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| Kaz Kobayashi |
Following the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Kaz, his parents, and sisters Sue and Helen were forcibly evacuated from Mills in Sacramento County, to the Pinedale Assembly Center. After a few months, the family was transported by train to the Arizona desert to living quarters at the Poston internment camp block 229-3-A on July 22, 1942. Sahei Kobayashi died at the age of 66 years, at the Poston General Hospital on May 28, 1944. On March 6, 1944, Kazuo departed from Poston to work at Seabrook Farms in Bridgeton, New Jersey. His mother and two sisters later left Poston on August 30, 1945 and joined him in New Jersey.
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| Kaz at Seabrook Farms |
Kaz married married Toshiko Ohono in March 1946. Kaz worked at Seabrook Farms as a quality control specialist in the Quality Control Lab. In the 1950s, he experimented with and tested different ways of preserving crops, such as peas, until they were ready to be sold. He retired at age 70. Kaz was a member of the Seabrook Buddhist Temple, and the Seabrook Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Kazuo “Kaz” Kobayashi, 98, of Seabrook, New Jersey died on October 31, 2011. He was predeceded in death by his father, Sahei (1944); mother, Koyo (1982); sisters, Sue Shizue Kobayashi (2005), Helen Minakata (2006) and Misao Kobayashi.
He is survived by his wife, Toshiko; and son, Clifford (Dianne) of Vineland.
Source: http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20111102/OBITUARIES/311020019
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