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| Haruye Nishida |
Haruye Grace Koga (Poston318-1-C) was born in Sanger, California on April 25, 1923. She was the second child of Genzo and Taka Koga. She grew up in the Del Rey/Reedley area and graduated from Reedley High School in 1942.
On August 6, 1942, she was interned with her family at Poston, Arizona block 318-1-C. She left Poston on August 22, 1945 and went to Dinuba, California, and later in the year, moved to San Francisco where she worked for several years.
On June 28, 1953, she married Fred Nishida and together they raised their family in Reedley. She worked at the Bank of America in Reedley for many years. She died on October 6, 2010, at the age of 87 in Reedley.
She is survived by her husband Fred; daughter Julia (Dean) Ueda; son, Steven (Susan) Nishida; and brothers, Tsutomu Ben (Midori) Koga and Tom Minoru (Kiki) Koga.
Source: The Fresno Bee
