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| Barbara Arita |
On July 4, 1942, the family was moved to a more permanent location at the Poston, Arizona internment camp block 211-8-D. Her sister, Mrs. Koshizu Ruby Miura, joined the family at Poston on September 16, 1942 after working at the Turlock Assembly Center as a nurse. Her brother, Tom Shioji Tsuyuki went on indefinite leave from Poston on November 21, 1942. He volunteered for and left to attend the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota. Barbara left Poston on May 25, 1943 to resettle at Grosse Point, Michigan. Her brother Lawrence left Poston on January 11, 1944 to resettle in Caldwell, Idaho, and was followed by her brother Ted Tsuyuki on May 9, 1944, to Caldwell, Idaho.
Barbara married Masami Arita in Wayne County, Michigan in 1945. Later, they moved to ranch in Sanger, California and operated the Star Restaurant. Barbara was a school instructor, and a member of the JACL, and served as an officer with local flower clubs. Their family ranch was selected as Sunmaid Raisin’s "Ranch of the Year". In 2005 after he husband died, Barbara moved to Reedley, where she passed away on May 4, 2010.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents; step-mother, Aiko Tsuyuki; husband, Masami (2005 ); sister, Ruby Koshizu Miura (1987); and brothers, Geary M. Sone (1998), Larry R. Tsuyuki (2006), Tom Sone, and Theodore T. Tsuyuki.
Source:http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=8848&page=75
