Daughter of Ichihei and Suya Hirayama Nakamura.
California Birth Index
1940 U.S. Federal Census (line 19)
1942 Gila River incarceration record
1942–1946 WRA final accountability roster
1948 Pan American Airways passenger manifest (line 14)
MORIHISA, Maxine Machiye
July 9, 2008: At the age of 82, Maxine "Machi" Morihisa nee Nakamura passed away on Monday, June 16, due to complications from a stroke suffered in February of this year. Born in Arroyo Grande on November 9, 1925, she was the fifth of six children to Ichihei and Suya Nakamura. Her father died when she was 9 years old. Seven years later, she was unable to graduate with her Arroyo Grande classmates because of the World War II internment of people of Japanese ancestry. Her family was sent to Tulare Assembly site and then to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. Despite the hardships of confinement, she was able to finish high school, play basketball, and meet the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Maxine spent one year at Southwestern College in Kansas. She transferred and received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Barnard College in New York City, where her family moved after being released from the camps. In 1947, she began working with the renowned Dr. George Papanicolaou, who developed the 'Pap' smear to diagnose cervical cancer. At Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, Dr. Papanicolaou trained her to process, read, and determine cancerous cells through the microscope. She then trained doctors from around the world in Dr. Papanicolaou's diagnostic procedures. Maxine's expertise saved many from unneeded surgery and helped save the lives of those she caught early. In 1948, she married Shoji George Morihisa, a native of Santa Barbara, who was also displaced to New York City by World War II. Their marriage of sixty years was blessed with four children and four grandchildren. Family was very important to Machi and Shoji. She was proud of the achievements of her children - a doctor, a lawyer, an educator, and a chef. In 1989, Machi and Shoji retired to Santa Barbara. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Mary Genishi and Carrie Okada, and in-laws Hiroko and Kenji Morihisa. She is survived by her husband Shoji George, her sister Yoshi (Tom) Noji, her brothers James (Tetsuko) and George (Atsuko) Nakamura, her children Dr. John Morihisa (Dr. Jackie Swearingen), Wendy McColough, Esquire (Dr. Stewart Nozette), Bonnie Morihisa (Dr. Michael Small) and Don Morihisa, and her grandchildren Alexander McColough, William and Katherine Small, and Nicholas Morihisa. Memorial service will be held Friday, July 11, 2008, at noon at the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel, followed by a graveside service.
Published in the Santa Barbara News-Press, 9 July 2008
California Birth Index
1940 U.S. Federal Census (line 19)
1942 Gila River incarceration record
1942–1946 WRA final accountability roster
1948 Pan American Airways passenger manifest (line 14)
MORIHISA, Maxine Machiye
July 9, 2008: At the age of 82, Maxine "Machi" Morihisa nee Nakamura passed away on Monday, June 16, due to complications from a stroke suffered in February of this year. Born in Arroyo Grande on November 9, 1925, she was the fifth of six children to Ichihei and Suya Nakamura. Her father died when she was 9 years old. Seven years later, she was unable to graduate with her Arroyo Grande classmates because of the World War II internment of people of Japanese ancestry. Her family was sent to Tulare Assembly site and then to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. Despite the hardships of confinement, she was able to finish high school, play basketball, and meet the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Maxine spent one year at Southwestern College in Kansas. She transferred and received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Barnard College in New York City, where her family moved after being released from the camps. In 1947, she began working with the renowned Dr. George Papanicolaou, who developed the 'Pap' smear to diagnose cervical cancer. At Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, Dr. Papanicolaou trained her to process, read, and determine cancerous cells through the microscope. She then trained doctors from around the world in Dr. Papanicolaou's diagnostic procedures. Maxine's expertise saved many from unneeded surgery and helped save the lives of those she caught early. In 1948, she married Shoji George Morihisa, a native of Santa Barbara, who was also displaced to New York City by World War II. Their marriage of sixty years was blessed with four children and four grandchildren. Family was very important to Machi and Shoji. She was proud of the achievements of her children - a doctor, a lawyer, an educator, and a chef. In 1989, Machi and Shoji retired to Santa Barbara. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Mary Genishi and Carrie Okada, and in-laws Hiroko and Kenji Morihisa. She is survived by her husband Shoji George, her sister Yoshi (Tom) Noji, her brothers James (Tetsuko) and George (Atsuko) Nakamura, her children Dr. John Morihisa (Dr. Jackie Swearingen), Wendy McColough, Esquire (Dr. Stewart Nozette), Bonnie Morihisa (Dr. Michael Small) and Don Morihisa, and her grandchildren Alexander McColough, William and Katherine Small, and Nicholas Morihisa. Memorial service will be held Friday, July 11, 2008, at noon at the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel, followed by a graveside service.
