[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9727-9728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF RUTH KISAKO KAMEI

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ruth Kisako Kamei, a 50 
year resident of Mountain View, California, who died at the age of 91. 
She was a loving wife, a devoted mother, a doting grandmother, a 
beloved sister, and a community leader.
  Ruth Kamei was born in Mayfield, California, on September 20, 1920 to 
Niro Nishimoto and Kisaye Murakami. She was a graduate of Fremont High 
School in Sunnyvale, California. Before World War II, Ruth met and 
married her husband of 70 years, Kenzo. During the war, Ruth was 
interned in Heart Mountain, Wyoming where she worked in the camp 
cafeteria. Once the war was over, Ruth and Kenzo settled in Mountain 
View, California and founded Kamei Nursery, specializing in cut 
flowers.
  Ruth was a very active member of the Mountain View Buddhist Temple, 
participating in the Buddhist Women's Association and a member of the 
original Temple Choir. She was also a member of the Ikenobo School of

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Ikebana. She also enjoyed gardening, Japanese cooking and needlework.
  Ruth is survived by her husband, Kenzo, her sister Mary Sasaki, her 
son Kenneth, and daughters Eileen and husband Robert Eng, Judy and 
husband Steve Inamori, grandchildren Ami, Ellen and Jonathan Kamei, 
Emily Eng Holbrook, Laura Eng Derdenger and Julia Eng, Bradley, Gregory 
and Kathryn Inamori, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded 
in death by her brother Yoshio Nishimoto, and sisters Nobuko Kurotori 
and Grace Kashima.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating the life 
and accomplishments of Ruth Kamei and offering our deepest condolences 
to her family.

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