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| Misao Harada |
Misao Kume was born June 19, 1923, in Wolf Point, Montana to Magoshiro and Hatsuye (Nakagawa) Kume. She attended schools in Williston, North Dakota and graduated from Escondido High School in California in 1941.
On August 4, Misao was evacuated from Reedley, California and placed into the Poston, Arizona internment camp 3. On March 10, 1944, she left Poston and resettled to Willston, North Dakota.
In 1947, Misao married William “Dido” Harada in Wolf Point, Montana. They owned and operated Dido’s Café in Havre, Montana, until 1974. She spent the rest of her working days at the Eagle’s Manor retirement home until she fully retired. In 2008, she moved to Kalispell, Montana. Misao painted with oil and watercolors, and had made financial contributions for clean drinking water well drilling in 2 villages in the Philippines.
Misao Kume Harada, 87, passed away at Kalispell, Montana, on November 13, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Magoshiro Kume and Hatsuye Nakagawa; husband, William Harada (1995); sisters, Yoshino Flossie Requilman (1992), Yukiko Kume (2008), Cecile Kume (2006); and brothers, George Kume (2010), Mike Kume (2008), and Paul Thomas Kayaki.
She is survived by her sons, Arthur (Sara) Harada and David (Janine) Harada; daughters, Kimi (Mark) Neiman and Kari (Mark) Tibbals; sisters, Hannah Winge, and Mitzi Hollen; and brother, Jack Kume.
Source: http://www.havredailynews.com/cms/news/story-201119.html
