Masato Jack Furubayashi was born on February 28, 1917 in Kakaako, Oahu, Hawaii, the tenth child of Hichibei Enomoto and Sato Furubayashi.
During World War II, he was evacuated from Orange Cove, California and arrived at Poston, Arizona internment camp, block 326-13-D. While at Poston, he was worked for the Fire Department, and later went out of Poston on a temporary seasonal work pass to Maita, Montana. He finally left Poston on August 22, 1944 to work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before finally resettling at Salt Lake City.
On December 19, 1950, he married Noriko Maxine Hirano. Masato worked the Tooele Army Depot for 30 years and retired in 1979.
Masato Jack Furubayashi passed away on November 9th, 2003. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hichibei Enomoto and Sato Furubayashi; siblings; Mamu Enomoto, Teru Kamada, Kenichi, Yoshitsugu Henry, Tetsuo, Takashi, Setsuko Sato, and Shizuko.
Mas is survived by his wife, Maxine; daughter, Sandy (Paul) Iwasaki; sons, Glen (Susan), Mike (Connie), Scott (Joy); and sister, Chieko Nakanishi.
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