Edna Yayoko TakahiraAge: 75 years1916–1991
- Name
- Edna Yayoko Takahira
- Given names
- Edna Yayoko
- Surname
- Takahira
- Married name
- Edna Yayoko Kumasawa
- Married name
- Edna Yayoko Sakamoto
 Birth | November 14, 1916 30 18 |
 Marriage | Jack Seichi Sakamoto — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a sister | Teruko Takahira October 21, 1918 (Age 23 months) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 days)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 13 months)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a sister | Miyoko Mitsuko Takahira January 3, 1921 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Shizuko Takahira February 20, 1923 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Judy Yuhudi Takahira August 8, 1928 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Marriage | George Yoshio Kumasawa — View this family January 22, 1935 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a father | George Rihachi “Rikki” Takahira January 23, 1935 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Eileen Yayoko Kumasawa January 17, 1936 (Age 19 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Kisoo Nagayama — Kachiyo “Bachan” Ashio — View this family March 15, 1938 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Kenneth Kenji Kumasawa July 16, 1939 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Rita Marie “Ritter” Shemwell June 16, 1952 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Kevin K Morris June 23, 1961 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a husband | Jack Seichi Sakamoto December 12, 1962 (Age 46 years) |
| Burial of a husband | Jack Seichi Sakamoto December 18, 1962 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Karl Junior Morris August 2, 1964 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Kevin K Morris October 24, 1969 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a husband | George Yoshio Kumasawa December 26, 1976 (Age 60 years) |
| Burial of a husband | George Yoshio Kumasawa December 29, 1976 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Karl Morris — Eileen Yayoko Kumasawa — View this family January 13, 1978 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a mother | Kachiyo “Bachan” Ashio May 11, 1983 (Age 66 years) |
 Death | December 26, 1991 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | December 30, 1991 (4 days after death) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Rihachi “Rikki” Takahira Birth: October 23, 1886 — Tottori, Tottori Shi, Tottori, Japan Death: January 23, 1935 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States |
| mother |
Kachiyo “Bachan” Ashio Birth: February 13, 1898 — Tottori, Japan Death: May 11, 1983 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| herself |
Edna Yayoko Takahira Birth: November 14, 1916 30 18 — Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States Death: December 26, 1991 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Teruko Takahira Birth: October 21, 1918 31 20 — Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Miyoko Mitsuko Takahira Birth: January 3, 1921 34 22 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Shizuko Takahira Birth: February 20, 1923 36 25 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Death: |
| sister |
Private |
| younger sister |
Judy Yuhudi Takahira Birth: August 8, 1928 41 30 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Death: December 31, 2007 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Mother’s family with George Kisoo Nagayama |
| step-father |
George Kisoo Nagayama Birth: December 11, 1880 — Kamikanaiwa, Japan Death: February 10, 1959 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States |
| mother |
Kachiyo “Bachan” Ashio Birth: February 13, 1898 — Tottori, Japan Death: May 11, 1983 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: March 15, 1938 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States |
| Family with George Yoshio Kumasawa |
| husband |
George Yoshio Kumasawa Birth: September 8, 1912 31 31 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Death: December 26, 1976 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| herself |
Edna Yayoko Takahira Birth: November 14, 1916 30 18 — Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States Death: December 26, 1991 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: January 22, 1935 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Eileen Yayoko Kumasawa Birth: January 17, 1936 23 19 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Death: August 27, 2013 — Garden City, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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4 years son |
Kenneth Kenji Kumasawa Birth: July 16, 1939 26 22 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Death: December 12, 2015 — Redmond, King, Washington, United States |
| Family with Jack Seichi Sakamoto |
| husband |
Jack Seichi Sakamoto Birth: October 6, 1913 — Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States Death: December 12, 1962 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| herself |
Edna Yayoko Takahira Birth: November 14, 1916 30 18 — Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States Death: December 26, 1991 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| George Yoshio Kumasawa + Alyce Fusaye Hiyama |
| husband |
George Yoshio Kumasawa Birth: September 8, 1912 31 31 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Death: December 26, 1976 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Alyce Fusaye Hiyama Birth: June 12, 1912 — Fresno, California, United States Death: December 23, 1992 — Woodinville, King, Washington, United States |
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Marriage: August 9, 1944 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |