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| Norma Kageyama |
Norma Namika Yamamoto was born in April 26, 1914 in Watsonville, California. She spent her early four years in Japan, the Bay area, and then in Livingston, California. In 1934 she married Taminosuke Thomas Kageyama, and together, they had three sons born in Monterey.
At the outbreak of World War II, her husband, Taminosuke was picked up by the FBI and detained at the local county jail without charges. He was later transferred to the Department of Justice detention camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico.
Norma and her three little boys were forced to evacuate their home in Monterey and they temporarily relocated to Orosi with her husband's family members. On August 5, 1942, she arrived at the Poston, Arizona internment camp block 305-3-C after a long, hot dusty train ride from Visalia to Parker, Arizona. On June 19, 1943, her husband was paroled from Lordsburg, New Mexico and joined his family at Poston.
They left Poston on August 20, 1945 and returned to Monterey she worked in the sardine canneries during the heydays of the sardine industry.
In 1953 Thomas and Norma bought the 3 Star Market in Monterey which they operated until their retirement in 1976. Norma passed away on April 21, 2011 at the age of 96 years in Seaside, California.
Norma was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas (1978) and son, Ken Masao Kageyama (2003).
She is survived by her sons, Roger Seiji (Christin) Kageyama, and Yoe Kageyama.
Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montereyherald/obituary.aspx?n=norma-kageyama&pid=150955494
