Flo Marie Saunders' Obituary
Flo Marie Saunders passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at her home in Kailua, Hawaii.
Flo was born on December 6, 1925 to William & Ina Harrison on their family farm in Seymour, Texas. She graduated from Seymour High School in 1943 and went on to work at a weather bureau in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
It was there she met her future husband, Harry A Saunders of Honolulu, Hawaii. They were married on October 18, 1944, shortly thereafter moving to Honolulu, eventually settling in Kailua where they raised their family.
The Saunders family owned and operated Kailua Travel from the early 1980’s until its closure in 2004.
Flo was preceded in death by her husband Harry in 1993 and daughter Penny Dobbs in 2015.
Flo is survived by her son Harry III and his wife Susie; daughters, Pamela Saunders, Patricia Wirth and Lisa Saunders along with 8 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren , 2 great-great grandchildren as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Services will be held on Tuesday, September 13th at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Visitation from 5:30pm-6pm, services from 6pm-7pm with additional visitation and refreshments immediately following the service.
Donations may be made to the American Heart Association-Hawaii or the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii.
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