Margaret Misao YASUDA 

Margaret was born on August 7, 1923 in Seattle, Washington to Goroku and Mika 
Baba as their third child, and died on May 29, 2009 at Seattle Keiro Nursing Home at 
the age of 85. She gradu ated from Garfield High School in 1942 and was interned at 
Minido ka, Idaho during WWII with her family. She left Minidoka to at tend Seton 
Nursing School in Colorado. She was a member of the Nisei Cadet Nurses of World 
War II. To receive her BS in nursing she attended the College of Mount St. Joseph on 
the Ohio, in Cincinnati, OH and received her degree in Public Health Nurs ing from the 
University of Wash ington in 1949. Margaret was a nurse with the King County Pub lic 
Health Department where she worked in the well-baby clinic, travel immunizations and 
visit ing nurse division. She married Ted Takashi Yasuda in 1950, her husband for 58 
years, who cared for her lovingly until her death. She is preceded in death by her 
parents, and brother Seiji Baba. Her survivors include a sister, Toshiko Yoneji, 
sister-in-law Alice Baba; children: Roderick (Roxanne Marie), Beverly Ikeda (Thomas 
M.), Roxanne Guion (Eric), grandchildren: Lauren & Erika Yasuda, Collin & Allison 
Ikeda, Amy, Anne, & Kate Guion. Her affiliations include Blaine Me morial United 
Methodist Church Tuesday Ladies, Garfield High Golden Grads, Founding Family of 
Japanese Culture & Community Center of Washington, Japanese American National 
Museum, Ni sei Veterans Committee Women's Auxiliary, Ohara Flower Arrang ing 
School, UW Alumni, Japanese American Citizens League, Den sho, Omoide group and 
Seattle Hi roshima Club. A memorial service to celebrate Margaret's life will be held 
June 13, 2009, Saturday at 3 pm at Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, 3001 
24th Ave nue South, Seattle, WA 98144. Remembrances may be made to: Blaine 
Memorial United Metho dist Church-Yasuda Scholarship Fund (scholarship fund for 
students at Blaine Memorial Unit ed Methodist Church), or your fa vorite charity. 

Published in the NWsource on 6/7/2009