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Article: OBITUARY Pramenko shared her calm, culture She demonstrated Japan's tea ceremony
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2009
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Life took Sei Mandai out of Japan, but it could not take the
Japanese lady out of Sei Mandai.
Like the tea ceremonies she elegantly demonstrated, she created
islands of calm in her new American life as the wife of Eugene
Pramenko.
"She picked out a lucky day," said her husband, referring to the
Japanese tradition of picking an auspicious day for a wedding. "And
it must have been, because we were married for 48 years."
Sei Mandai Pramenko died of natural causes Dec. 18, the couple's
48th anniversary. She was 77.
The youngest of seven children, she was born in Kobe, Japan. Her
father was an engineer who worked for a private company providing
electrical service.
As a young woman, she received ...