Ikue Kobayashi, 1956

Ikue Kobayashi was just nineteen years old when she moved to Okanagan Centre with her new husband. For the first few years, Ikue worked for the Okanagan Valley Land Company as camp cook for the orchard and packinghouse workers. After her children were old enough, Ikue returned to work at the Okanagan Valley Land Company, this time in the Okanagan Centre packinghouse. For many years, Ikue walked down the hill from their farm each day to sort apples at the packinghouse and returned back up the hill in the evening to cook supper for her family and assist her husband with farm chores.