Her mother was a widow traveling with 5 children when they were evacuated from Hollister to the Poston, Arizona internment camp I, on July 5, 1942. On May 18, 1943, the Tabata family transferred to the Heart Mountain, Wyoming internment camp, where Anne married Thomas Shoji Sugishita and their first child was born.
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| Anne Sugishita |
After the war, Anne and Tom Sugishita returned to the family ranch in Coyote, California and raised three children. They raised award-winning fruits and vegetables for the Santa Clara County Fair and California State Fair. They sold their produce at their Garden Farm Fruit Stand until 1983, when they retired to Morgan Hill. Anne was married to Thomas Sugishita for 53 years until he died on April 1, 1996 in Morgan Hill.
Anne was an accomplished artist in oil and watercolor paintings, and a member of Women In Touch, the Coyote Grange, and an Honorary Member of the Flower Lovers Club of Morgan Hill. Anne Sugishita died at the age of 86 years on May 18, 2009. She is preceded in death by husband Tom (1996); brothers Raymond and Flyer Kingo Tabata; and infant sister, Lucille Tabata.
She is survived by her brother, James Tabata of Minneapolis, Minn; sister, Eva Tabata of Hollister, California; daughter, Barbara Sugishita Pazoki; and sons, Harold (Eileen) Tabata and Tim (Kathy) Tabata.
