Bailey, Sayoko "Sally" (Nikaido), age 87, formerly of Ruskin, BC passed away on Mother's Day, May 14, 2023, at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital.

After spending four years of the Second World War in the "Tashme" internment camp for Japanese-Canadians with her parents and siblings, followed by a spell picking sugar beats in Alberta, Sally would make her way to Ontario as did her sisters Judy, Jean, Pat, and Lucy.

It was in Toronto that she was hired by Bell Canada where she met Shirley Jarvis, Marilyn Jones, and Carole Pryor with whom she remained friends until the end.

In 1956, Sally met an English immigrant carpenter and musician by the name of Arthur Bailey whom she married in 1959. They were together for nearly 57 years being parted only by Arthur's death in April of 2016. Their union produced two sons, David and Brian.

In her latter years, Sally took to the curling rink skipping her team at the Leaside Curling Club. She made many friends and continued to compete until illness forced her to retire from the sport she loved.

Sally was predeceased by her parents Mitsu and Fuchi (nee Abe), sisters Judy (Nakatsu), Cherry (Inouye), Fay (Takahashi), Pat (Fujiwara), Lucy (Ichikawa), Rose (Yamashiro), Yuki (who died in infancy), and brothers Frank and Tak.

She is survived by sister Jean (Goto), brothers Roy, and Harry, sons David and Brian, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.

On behalf of Sally, the family thanks the extended Nikaido family in BC and Ontario, the extended Bailey family in England, the staff, nurses, and doctors at Sunnybrook Hospital, and her physician Dr. Amy Liao.

The family would also like to pay special thanks to Sally's nieces Laura and Janet, her brother Roy and her very special friends Shirley Jarvis, Pauline Sykes, Maureen Harrington, Carola Feili, and Tracey Miller.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 27th at York Cemetery, 160 Beecroft Road, North York at noon.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be directed to the Sunnybrook Foundation. Support Sunnybrook - Sunnybrook Foundation https://donate.sunnybrook.ca