Higano Family

Yoshiichi Higano [1906 – unknown]

Masuko Higano (nee Tsuchiya) [1907 – 1985]

Yoshiichi Dave Higano was born on June 27, 1902, in Tochigi-ken, Japan, to Densaku and Kisa (nee Sayama). Masuko Higano (nee Tsuchiya) was born on March 1, 1907, in Vancouver, BC, to Hajime and Tsugi (nee Asahina)

June Higano and unidentified man at Grad dance party, 1956. P-13112.

Yoshiichi and Masuko married on April 28, 1937, in Vancouver. He was an accountant. Masuko was a bookkeeper at the time of their marriage. They had three children: June Takako, Dianne, and Cliff. In 1942, the family was forced to relocate to Revelstoke and lived in the Big Eddy district, later moving to 149 Front Street. 

The family likely moved to Richmond, BC,  in the 1980s. Masuko died in Richmond on January 28, 1985.

June Takako Chiba (nee Higano) [1938 – 1991]

June came to Revelstoke with her family in 1942. She attended Selkirk School and Revelstoke High School. She began teaching at Selkirk School in 1958. She married Susumu Chiba on July 22, 1961, in Vernon, BC. She was an educator in the Richmond School District for many years.

Dianne Higano yearbook photo from Grade 10 at Revelstoke High School, 1959.

June Chiba (nee Higano) passed away in 1999.

Dianne Laforme (nee Higano) [1943 – present]

Dianne attended Revelstoke High School. She married George Richard Laforme in 1965 (George was born in Revelstoke in 1942). In 1983, Dianne and her family moved to Montreal, and in 1996, they moved to Hong Kong for her husband's work. Her husband retired in 2002, and he and Dianne settled in Victoria, BC.