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Sam Shiozawa Obituary
On June 17, 2006, SAM SHIOZAWA of Naples, FL. Beloved husband of the late Margaret C. Shiozawa; father of Katherine Deoudes; brother of Setsuko Grant, George Shiozawa, Shiro Shiozawa and Joe Kumage; grandfather of Eleni Scheidt, Mitchell and Christopher Deoudes; great-grandfather of Erika Deoudes and Calli Scheidt. Services will be held at JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS, INC., 5130 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. on Saturday, June 24, at 10 a.m. Interment Parklawn Cemetery.
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Memories and Condolences
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Paul Fox
July 9, 2006
I love you, Sam.
Patricia Williams
July 9, 2006
If memory serves, I first met Sam Shiozawa in 1978. I was a young engineer working on joint participation projects for North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, and he was a planning engineer with CFC. We both attended a meeting at REA where N.C. EMC was seeking funding for a project big enough to require support from REA and CFC both.
I don’t actually remember this part of the story, but Sam told it many times, and I don’t doubt that it is true. Part of my job as the junior person was to carry the bags for my boss. He was a hulking guy, over six feet, and let’s just say I’m not, but at that time in the course of women’s liberation, there was no way I wasn’t going to do it. Sam, ever the gentleman, thought it was outrageous for me to be struggling with all this stuff while my boss didn’t carry so much as a notepad. He tried his best to help me and to wrest at least one of the bags from my grasp, to no avail. I was determined to do it my way.
In a lot of respects, that sums up our relationship. He was always trying to help me, and I always wanted to do it my way. He was a good friend, and despite my faults, did indeed help me in many ways, including helping me get a job working for him at CFC when my husband and I moved to the Washington area. It was the best gig I ever had.
I loved and admired Sam very much. In the face of prejudice and intolerance—I can’t imagine what it was like for a person of Japanese descent to travel through the South with the REA circus during World War II—he maintained dignity and a sense of himself that allowed him to rise above the prejudices of others. He and Margaret were special people in my life who introduced me to many new things from amaryllises to zucchini cake. I miss our lunches. I miss our talks. I miss the produce. But most of all, I miss Sam.
With deepest sympathy,
Pat Williams
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