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Jitsuo "Jits" Tamashiro
Mar. 19, 2017
Jitsuo "Jits" Tamashiro, 91, of Kailua, Oahu, passed away at his home on March 19,2017. He was born on October 28, 1925 in Hilo, Hawaii and was a partner with J. Tamashiro, Inc. Contractors and a veteran of the U.S. Army He is survived by wife, Rosemary "Rosie" Tamashiro; daughter, Brenda M....
Kalena Kunde
Mar. 18, 2017
Kalena Kunde (aka: Karen Anne Kunde), a realtor with Century 21 Kailua Beach Realty, passed away March 18, 2017. She was born in Hollywood, California to parents Emil Joseph Kunde and Anne Marie Bock Kunde. She is survived by cousins, JoAnne Teman, Barbara Jensen and Susan Coblens; her hanai...
Jose M. Gosiaco
Mar. 18, 2017
Jose Monares Gosiaco, 85, of Waimanalo, Hawaii passed away at home on March 18, 2017. Jose was born to Eusebia Villavencio (Monares) and Gregorio Santa Ana Gosiaco in Pavia, Iloilo, Philippines on July 23, 1931. Jose was a retired nuclear inspector for the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and a United...
Alvin B. L. Hiu
Mar. 17, 2017
Alvin B. L. Hiu, 93 of Kailua, Hawaii has passed away on March 17, 2017 in Kailua. He was born to Bertha K. K. (Leong) and Samuel F. Hiu in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 8, 1923. He retired as a Fire Captain with the City and County of Honolulu. He also served in the armed forces with the United...
Mark Allan Swegler
Mar. 16, 2017
MARK ALLAN SWEGLER, 63, Kaneohe, Hawaii peacefully passed away at home on the morning of March 16, 2017 of ALS/Lytico-Bodig. He was born February 14, 1954 on Guam. At age 14, Mark was a rancher; then in 1972 began training as a master baker at Crown Bakery, Guam, with international master baker...
Pauline Lupua Akina
Mar. 15, 2017
On March 15th, 2017, Pauline "Lupua" Akina (Fernandez) at the age of 71, a retired Judiciary Clerk, an alumna of the Kamehameha Schools for Girls, Class of 1963 since kindergarten, was called home by Our Heavenly Father. She was born on June 8th, 1945. "Lupua" is survived by husband, Daniel...
Casimira Favia Lagua
Mar. 15, 2017
Casimira Favia Lagua, a resident of Waipahu, Hawaii passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, she was 83 years old. Casimira was a doting wife, mother, sister, aunty and grandmother who was a homemaker and a loving matriarch of her family. Casimira is...
Betty Kikawa Ogami
Mar. 13, 2017
Betty Kikawa Ogami, 93 of Honolulu, Hawaii passed away on March 13, 2017. She was born to Masano (Tamura) and Koroku Kikawa in Honolulu Hawaii on March 18, 1923. She retired as a Broker with the Real Estate Industry. Betty is survived by her son, David N. Ogami; daughters, Susan Ogami- Van Camp...
Warren Kalani Young
Mar. 12, 2017
Warren Kalani Young, 63 of Kaneohe, Hawaii has passed away on March 12, 2017 in Kailua, Hawaii. He was born to Rebecca Kawaluna (Kailiwai) and Lloyd Keanu Young, Sr. in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 9, 1954. He retired as a laborer for various construction companies. Warren is survived by his...
William Kalani Johnston Sr.
Mar. 12, 2017
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Evelyn Nailima Padeken
Mar. 11, 2017
Evelyn Nailima Padeken, 89, born July 18, 1927 and passed away on March 11, 2017 surrounded by family at her home in Ka'a'awa. Born in Honolulu; the youngest of 11; raised in Ka'a'awa. She worked at Dole Cannery in the 60's, then started working at Turtle Bay from 1974-1988. When she retired, she...
Gladys Fusako Yap
Mar. 11, 2017
Gladys Fusako Fujimoto Yap, 78, of Kaneohe, Hawaii passed away on March 11, 2017 in Kailua, Hawaii. She was born to Roseline Sim (Lee) and Walter Noburo Fujimoto in Kahuku, Hawaii on August 9, 1938. She was the third of eight children. Gladys attended and graduated from Kahuku High School. She...