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| Kiyoko Nakagawa |
Kiyoko (Yuki) Nakagawa (Poston 318-4-C) was born on January 1, 1909 in Salinas, California to Kumasuke and Miyono Yuki. Later, the Yuki family moved to San Joaquin County.
Kiyoko Yuki married a Japanese immigrant, Ben Tsutomu Nakagawa. On August 6, 1942, Kiyoko and Ben were evacuated with their four children, Sumiko, Michiko, Sammy and Midori Nakagawa from Reedley, California to the Poston, Arizona internment camp block 318-4-C. While in Poston, Kiyoko gave birth to Mineko Nakagawa a few months before the family left. On September 14, 1945 the family finally departed for Reedley, California.
On October 28, 1952, Kiyoko gave birth to a son, Shin Steven, who graduated from Alta Elementary and Reedley High School. The Nakagawa family farmed in Reedley. Unfortunately in the fall of 1978,
Steven Shin Nakagawa perished in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In 1984, Ben Tsutomu Nakagawa died at the age of 82 years in Reedley. Kiyoko remained in Reedley and attended the Poston camp III reunions.
In 2005, she moved to Lodi to live with her daughter, and she attended the 2010 Poston camp III reunion in Las Vegas with her family. At the age of 102, Kiyoko died on August 20, 2011, in Lodi.
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| 2010 Poston III Reunion |
Kiyoko was preceded in death by her husband Ben Tsutomu (1984); son Steven (1978); sisters, Lois Okamoto, Dorothy Ogino, Martha Imamoto, Irene Sasabuchi, Doris Yamada, and Konami Yuki; brothers, Seizo, Tadashi, and Sam Yuki; and parents, Kumasuke (1962) and Miyono Yuki (1967).
She is survived by her daughters, Sumi (Paul) Ichuiji of Salinas, Michiye (Masaru) Noda of Lodi, Midori (Larry) Iwasaki of Kingsburg, and Minnie (Dick) Hachiya of Thousand Oaks; son Sammy (Grace) of Reedley; sister, Misao Edith Hiyama; and brother, Richard Yuki.
Source: The Fresno Bee on August 27, 2011
