Miyo married Gordon Sato, when he was a graduate student at Cal Tech, in 1952, and she left her teaching career. Together they raised six children. Over the years they moved from Pasadena, Ca. to Berkeley, Ca. to Denver, Colo. to Bedford, Mass. to La Jolla, Ca. to Basel, Switzerland and to Lake Placid — wherever Gordon’s scientific career took them.

Miyo served as the unofficial social director for the many scientists and their families from around the world who visited them in La Jolla where Gordon was a professor for 13 years in the Biology Department and Cancer Center at UC San Diego. She joked that the animals at the San Diego Zoo knew her by sight, and would wave at her. Miyo traveled extensively with Gordon as guests of universities in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Japan, China, and many European countries. Some of the friends she made on these trips became life-long friends.

Volunteering was Miyo’s joy. A 34-year resident of Lake Placid, Miyo volunteered as a long-standing member of the Lake Placid Garden Club to beautify the town. She planted flower bulbs in the fall, made and hung festive wreaths in the winter, and participated in the annual town clean-up in the spring. She also volunteered in a program at St. Eustace Episcopal church to welcome and teach English to seasonal foreign workers who came to work in the tourism and hospitality industry. For many years Miyo met weekly with a group of good friends for coffee where they discussed everything from their families to politics. This tradition continued until Miyo moved to Vermont in 2017 to live with one of her sons and his family. Miyo is survived by six grandchildren and her children Denry, Susan, Nathan, Nancy, Sara and Amy, and she was predeceased by her sister Fumi and her brother Shigeru. Miyo’s family and friends will miss her greatly, but she will continue to inspire them, and she will be remembered joyously every day.