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William “Bill” K. Choy, Jr.

William “Bill” K Choy, Jr. passed away on March 2, 2022 surrounded by his family. He was born on May 31, 1930 to William and Martha Bissen Kin Choy, Sr. Bill is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Shirley Perry K Choy; children, Valory Lehua Yap (Keith), Wendy Kaulia (Daniel), Yolanda Kaulia, William Kin Choy, III (Lei), Mary Grace Ramos (Tony), Blossom Roque (Anthony), and Sheila Zarle (Michael), 20 grandchildren, 43 great-grand children, 3 great-great- grandchildren, a sister, Kuulei Williams of Cali-fornia and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. A funeral service will be ...

Wendy J. Rhody, 71

Wendy J. Rhody, of Haiku, Maui passed away at home in the care of Hospice Maui and her family on March 9, 2022. She was born September 14, 1950 in Suffolk England. She met her husband Steve Rhody while he was stationed in England in the Air Force and moved to Hawaii in the early 70’s. Wendy was an amazingly talented woman who had many professions in her life including seamstress, Emergency Medical Technician, and Emergency Dept. Registered Nurse. In her later years of retirement, she enjoyed Line dancing, sewing, and traveling. Wendy is survived by her husband, Steve Rhody of ...

Wendy Moanalani Akima, 61

Wendy Moanalani Akima, 61, of Wailuku, Maui passed away on March 2, 2022 at Maui Memorial Meical Center. She was born on August 23, 1960 in Wailuku. Wendy is survived by her husband, James Harrison Akima; daughters, Malia Okamo-to and Kaulana Suggs; grandchildren, Hunter, Sofia and Colton; father, Clarence Suggs; siblings; Linda (Mark) Hawkins, Sondi (Dave) Lopes, Bryce (Carmela “Dolly”) Suggs and Kye (Eric) Roan. She is predeceased by her mother, Eleanor Martin. Private scattering of her ashes will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made at: ...

Kathryn Kochi, 76

Kathryn Kochi, 76, of Maui was born on 02/20/1945 and passed away on 08/12/2021 in Wailuku. Services will be held at Nakamura Mortuary on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Family visitation from 11:00am -11:30, public visitation from 11:30am - 12:30pm with prayer service from 12:30pm - 1:30pm, final goodbye from 1:30pm - 2:00pm. Family requests casual attire and no flowers. Online condolences Nakamuramortuary.com.

Faith Shigeko Munden, 72

On 2/25/22 Faith Shigeko Munden passed away at the young age of 72 and she left behind three adult children named Frank, Forest, and Frazier. She was a great mother, perhaps the greatest of all time, and she could brighten the darkest days with her loving smile. Faith loved to read, at one point her wooden house had more books than termites, and she often boasted that she completed each novel at least twice, in fact, some books were so worn out that they barely had any ink left on their pages. All of them will be donated to the local libraries as she wanted to share the joys of ...

Namiko Nakagawa, 99

Namiko Nakagawa, 99, of Paia, Maui passed away on February 11, 2022. She was born on September 21, 1922 in Puunene, Hawaii. Namiko is survived by her son Michael (Alison) Nakagawa; daughters Jessie Castiel and Nancy McDaniel; grandchildren Kelly (Brad) Yokouchi, Dean Iwatake, Jennifer (Darren) Takashima, Melissa Nakagawa; great grandchildren Brady and Kenzie Yokouchi; Talia Takashima and brother Dick Fukushima. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years Mamoru Naka-gawa, daughter Eileen Iwatake, son-in-law Masaru Iwatake, son-in-law Joseph Castiel, brothers Masaru Fukushima, ...