Michiko Yatsu

Michiko Yamane Yatsu was born on September 12, 1933 in Los Angeles CA, the second oldest of four children. Mich and her family were sent to an interment camp in Gila River, Arizona. From camp, the family moved east to Delaware and subsequently to Cleveland where Mich met her future husband Frank Yatsu. Mich started at Ohio University and also attended Michigan State, finally transferring to Western Reserve to finish her degree in English. Mich and Frank married and Mich supported them while Frank was in medical school. They then moved to New York City where Frank became a resident and Mich worked for Dean Pinkert at Columbia University. After moving to San Francisco in the late l960s, they welcomed their daughter, Libby, in 1971. Mich stayed home raising Libby while fitting in tennis and traveling with Frank. Subsequent moves took them to Portland and Houston before Mich finally returned to San Francisco to be close to Libby after Frank's passing. Throughout her life, Mich derived the greatest pleasure from her role as a wife, mother and grandmother.