Ben Takao Tsurudome (Poston 327-6-A) was born on December
31, 1943 at the Poston, Arizona
concentration camp to Poston newlyweds, Shigenori and Fumiko Peggy (Matsumoto) Tsurudome.
He had a baby brother, Jimmie, born at Poston a few years later. When the family finally departed from Poston, Arizona on October 10,
1945, they went to resettle in National City, California.
Ben
T. Tsurudome was employed at the University of California, San Diego for 30
years before he retired as a data base administrator for the University in 1999.
Ben Takao Tsurudome, a resident of San Diego, died on October 24, 2003. He was preceded in death by his father,
Shigenori, and brother Jimmie.
He is survived by his wife Emma; mother, Peggy; stepdaughter Cindy; and
grandson, Anthony Benjamin.
Sources: San Diego
Union-Tribune on October 30, 2003, San Diego Union-Tribune on
October 31, 2003
