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ROSE TAI KIM SOON

Rose Tai Kim Soon of Hana Maui, passed away peacefully, surrounded by friends and family, on September 7, 2025 at Roselani Place, Kahului, Maui. Ms. Soon was born on December 3, 1924 in Kaupo, Maui. Her father and mother were Nicholas Yee Soon and Hiu Yuk Len. She graduated from Arizona ...

CHARLES GUARD, JR

Charles Atherton Guard, Jr., 83, of Kula, passed away peacefully at Maui Memorial Hospital on Monday, August 24, 2026. Charlie was born on July 10, 1943, in Honolulu to Charles Atherton Guard and Mildred Conow Guard. He grew up in Honolulu and attended Punahou School from kindergarten through ...

Richard Yamashita

Richard M Yamashita of Makawao passed away peacefully at Maui Memorial Medical Center on August 2, 2026. He was born on December 11, 1939 in Lanai City and graduated from H.P.Baldwin High School in 1959. He worked in the construction industry retiring as an electric lineman. Much of his ...

David Murata

David Mitsuru Murata, aged 96, passed peacefully on July 19, 2026, in Kula. Born on March 25, 1930 in Holualoa, Kona. David graduated from Konawaena High School and pursued higher education at Dakota Wesleyan University, Western Michigan College and the University of Hawaii. David devoted ...

Emiliano Andres

Emiliano Toquero Andres, 86, of Lahaina, Maui, passed away peacefully on August 1, 2026, at Maui Memorial Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was born on January 5, 1940, in Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines, to the late Paulino and Paula Andres. He moved to Maui in 1969. Emiliano ...

Ann Kashiwa

Ann Tsuneko Kashiwa passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 15, 2026 in Shoreline, Washington. Ann was born on August 1, 1934 in Lahaina, Maui to immigrant parents from Japan, Isao and Sawa Murayama. She was one of 7 children and the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was ...