By George Furuichi, 80, co-founder of Los Altos Nursery, died July 4, at the VA Health Care System in Palo Alto.

Friends are invited to attend services at 4 p.m. today at the Mountain View Buddhist Temple, 575 North Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View.

Mr. Furuichi was a native of Los Altos and served in the U.S. Army as a Staff Sergeant with the “E” company of the 442 Regiment Combat Team, receiving the distinguished unit badge with oak leaf cluster.

He attended the University of California at Davis and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Palo Club, The California Nurserymen’s Association and the United Way.

Mr. Furuichi is survived by his wife, Rosie and children, Darryl Furuichi of Campbell; Connie Lunbeck of San Diego, Wendy Furuichi of Los Altos and Deane Furuichi of Sunnyvale. He was the brother of the late Sam, Tom and Frank Furuichi, Otsuru Tamada and Helen Miyake.