| Bill Clearihue reports that "His early experiences certainly formed his view of humanity, not unlike it did for David Suzuki. His interests have increasingly focussed on the Japanese Diaspora. He has studied the effect of Pearl Harbor on North American Japanese and has concluded that the attack itself permitted acceptance of an already existing bias. He tends to downplay the "Infamy" aspect of Pearl Harbor and the conduct of Japan itself, when it comes to the reasons for internment. Not a surprising angle for him to take. He does liken those events to the current anti-Islam sentiments in the West, again not surprising. I do not understand why the last half of his surname was dropped in Naval records. Was it by his choice, or was it a simple typo that was left unchallenged and undetected ? In his UBC and Church records, only his full surname ever appears. In his various writings, his time at UBC gets scant mention at best and his Naval service no mention at all. My dilemna now is how to refer to him in our records; I'm leaning towards Nakayama (aka Naka)." His obituary stated "Rev. Gordon Goichi Nakayama and Lois Masui Nakayama, During World War II, Tim was forced to relocate and interned as a young child with his family to a Japanese Canadian internment camp in central British Columbia and later to Alberta. After receiving a theology degree from the University of British Columbia, Fr. Tim was ordained Priest in 1957 and served multiple urban and rural congregations for the Diocese of Calgary for 10 years. In 1961 he married Lois Keiko Furumoto from Tokushima, Japan. They emigrated to Seattle in 1966, where Fr. Tim served asvicar and rector at St. Peter's Episcopal Parish (Diocese of Olympia) in the International District for 25 years. He then served as priest at All Souls' Church in Chatan, Okinawa for 6 years and St. Andrew's Church in Aomori, Japan for 2 years. In his retirement, Fr. Tim returned to Seattle and was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral.Fr. Tim was a champion of social justice causes, calling attention to the practice of redlining and underinvestment in Seattle's central area neighborhoods. His ministry included assisting in the formation of the national Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry, and welcoming refugees from around the world, especially Southeast Asians in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. He also advocated for reparations for the World War II relocation and internment of Japanese Canadians and Japanese Americans." |
