.
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Life
After attending Wilder Holmes Elementary and Junior High schools, and Vallivue High School, he earned a B.A. in political science from the College of Idaho in 1971.
After graduation, then he enlisted in the U.S. Army. In his military service, he was assigned to an Airborne unit, the Rangers, and the Special Forces, was elevated to the rank of captain, and he fulfilled his duty actively until 1976 and served as a reservist in additional five years. Returned to Idaho, he ran a farm near Wilder and Homedale, and served as the director of the Idaho Department of Agriculture. Celia Gould, a fellow Republican, succeeded him as director.
He was a Japanese American.
Memberships
He was affiliated with these organizations;
Death
He died from pseudomyxoma peritonei, a rare form of appendix cancer, while in office at a hospital in Boise.
His funeral services was held at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in Caldwell, Idaho, and he buried at the Wilder Cemetery.
On November 10 and 17, 2011, Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, U.S. Senators from Idaho, delivered eulogies for him on the floor respectively.