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Roy Elf
Mar. 18, 2022
Roy Allen Elf, 85, passed away 3/18/2022, at home in Kihei, surrounded by family & friends. Roy Elf Construction started in 1971 after Roy & family moved to Maui from Seattle. Roy mentored many young men in the construction industry thus many admiring future contractors to his credit. He...
Neal Kajihara
Mar. 17, 2022
Services for Mr. Neal Kajihara will be held on Tuesday, May 31 at Nakamura Mortuary at 6:00 pm. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Please. No koden. No flowers.
Magdalena Tacang
Mar. 14, 2022
Magadalena Long-gat Tacang passed away peacefully at home on March 14, 2022. She was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. She is survived by her children, Teresita (Luis) Gaoiran, Steve (Zeny) Tacang Sr., Remigio (Magarita) Tacang, Chester (Tessie) Tacang and Edgardo (Mary Jane)...
Ramon Coratibo
Mar. 13, 2022
Ramon Coratibo, 89, of Kahului, Maui passed away on March 13, 2022 in the comfort of Hospice Maui Hale. Services for Mr. Coratibo will be held at Nakamura Mortuary. Visitation Sat., April 18 at 10:00 AM, service at 11:00 AM, Burial to follow at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Nakamura Mortuary is...
Donald Shimada
Mar. 12, 2022
Donald Kenji Shimada, 92 peacefully passed away at his home in Kahului, Maui on March 12, 2022. He was born on August 21,1929 in Puunene to Shoichi and Moto Shimada. Donald was the second of four sons, Robert, Richard and Harry, and he grew up in McGerrow Camp. He graduated from Baldwin High...
Robert "Bobby" Nakayama
Mar. 12, 2022
Robert Masakazu Nakayama of Kahului, Maui passed away at Hospice Maui on March 12, 2022 at the age of ninety. Born August 30, 1931 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Yotaro and Tomoe Nakayama, he graduated from Farrington High School in 1950 and enlisted into the U.S. Army in 1951. Injured in the Korean war,...
Thomas Charles Goss
Mar. 11, 2022
Thomas Charles Goss died March 11, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was the son of Charles and Evelyn VanKleeck Goss of Tillson, NY. He was born 1953 in Kingston, NY. Tom was a graduate of SUNY Ulster and attended William Paterson University, NJ. While living in NJ Tom was a member...
Mamerta Guerra Ramos
Mar. 10, 2022
Mamerta “ Martha ” Guerra Ramos took her final breaths and peacefully passed away on March 10, 2022 during the daytime hours as she calmly lay in bed at home surrounded by loved ones. Martha was born in Maui,HI. But no more than a few years later she would become “lost,” or rather taken by her...
Patricia "KUULEI" Nakagawa
Mar. 10, 2022
Patricia Kuulei Nakagawa of Kihei, Maui, HI passed away peacefully on March 10, 2022 in the care of Hospice Maui Hale in Wailuku, where she was surrounded by her loving family and friends. Kuulei was born on February 5, 1971 in Maui, Hawaii. She is survived by her father Charles Nakagawa, son...
Eduardo Aceret Miguel
Mar. 09, 2022
Eduardo Aceret Miguel, 63, of Kahului, passed away on March 9, 2022 in Wailuku. He was born on November 24, 1958 to the late Venancio Z Miguel and Adela Aceret. He had a passion for being a landscaper for the Four Seasons Hotel in Wailea, loved gardening at home on his free time and also enjoyed...
Herbert "Sonny" Neves
Mar. 08, 2022
Herbert "Sonny" Neves, 93, of Ha'ikū, Maui passed away on March 8, 2022, at Maui Memorial Medical Center. Burial service will be at Maui Memorial Park on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Herbert was born on November 17, 1928, in Kohala on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Mr. Neves was a retired...
Melissa Marie Bonnin Vicera
Mar. 08, 2022
Melissa Marie Bonnin Vicera of Wailuku, Hawaii, age 45, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on March 8, 2022, following a courageous battle with breast cancer. Melissa was born on December 28th 1976 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She attended grade school in Bonduel,...