At the age of 89, Midori (Nakahara) Chikamura passed away on November 8, 2019, after suffering two strokes leaving behind husband Takeshi, daughter Eileen, sons Michael (Deena), Richard (Micki), Roger (Michelle), along with two grandsons (Travis and Elliott).
Midori was born on May 16, 1930, to Shohei and Yoshiko Nakahara. She was the youngest and the last surviving sibling of five – Mitsuko, Tsuyoshi, Manzaburo, Saburo, and finally, Midori. She attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Washington Junior High, Broadway High, and graduated from Garfield High in 1948. In 1951, she earned an Accounting degree from Seattle Central Community College.
While most of Midori's life was spent in Seattle, during WWII, she was interned along with her parents and siblings at the Minidoka Internment Camp in Hunt, Idaho from 1942-1945.
Midori married Takeshi Chikamura on May 2, 1954, and raised four children, she was a loving and caring wife and mother while also becoming an extended mother to her children’s friends; always lending an ear and support to those that needed advice or guidance.
Midori was always actively involved in her children's projects as they were growing up, whether that be sewing clothing for both her daughter and her doll, helping her elder son make model kits, drawings, and volunteering her time with her daughter’s Girl Scout and son’s Cub Scout and Boy Scout activities.
Midori had a satisfying career, where she worked at Weisfield Jewelers for a few years, as an auditor with Bogle & Gates Law Firm, and headed Mid’s Secretarial Services but most of her career was in the insurance industry. She spent several years with McCants & Company, Min Tsbota Insurance, and finally Alexander & Alexander Insurance where she retired in 1992.
Midori had many interests and passions; she loved to shop, tend to her garden, read, compete in league bowling at Imperial Lanes in Seattle where she honed her game, enough to become the 1982 Greater Seattle Women’s Bowling Association City Champion. In her golden years, she loved to visit her grandkids in California and take gambling trips to Reno and Las Vegas. In her final years, her favorite activity was to play the slots at local casinos. She was also an avid fan of the Mariners and Seahawks.
Midori was a strong, proud, yet modest individual; tirelessly supportive and always giving the family 100% unconditional love. She left the family with so many life lessons and instilled the importance of responsibility, integrity, dedication, kindness, compassion, and understanding.
A service was held on December 6, 2019.
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