Event Type:Death
Registration Number:1933-09-478576
BC Archives Mfilm Number:B13147
GSU Mfilm Number:1952658
Event Date (YYYY-MM-DD):1933-03-27
Event Place:RICHMOND
Age at Death:39
Person:SODE NONAKA
Event Type:Death
Registration Number:1933-09-478576
BC Archives Mfilm Number:B13147
GSU Mfilm Number:1952658
Event Date (YYYY-MM-DD):1933-03-27
Event Place:RICHMOND
Age at Death:39
Person:SODE NONAKA
Inscription
DURING THE EARLY 1940S AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE PACIFIC WAR, ALL PERSONS OF JAPNESE ORIGIN WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE WEST COASTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
ALL JAPANESE OWNED CHURCHES AND TEMPLES WITHIN A 100 MILE AREA INLAND FROM THE B.C. COASTLINE WERE THEN CLOSED. THE'OKOTSU' (ASHES) OF MANY DECEASED LOVED ONES HAD BEEN PLACED IN SAFEKEEPING AT MANY OF THESE TEMPLES. AT THECLOSURE OF THESE TEMPLES, THE ASHES WERE SHIPPED TO THE RAMOND BUDDHIST CHURCH, THE ONLY CHURCH IN SERVICE EAST OF THE ROCKIES. THUS THE RAYMOND BUDDHIST CHURCH BECAME THE CUSTODIAN OF THE ASHES OF OVER 100 DECEASED LOVED ONES OF JAPANESE ORIGIN.ORIGINALLY THESE ASHES WERE HOUSED IN A COLUMBARIUM ERECTED ON THIS SITE.
THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THESE CANADIANS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN WHO HAD PASSED ON BEFORE THEOUTBREAK OF THE PACIFIC WAR AND THE ENDING THE ENSUING MASS EVACUATION FROM THE B.C. COAST.
ERECTED BY:
• RAYMOND BUDDHIST CHURCH
• ALBERTA HISTORICAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION
• JAPANESE CANADIAN REDRESS FOUNDATION
• CHRISTENSEN SALMON FUNERAL HOME
• TOWN OF RAYMOND
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