Mary Nakagawa

passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was 90 years of age and a resident of Seattle, Washington.She was a proud graduate of Broadway High School. Her newlywed life was interrupted during the war when she and her husband, along with all West Coast citizens of Japanese descent were evacuated to internment camps. Upon her return to Seattle she worked for a Japanese language newspaper and retired after 30 years as the office manager of Medina Children's Service.Mary, an avid golfer, was a founding member of Tokiwa Women's Golf Club and an active participant of Jefferson Women's Golf Club. Her other interests included cooking, sewing, knitting, Japanese silk embroidery, Ikebana, gardening, traveling and reading.Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Noboru (Nobi) Nakagawa. She is survived by daughters: Sherry (Les) Uyehara of Honolulu and Corinne Gooden (Bill LeMire) of Bainbridge Island; grandchildren: Paul Uyehara, Alison Uyehara Ngo, Sydne Gooden and Amy Gooden; great-grandson Eliot Ngo; and brother, Hank Sasaki.Services will be private. Contributions may be made to Medina Children's Service, 123 16th Avenue, Seattle 98112.Arrangements by Cook Family Funeral Home.