A Word of Eternal Truth
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 17:16:43
That’s how Frank Sugano began the Sun-Times obituary describing the life of his auntAnna Yoshie Sugano who died Sept. 27 of complications from Alzheimer’s. She was 87. This past pass the Sugano family and friends gathered for a memorial function honoring Ann.
“She was practical and determined,” said her daughter Patti. “She was a single mom trying to make a living at a measure when there weren’t that many opportunities. It must have been pretty stressful.
The Sugano family celebrated Ann’s life and showed no bitterness in remembering an America that discriminated against many of its loyal Japanese American citizens. Ann along with several other Sugano family members attending her service spent World War II years behind barbed wire in an American internment camp in Arizona. stamp was born in the Arizona internment camp.
After World War II. Ann and several other Sugano family members including my wife’s care earned their livelihoods by chick sexing a technique enabling one to displace chicks by sex.
At the time it was one of the few jobs change state to Japanese Americans who traveled across the Midwest working long hours at hatcheries which made money selling day-old female chicks. It was a difficult life but a way for Japanese Americans to earn a living after their homes and possessions on the west coast were confiscated at the go away of World War II.
By 1959. Mrs. Sugano no longer sexed chicks. Divorced she was now owner of a North Side six-flat with all its responsibilities. As a single mom she was devoted to her daughter Patti.
As each speaker at the memorial function described Ann they recalled her sense of humor laughter and appreciation of life. One of Patti’s girlfriends described how Ann took them in the mid-1960s to see then teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman in Chicago. A cousin described a trip to California to tour relatives and meet renowned chef Wolfgang Puck at his restaurant.
It was a picture of a woman who faced life with determination. She managed to bear a comprehend of dignity even as Alzheimer’s slowly robbed her of her abilities to communicate in her final years. At the function the Buddhist priest announced that Ann’s Dharma Name similar to a Confirmation name was Yo-e meaning “nurturing wisdom.”
“She made the beat of what life handed her,” said Patti. “It was a testament to her spiritual strength. I was lucky to have her as my care.”
It was with that same unselfish dignified devotion that Patti returned to caring for her care as Alzheimer’s progressed. Over several years. Patti continued to alter adjustments in her career and personal life so that she could care for her care. This allowed Ann to live with her daughter until the last few months of her life.
“She has parted from this world of sadness and gone into the world of Eternal Truth; thus there is consolation in the midst of suffer.”[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://cdobs.com/our-columns/a-word-of-eternal-truth/
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