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| Yasuko Kagawa |
Yasuko Uota was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on January 1, 1921. She was the third child of a family of six siblings whose parents were farmers, who had initially immigrated to the United States in 1915. Yasuko entered the United States in 1922, and her family lived in Fresno, California in the 1930s.
Yasuko was raised in Ivanhoe and Raisin City, California. She graduated valedictorian from Woodlake High School. She met Takeo Kagawa and later they were married in 1942 in Visalia, California.
Takeo and Yasuko Kagawa were incarcerated at the Poston, Arizona (block 325-14-B) concentration camp from August 6, 1942. They left Poston with their son Takeshi, who was born in camp and traveled to Wheaton, Illinois on March 7, 1945.
In 1950, they returned to California, settled in Fresno and established a farm. There, they raised their family of three children.
Yasuko Kagawa, died at the age of 91, on January 13, 2012, in Fresno. She was preceded in death by husband, Takeo (2007); father, Kantaro Uota; mother, Shigeno Uota; and brother, Masami (1977).
Yasuko is survived by her sons, Takeshi Kagawa, Ph.D. of Fresno, Takumi (Mirei) Kagawa, D.D.S. of Pacific Palisades and Kimie (Bruno) Kagawa-Chomel, M.D. of Davis; and her sisters, Haruye Oto, Sueko Abe, Masako Kobayashi and Kazuko Ego.
Source: Fresno Bee on January 18, 2012
