Hideo Kawahara BORN May 5, 1920 DIED February 21, 2011 OCCUPATION Business management
HIDEO KAWAHARA was born in Chute Lake, BC on May 5, 1920. Hideo attended UBC for two years until he was told to leave in 1942. He was sent to Hastings Park and held there for several months, living in the stables without any privacy in an unsanitary, cold environment. Since he was a university student, he was allowed to travel to his
family home in Kelowna, BC and was given permission to apply to the University of Manitoba to continue his studies. Hideo graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1945 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He moved to Montréal and was hired as a purchasing agent for Johnson & Johnson Company. There, he married his first wife, May Yada, and they had
a daughter, Sarah. When Johnson & Johnson moved their “brushes” department of manufacturing to Toronto, Hideo moved with them and worked for them until the company was sold. The new company became Tek Hughes, and Hideo became a shareholder and manager of manufacturing for Tek tooth brushes. After his wife passed away, he remarried in June of 1969 to
Nellie Idenouye. They retired in 1984 and moved to Kelowna. During retirement, Hideo enjoyed skiing, fishing, boating and golfing. They also belonged to the Mycelium Club, where they studied mushrooms. He passed away on February 21, 2011.
RETURN a commemorative yearbook in honour of the Japanese Canadian students of 1942
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