Published in the Santa Barbara News-Press, 9 July 2008
Daughter of Ichihei and Suya Hirayama Nakamura.
California Birth Index
1940 U.S. Federal Census (line 19)
1942 Gila River incarceration record
1942–1946 WRA final accountability roster
1948 Pan American Airways passenger manifest (line 14)
MORIHISA, Maxine Machiye
July 9, 2008: At the age of 82, Maxine "Machi" Morihisa nee Nakamura passed away on Monday, June 16, due to complications from a stroke suffered in February of this year. Born in Arroyo Grande on November 9, 1925, she was the fifth of six children to Ichihei and Suya Nakamura. Her father died when she was 9 years old. Seven years later, she was unable to graduate with her Arroyo Grande classmates because of the World War II internment of people of Japanese ancestry. Her family was sent to Tulare Assembly site and then to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. Despite the hardships of confinement, she was able to finish high school, play basketball, and meet the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Maxine spent one year at Southwestern College in Kansas. She transferred and received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Barnard College in New York City, where her family moved after being released from the camps. In 1947, she began working with the renowned Dr. George Papanicolaou, who developed the 'Pap' smear to diagnose cervical cancer. At Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, Dr. Papanicolaou trained her to process, read, and determine cancerous cells through the microscope. She then trained doctors from around the world in Dr. Papanicolaou's diagnostic procedures. Maxine's expertise saved many from unneeded surgery and helped save the lives of those she caught early. In 1948, she married Shoji George Morihisa, a native of Santa Barbara, who was also displaced to New York City by World War II. Their marriage of sixty years was blessed with four children and four grandchildren. Family was very important to Machi and Shoji. She was proud of the achievements of her children - a doctor, a lawyer, an educator, and a chef. In 1989, Machi and Shoji retired to Santa Barbara. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Mary Genishi and Carrie Okada, and in-laws Hiroko and Kenji Morihisa. She is survived by her husband Shoji George, her sister Yoshi (Tom) Noji, her brothers James (Tetsuko) and George (Atsuko) Nakamura, her children Dr. John Morihisa (Dr. Jackie Swearingen), Wendy McColough, Esquire (Dr. Stewart Nozette), Bonnie Morihisa (Dr. Michael Small) and Don Morihisa, and her grandchildren Alexander McColough, William and Katherine Small, and Nicholas Morihisa. Memorial service will be held Friday, July 11, 2008, at noon at the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel, followed by a graveside service.
Published in the Santa Barbara News-Press, 9 July 2008
California Birth Index
1940 U.S. Federal Census (line 19)
1942 Gila River incarceration record
1942–1946 WRA final accountability roster
1948 Pan American Airways passenger manifest (line 14)
MORIHISA, Maxine Machiye
July 9, 2008: At the age of 82, Maxine "Machi" Morihisa nee Nakamura passed away on Monday, June 16, due to complications from a stroke suffered in February of this year. Born in Arroyo Grande on November 9, 1925, she was the fifth of six children to Ichihei and Suya Nakamura. Her father died when she was 9 years old. Seven years later, she was unable to graduate with her Arroyo Grande classmates because of the World War II internment of people of Japanese ancestry. Her family was sent to Tulare Assembly site and then to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. Despite the hardships of confinement, she was able to finish high school, play basketball, and meet the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Maxine spent one year at Southwestern College in Kansas. She transferred and received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Barnard College in New York City, where her family moved after being released from the camps. In 1947, she began working with the renowned Dr. George Papanicolaou, who developed the 'Pap' smear to diagnose cervical cancer. At Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, Dr. Papanicolaou trained her to process, read, and determine cancerous cells through the microscope. She then trained doctors from around the world in Dr. Papanicolaou's diagnostic procedures. Maxine's expertise saved many from unneeded surgery and helped save the lives of those she caught early. In 1948, she married Shoji George Morihisa, a native of Santa Barbara, who was also displaced to New York City by World War II. Their marriage of sixty years was blessed with four children and four grandchildren. Family was very important to Machi and Shoji. She was proud of the achievements of her children - a doctor, a lawyer, an educator, and a chef. In 1989, Machi and Shoji retired to Santa Barbara. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Mary Genishi and Carrie Okada, and in-laws Hiroko and Kenji Morihisa. She is survived by her husband Shoji George, her sister Yoshi (Tom) Noji, her brothers James (Tetsuko) and George (Atsuko) Nakamura, her children Dr. John Morihisa (Dr. Jackie Swearingen), Wendy McColough, Esquire (Dr. Stewart Nozette), Bonnie Morihisa (Dr. Michael Small) and Don Morihisa, and her grandchildren Alexander McColough, William and Katherine Small, and Nicholas Morihisa. Memorial service will be held Friday, July 11, 2008, at noon at the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel, followed by a graveside service.
Published in the Santa Barbara News-Press, 9 July 2008
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