Mayumi Koide Obituary (1955 - 2022)

Mayumi Koide, 67, of Fairfield, IA passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at her home. As were her wishes, her body has been cremated. Friends may leave online condolences at www.cranstonfamilyfuneralhome.com. Mayumi (MY-YOU-ME) Koide was born in Japan where she worked as a software engineer and learned the Transcendental Meditation technique and its advanced program, the TM-Sidhi program. When the Taste of Utopia course was offered in December 1983 - January 1984 on the Maharishi International University campus in Fairfield, Iowa, Mayumi gathered with 8,000 other practitioners of the TM-Sidhi program to create a taste of world peace. She had such a good experience she relocated to Fairfield almost immediately with the intention to establish that world peace on a permanent basis. She was very dedicated and attended group practice in the Ladies Golden Dome regularly. Busy with a Japanese-English translation business for her many clients, she was often seen rushing off to the Dome on her favorite mode of transportation, her kick scooter, and thus became known in the neighborhood as "the lady on the scooter" Mayumi was a very sensitive and caring person, with a spirited personality, who would selflessly help others as needed. She was very conscientious about the environment, and took great care to compost and recycle whatever she could. She enjoyed attending self-improvement and professional-development seminars, learning about preventative health, and was involved in karate and aikido. She could play the piano so beautifully that people would gather outside on the lawn to listen when she was playing. Mayumi loved the color blue, and wore blue and aqua in all shades. A participant of the Invincible America Assembly for many years, Mayumi was very enthusiastic to describe her experience of her practice to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She told Maharishi that she had never missed, one time, her TM program. Maharishi commented on her experience, and referenced the universal melodies for harmony, peace, and balance, known as Maharishi Gandharva Veda music. At the time of her passing Mayumi was surrounded by friends in her Maharishi Sthapatya Vedic neighborhood, built according to the principles of nature, close to the Ladies Golden Dome where she spent so much of her life. We will miss Mayumi, this longtime resident of Fairfield, who gave so much of herself to others and to the world. Mayumi is survived by her long-time significant other, Kirk Neff, of New Mexico and brother, Masakazu Koide, in Japan.