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| Yukiko J Israel |
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Yuki and her entire family were evacuated from Los Angeles and arrived on May 29, 1942 to the Poston, Arizona internment camp block 36-8-D. Yuki was the first in her family to leave Poston, on June 6, 1944 to Cleveland, Ohio. Her sister, Kiyoko Mary, left Poston on June 25, 1945 and went to Pasadena. Her brother George Shigeo was drafted in the U.S. Army and left Poston on July 8, 1945 to report to Fort Douglas in Utah. Her two sisters, Toshiko and Yoshiko remained at Poston to attend school and they finally left with their parents on September 21,1945 and returned to the Los Angeles area.
Years later, Yuki married Major Arthur S. Israel, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and together they had three children. Yuki worked as an secretary for Los Angeles Unified School District for many years. On February 14, 2007, the Israel family lost their beautiful mother to an anomolous lung disease. (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.)
Yuki was preceded in death by her husband, Major Arthur S. Israel (1996), her father, Mataemon (1948) and her mother, Kima (1982).
She is survived by her sons, Matthew, Robert; daughter, J.J. Israel; her brother, George Shigeo Fukuda; and sisters, Tomiko (Fukuda)and Yoshiko (Fukuda).
Submitted by: J.J. Israel, daughter
