The internet is filled with things. Here is one of them.
Love in the Face of Tragedy2024 Sep 12
Jane Nakatani was my 4th grade teacher and is the mother of three sons, all who have passed away far too early. Her oldest, Glen (1961-1990), was an early casualty of the AIDS epidemic, back when it was regarded as an exclusively gay problem. Her youngest, Guy (1967-1994), was also homosexual (although he never said as much) and also contracted and eventually died from AIDS, but not before speaking to crowds (such as my elementary school) as a proponent of de-stigmatizing the disease and practicing safe sex. And sadly, her middle son, Greg (1963-1986), died early in a shooting at only twenty-three years old in what the family's biographer attributed to a excessive amount of macho stemming from compensating for his brothers' perceived lack of it in their father's eyes.
This linked article is from 1997, when Mrs. Nakatani retired with her husband, Alexander, to Hawaii. Alexander passed away last year just two weeks shy of his 87th birthday. About Jane, I can find no further information.
Jane Nakatani was my 4th grade teacher and is the mother of three sons, all who have passed away far too early. Her oldest, Glen (1961-1990), was an early casualty of the AIDS epidemic, back when it was regarded as an exclusively gay problem. Her youngest, Guy (1967-1994), was also homosexual (although he never said as much) and also contracted and eventually died from AIDS, but not before speaking to crowds (such as my elementary school) as a proponent of de-stigmatizing the disease and practicing safe sex. And sadly, her middle son, Greg (1963-1986), died early in a shooting at only twenty-three years old in what the family's biographer attributed to a excessive amount of macho stemming from compensating for his brothers' perceived lack of it in their father's eyes.
This linked article is from 1997, when Mrs. Nakatani retired with her husband, Alexander, to Hawaii. Alexander passed away last year just two weeks shy of his 87th birthday. About Jane, I can find no further information.