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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS'
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNM STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Honoring
TOM OSH'IR0 on the Occasion ) RESOL tIT1O1rt N0. 93l 1' 8
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Tom Oshiro was born in Haebaru, Okinawa, on April 10, 1905, and arrived in the United States
in 1918 at age 13. After a brief stay in ,imperial Valley, California, Torn was able to move to
San Francisco to further his education. He is a 1929 graduate of Polytechnical High School;
however, due to anti-Japanese sentiment, the only work he couldsecure was as a houseboy.
This`prompted Trym to help'establish the San Francisco Chapter of the Japanese American
Citizens League.
Tom married his wife'o,f'55'years, Isabel, in 1938. The Oshiros lived on Isabel's family's
strawberry'farm:until the outbreak of World War 11. On May 25, 1942, they were placed in an
interment camp in Fresno then relocated to a permanent camp in Arkansas later that year.
1943 brought their,freedom rand their move to:Kalamazoo, Michigan, where they were employed
as domestics in a private home. Neal, their first child, was boat in April of 1945, shortly before
their move back to California. Torn and his family took up residence in Concord in 1948 where
Tom`was a gardenerlhandyman and Isabel worked as a cook. Judith Ann, their second child,
was bom in.December of'1952. In 1953, Tom was granted united States citizenship.
Tom retired in 1983. Since then, he has been honored as a successful immigrant by the Okinawa
government; was awarded with a certfficate of recognition for his longstanding involvement as
a member of the Diablo Valley Chapter o,f'the JACL; and in 1991,' was presented with a
certificate of appreciate,from the mayor of Haebaru, Okinawa,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED'that the.board of Supervisors honors TOM OSh7IRO
on the occasion of his 88th birthday. We extend our appreciation for Tom's dedication to his
Japanese heritage and to his community.
PASSEL AND ADOPTED ON March 23, 1993, by a unanimous vote of the Board members
present,
Z4d,a.4(.�
Sunne Wright McPe
TomPowers Jeff th
Gayle Bishop' Tom Torlakson, Chair
1 hereby cenify that the foregoing is a true and.correct copy'o,f`an order entered on the Minutes
of said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid date:
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supervisors affixed this 23rd day of March, 1993.
PHIL BATCHF,EOR,', Clerk o,f the Board of
Supe " rs a oun y Administrator.LA44,1
Deputy' der-
Introduced by Supervisor
Sunne Wright McPeak,
District IV