(96) passed away on January 1, 2018 in Los Angeles. She is survived by her husband, Minoru H. Oba; children, Rev. Gary (Rev. Janet Cromwell) Oba and Donna (Robert Morrison) Oba, the latter from Hawi, HI; also survived by many other relatives. 

In the 1960s, Mitzi owned and operated the Miss Pony Tail girls' dress store in Crenshaw Square, and in the '70s and early '80s worked in sales at The Broadway in Century City.