Funerals

img Funeral at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-339-5)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-339-5/

img Reverend Terakawa's memorial (ddr-densho-357-778)

Members of the Buddhist church community in the concentration camp at Topaz attend the memorial for Reverend Tansai Terakawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-778/

img Memorial service (ddr-densho-39-42)

Original museum description: Photograph taken at Minidoka internment camp, black and white glossy, shows a ceremony that is possibly a memorial service for a soldier from Minidoka since there is a soldier on stage and the project director Harry Stafford is also seated there, a man is at the rostrum while the audience is seated. There …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-42/

img Four sisters (ddr-densho-348-8)

Four sisters, Mary, Imelda, Mary Jane, and Irene who all returned to Minidoka concentration camp from the East Coast for their brother Francis "Bako" Kinoshita's funeral.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-8/

img Fred Suyekichi and Akino Kinoshita receiving a flag (ddr-densho-348-12)

Fred Suyekichi and Akino Kinoshita (center and left) receive a flag in honor of their son Staff Sergeant Francis "Bako" Kinoshita, killed in action in World War II, accompanied by a family friend (right).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-12/

img Brother and sister (ddr-densho-348-7)

Imelda and Chuck Kinoshita in Minidoka concentration camp. Imelda had returned from the East Coast to attend their brother Francis "Bako" Kinoshita's funeral.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-7/

img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-514)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-514/

img Camp funeral parlor (ddr-densho-37-205)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-205/

img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-513)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-513/

img Funeral service (ddr-densho-37-675)

Original WRA caption: Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary assigned to work with the Catholic group at the Minidoka Relocation Center, conducts a grave side service at the little cemetery cleared out of the sage land adjacent to Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-675/

img Funeral for fallen soldiers (ddr-densho-37-743)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-743/

img Reverend Terakawa's memorial (ddr-densho-357-779)

Members of the Buddhist church community in the concentration camp at Topaz attend the memorial for Reverend Tansai Terakawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-779/

img Tansai Terakawa's funeral (ddr-densho-357-777)

Handwritten caption: "Funeral of Rev. Tansai Terakawa. Part of people who attended services. Nov. 17, 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-777/

img Funeral photo outside Buddhist Church at Gila River Camp (ddr-ajah-6-163)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on March 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA. This second photo taken by the photographer of the funeral …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-163/

img Mother and son in a camp graveyard (ddr-densho-2-52)

This photo was taken at the Minidoka concentration camp's graveyard. The rocks in the background were probably used for grave markers. The tombstone shown here was more elaborate than most. This graveyard no longer exists. When the camps were closed, Japanese Americans often exhumed the remains of family members for reburial back home.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-52/

img Memorial service (ddr-densho-2-70)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-70/

img Memorial service honoring fallen Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-2-35)

This memorial service was held for Japanese American soldiers killed during World War II. The Minidoka concentration camp had the highest number of Nisei volunteering for military service.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-35/

doc Community wide memorial service for men lost in action (ddr-csujad-55-724)

Program draft for a "Community Wide Memorial Service for Men Lost in Action" at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0726

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-724/

doc Suggested program for community wide memorial service for men lost in action (ddr-csujad-55-712)

Program draft for a "Community Wide Memorial Service for Men Lost in Action" at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0714

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-712/

doc Community wide memorial service for men lost in action (ddr-csujad-55-713)

Program for a "Community Wide Memorial Service for Men Lost in Action" at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0715

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-713/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, November 13, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-315)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on Heart Mountain U. S. O. Committee, fences, coal, funerals, and clothing allowances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0317

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-315/

img Funeral at the Manzanar Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-350-17)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-17/

doc Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-455/

img Funeral at Manzanar (ddr-manz-4-171)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-171/

img Funeral service inside the Manzanar Buddhist Church (ddr-manz-4-177)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-177/

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