Marilyn Aiko Miyasato, 66 of Fairfax, Virginia passed away at home on October 1, 2025 after a long illness and Hospice Care.

Marilyn was the cherished wife of James W. Cocco of Fairfax, Virginia, and mother to Diane L. Miyasato-Vizmanos (Christopher) of Waipahu, Hawaii, stepmother to Krystina M. (Cocco) Angelini (Nicholas) of Roanoke, Virginia and Kayla Ann (Cocco) Bowman (David) of Sterling, Virginia. Marilyn was a proud grandmother to Zoey, Ryker and Xeily Vizmanos of Waipahu, Hawaii, Julian and Dominic Angelini of Roanoke, Virginia and Bailey Rose and Wyatt Bowman of Sterling, Virginia.

Marilyn is also survived by her brother, Michael Tsutomo Miyasato of Wiesbaden, Germany and her sisters Karen Emiko (Miyasato) Tam (Dwain) of Pearl City, Hawaii and Arlene Michiko Miyasato of Fairfax, Virginia.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Marilyn was the youngest of four children to Sgt Major (USA) Wilbert Seitoku Miyasato and Keiko (Sato) Miyasato who have preceded Marilyn in death. As a child, Marilyn and her siblings followed their father’s military career living in Europe, Japan and various military installations within the United States culminating with living in the Washington, DC area.

Marilyn attended Virgina Tech graduating in 1982 and then worked for the Army-Airforce Exchange Service for the next 29 years as a retail manager and as an EEO Investigator, retiring in 2011. After retiring, Marilyn made and sold jewelry using all of the proceeds to support charities. Marilyn was an ardent supporter and participant of US Military causes, a supporter of Japanese heritage and Hawaiian cultural activities, as well as a supporter of Italian-American Cultural activities with her husband. After becoming ill and losing a substantial portion of her vision, Marilyn continued to inspire others by giving rubber ducks for all occasions to friends, family and especially her doctors, nurses and caregivers becoming known as the “duck lady” to those that knew her. 

In lieu of flowers and gifts, the family requests that donations be made to the American Kidney Fund, https://give.kidneyfund.org and the Inova Health Foundation for the “Inova Schar Heart and Vascular – Greatest Need Fund”, https://foundation.inova.org.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service and reception will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 1:00 pm at the Ekoji Buddhist Temple, 6500 Lakehaven Lane, Fairfax Station, Virginia 22039.