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Hatsu Kakurai, Son Looking for Relatives from Mito

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Hatsu Kakurai, Son Looking for Relatives from Mito

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 8:14PM GMT
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Edited: 14 Mar 2011 8:26PM GMT
Hello. My name is Dean Summers. I was born on 12 Aug, 1959 at Johnson Airbase (Iruma Airbase) Japan. My mother was Hatsu Kakurai born on 9 Feb, 1929. She married my father Ray Summers on 11 Aug, 1958. My mother was from Mito. She had two brothers. I think one of her brothers was named Kichiro? My mother's father was something like the Postmaster from Mito. She told me stories that she used to deliver mail on her bicycle. I understand he was an important man in Mito, highly respected and honorable. I am hoping to make contact with any of my relatives from there. I wish to complete the lineage of my mother's genealogy and to better understand my history and blood lines. There is an empty hole on my side of the Japanese history I have. I wished I had more time to talk with my mother but I was in the USAF when she passed away on 17 Feb 1995. I didn't get many chances to talk with her. My sister has lost any mail that my mother may have had and along with it, any chance I may have had to write her relatives.
My mother endured much for her two children. She stayed married to our father for the sake of her children. I was raised by my mama-san for three years until my father received orders for the US Army to move to Washington state in 1962. My mother was a wonderful and loving woman. She loved us dearly and missed her family in Japan dearly. She often cried when the topic turned to her family in Japan and how much my grandfather missed me and so much wanted to see me before he passed away. My grandmother and grandfather passed away in 1971, 1972 I think if I remember right.
If anyone can help me in this matter, I would be eternally grateful. Thank you so much for your time and efforts.
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