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Title: Lillian Sato Interview
Narrator: Lillian Sato
Interviewer: Megan Asaka
Location: Denver, Colorado
Date: July 6, 2008
Densho ID: denshovh-slillian-01-0020

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MA: So then you were working at the dry cleaners, and how did you meet your husband?

LS: That was through arranged marriage, too.

MA: How did you feel about the, having an arranged marriage? Was that just something you accepted at the time?

LS: Well, it just happened. I mean, that was the way things were, you know, I didn't think much of it, but then everything turned out all right.

MA: Had you, did you know who your husband was before...

LS: Before we got married? Uh-huh. He, he drove a truck to Grand Junction hauling produce back and forth.

MA: And what was your husband's name?

LS: Frank.

MA: Frank Sato.

LS: Uh-huh.

MA: And tell me about your, your children that you have.

LS: Well, I had Arlene, did you meet her? Oh, I guess you did.

MA: Yes. [Laughs]

LS: See how my memory is? Yeah, she's, went through college, married her husband, and she works for McKessen. It's a big outfit.

MA: And when was she born?

LS: She was born in 1952.

MA: Is she your only, only child?

LS: No, I have another daughter, she was born in 1955, and she does medical transcribing, and she lives in Portland. And she has two boys.

MA: And what's her name?

LS: Katherine.

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