Agnes Eiko Takahashi (Poston 35-7-C) was born December 9, 1921, in Alameda, California to Japanese immigrants, Eijiro and Haru (Kanno) Takahashi of San Leandro. The family later moved to San Jose. Her mother died in 1937.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the signing of Executive order 9066, Eijiro, Agnes, Henry Takao and George with his son, Frank M. Takahashi with his wife, Nobu Dorothy and their son, Yoshito, were evacuated from Campbell, California to the Santa Anita Assembly Center in Los Angeles. Several months later, they were transported to the wartime living quarters in the Arizona desert at the Poston internment camp, block 35-7-C on August 26, 1942. Her father, and siblings transferred to the Topaz, Utah internment camp on July 18, 1943. Agnes departed from Poston on February 2, 1944 and followed her family to the Topaz internment camp. Her brother, Henry received a job offer in Cleveland, and left Poston on May 30, 1944.
Agnes Takahashi married Paul Kitagaki on July 20, 1949, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She raised her family in the San Francisco bay area. Agnes worked at Treasury Department Store and the J.C. Penny store in San Bruno, after her children graduated from high school. She attended the St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church in South San Francisco. Agnes Takahashi died on January 20, 2007 at the age of 85 in San Mateo. She was preceded in death by her father, Eijiro (1959); her mother, Haru (Kanno) Takahashi (1937); and sister, Nobuko Dorothy (1990); and brothers, Frank Minoru (1996), George (1990), and Henry "Hank" Takao (2005).
Agnes is survived by her husband of 57 years, Paul Kitagaki; her son, Paul Kitagaki Jr.; daughter, Susan (Gilbert) Sy; her brother, Tom Takahashi; and sister, Sally Morimoto.
Source: http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-01-28/news/17227125_1_san-jose-mom-friends
