{"id":"217","model":"narrator","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/217/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/217/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/osumi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/osumi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/217/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sumi Okamoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 7, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Spokane, Washington, where father worked for the Alaska Junk Company. Attended Irving Grade School and Lewis & Clark High School. Wedding took place on December 7, 1941, the day of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Husband passed away in 1946, and Ms. Okamoto worked as a secretary for the State of Washington while raising three children. In later life, active with the Highland Park Methodist Church where she had been the organist since 1934.","created":"2016-12-14T11:15:15","modified":"2016-12-14T11:15:15","nr_id":"","b_date":"1920-01-07T00:00:00","d_date":"2022-03-12T00:00:00","last_name":"Okamoto","first_name":"Sumi","middle_name":"Mary","nickname":"","gender":"F","generation":"Nisei","ethnicity":"Japanese","nationality":"US","religion":"Methodist","birth_location":"Seattle, Washington","has_published":"1"}