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| Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa |
Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa was born on 9/10/1917 on a ranch in Fresno County. His parents were Yasoichi Tom and Sumi (Jitsuyo) Kanagawa. Robert graduated from Sanger High School and attended Central California Community College.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his family was evacuated and arrived at the Poston internment camp II in Arizona on 7/15/1942. Robert was employed as a teacher at the Poston II High School in the Commercial Department. On 12/12/1944, he married Yukiye Nakamura from Poston camp III. On 2/8/1945, Robert , his wife and his parents, left Poston, Arizona and returned to run the family's nursery business and 85-acre citrus farm located at Rt. 2, Box 606 in Sanger, California.
Robert Kanagawa founded the Sanger Nursery, and later became the president of Agricultural Exports of California, Inc. Kanagawa was a charter member, secretary, treasurer, and past president of the Sanger Rotary Club, and served as District Governor in 1974-1975. He spent 7 years on the Sanger City Recreation Commission, 5 years as chairman for the Fresno Fair's Agriculture display for Sanger, and chairman for the Grape Bowl Festival. He was a life member of the Sanger High School PTA, a charter member of the Sanger JACL, and director of the Sanger Chamber of Commerce and the Citrus Association. Kanegawa was selected as Sanger Man of the Year.
After his first wife Yukiye died in 1991, he remarried. Robert died on 9/25/2004 in Fresno County. He was survived by his second wife, Reiko, three sons, two stepsons, and two grandchildren.
Source: http://www.sangerrotary.org/library/GildedGear/GG2007-2008Q4.pdf
Source: http://www.sangerrotary.org/library/GildedGear/GG2007-2008Q4.pdf
