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Amy Haruyo Sanehira
Dec. 20, 2013
Amy Haruyo Sanehira, 85, of Kahului, passed away on Dec. 20, 2013 at Palolo Chinese Home, Honolulu. Visitation will begin at 3:30 p.m. Fri., Jan 17 at Nakamura Mortuary with service at 4:30 p.m. Burial will be on Sat., Jan 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Mrs. Sanehira was born on May 3,...
Randolph Kalei Kaoni
Dec. 19, 2013
Randolph Kalei Kaoni, 67, of Lahaina, passed away on December 19, 2013 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. Private services were held. Mr. Kaoni was born on November 4, 1946 in Lahaina. He was a laundry supervisor at the Hyatt Regency. He is survived by his brothers, Alfred Kaoni of Wailuku, Joseph...
Merilyn Asano Viela
Dec. 18, 2013
Merilyn A. Viela passed away on December 18, 2013 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was 95 years old. Merilyn is predeceased by her husband of 71 years, James W. Viela, parents Goichi and Saga Otani; sisters, Esther Kimura, Doris Iriguchi; brothers Harold Otani and Douglas Otani. Merilyn was a...
Matsuko Kubo
Dec. 17, 2013
Matsuko Kubo, 86, of Lahaina, passed away on December 17, 2013 at her home. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Lahaina Methodist Church, with a service at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. Mrs. Kubo was born on August 22, 1927. She was a...
Huberta Kaleionaia Mendiola
Dec. 17, 2013
Huberta “Sista” Mendiola, 82, of Wailuku, died on Dec. 17, 2013 at Hale Makua Kahului. Visitation will begin at 6pm, Fri., Jan. 10, 2014, with service at 7pm at Nakamura Mortuary and continuing on Oahu, at 10am on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 with service at 11am at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary....
Gregory James Braman
Dec. 13, 2013
Gregory James Braman, 61, of Lahaina, died on December 13, 2013 in Lahaina, Maui. Scattering of Mr. Braman's ashes will be held in Kahana on Sunday, March 16, 2014. For details, please contact Eva Braman at (808) 896-9022. Mr. Braman was born on September 9, 1952 in Spencer, Iowa to Carl and Eva...
Charles Ralph Fishburn
Dec. 13, 2013
Charles Ralph Fishburn, 79, of Kihei, died on Decembe 13, 2013 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. Private services were held. Mr. Fishburn was born on June 14, 1934 in Waverly, Ohio, to John Thornton and Ellen Fishburn. He was an installation supervisor for Western Electric for 31 years. He is...
Janice Miyashiro Toguchi
Dec. 12, 2013
Janice Miyashiro Toguchi, 83, of Kahului, died on Dec. 12, 2013 at her home under care of Hospice Maui. Private services were held. The family requests no koden or flowers. Donations in her memory may be made in to Hospice Maui. Mrs. Toguchi was born on Aug. 17, 1930 in Puunene. She was an office...
Faye Allison Massey
Dec. 12, 2013
Faye Allison Massey, 75, of Kahului ended her physical journey on December 12, 2013, at Hale Makua in Wailuku. Ms. Massey was born Novemebr 6, 1938 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Aubrey and Evelyn Massey. She was predeceased by her ex-husband and best friend, Stephen Harada, whom she met...
Santiago Candelario Sambrano Valleros
Dec. 10, 2013
Santiago Valeros, 75, of Kahului, died on Dec. 10, 2013 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 6pm Fri., Dec. 27, 2013 at Christ the King Church, with a Mass at 8pm. Burial will be in the Philippines at a later date. Mr. Valeros was born in Ilocos Norte, Phils. on Jan. 2, 1938...
Jane Ayako Yatsushiro
Dec. 09, 2013
Jane A.Yatsushiro, 85, of Wailuku, died on December 9, 2013 at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku. Private services were held. Mrs. Yatsushiro was born on December 14, 1927 in Puunene, Maui. She retired from Maui Medical Group. She is survived by her husband, Tamio Yatsushiro, daughters,...