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Walter S. Sakai, 83

Walter Sadao Sakai, 83, of Kahului, passed away at the Maui Memorial Medical Center on June 28, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. A celebration of life was held at the Makawao Veterans Cemetery on July 16, 2018. The family requests no koden. Nakamura Mortuary assisted with the arrangements. Walter was born in Maui on August 29, 1934 to Matsugoro and Hisa Sakai. He was the youngest of 11 children. He graduated from Maui High School, served in the Air Force, graduated from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelors in Business Administration, and retired in 1994 as an ...

Kathleen M. Carroll, 53

Kathleen M. Carroll, 53, of Wailuku, passed on June 28, 2018 at Hospice Maui Hale, with her loving brother by her side. Services will be held at a later date on Maui and in New York. For service questions or information, please call Anthony at (808) 214-2301. Nakamura Mortuary assisted with the arrangements. Ms. Carroll was born on March 14, 1965 in New York, to Robert & Josephine Carroll. She was a retail saleswoman and was a pilot graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Kathleen was predeceased by her father Robert; grandfather Anthony and grandmother Josephine. She ...

Jimmy Hoang, 77

Jimmy Hoang, 77, of Kahului passed away on July 12, 2018. He was born April 15, 1941 in Nam Dinh, Vietnam. Services will be held at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku on Monday, July 23, 2018. Visitation will begin at 10:00am with mass celebrated at 11:00am. Inurnment will be on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 10:30am at Maui Memorial Park in Wailuku. Mr. Hoang is survived by his wife, Phuong Linda Hoang; sisters, Nga Hoang and Hien Hoang; children, Jean (Chad) Watanabe, Judy (Jon) Tester, Thi Hoang (Dung Nguyen), Dat Hoang (Thao Tran), Duc Hoang (Chieu Nguyen), Dai Hoang (Anh Nguyen); ...

Roy Ryoichi Hoshide, 82

Roy R. Hoshide, 82, of Kahului passed away peacefully at his residence on June 30, 2018. He was born in Ookala, Hawaii and was a graduate of Hilo High School. Roy then resided on Oahu, and retired from Hawaiian Tel/GTE, then Aloha Airlines. He spent the last 9 years on Maui to be closer to his granddaughters. Roy is survived by his wife, Tsuruyo; daughters, Traci (Kevin) Kubo and Jonelle; granddaughters, Brynn, Peytynn and Shelby; sister, Eloise Hoshide, and sister in law, Eleanor (George) Hoshide, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, Yoshikazu and Miteru ...

Lynn Tokie Matsuda, 70

Lynn Tokie Matsuda, 70, of Wailuku, Maui passed away peacefully on June 27, 2018 at her residence. Lynn was born on October 19, 1947 2ndof 3 siblings to Morris and Kikue Yamashita of Kona, HI. Growing up in Kona in the old plantation days she grew up picking coffee with her older brother and Mom. From an early age she was introduced to hard work and dedication in which she carried in to her adulthood as she moved away and started to build her own life and family. She attended college, moved to Oahu and started working for Hawaiian Tel where she met her ex-husband. They soon after got ...

Desiderio Flores Gando, 71

Desiderio Flores Gando, 71, of Los Angeles California, passed away in Maui, Hawaii on July 15, 2018. He was born September 19, 1946 in Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippines. He was a retired houseman at the Hyatt Regency Maui. He was preceded in death by his father, Sarafin Gando Sr. He is survived by his wife Rosalinda M. Gando; mother, Ambrocia Gando; daughter, Katherine Rose (Michael) G. Tomas; son, Emerson (Jen) Gando; brothers, Carlos (Lucy) Gando, Rolando (Flory) Gando, Serafin (Beth) Gando, Cesar – deceased (Nida) Gando, Felix (Gloria – deceased) Gando, Gandolfo (Evelyn) Gando; ...