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Patricia “Patty” Enriquez, 80         

Patricia “Patty” Enriquez, 80 of Wailuku, Maui passed away peacefully at home on May 7th, 2019. She was born on December 9th, 1938 in Puna, Hawaii to the late Santiago Garcia Antida and Otomo Pililani Kobayashi, owners of Ola’a Sugar Company who were known for their sugar cane, papaya and vanda orchids until 1960 when the Kilauea eruption consumed the family plantation. Patricia was intelligent and gifted with many talents. She well versed in Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino and the English language. She enjoyed dancing hula, playing her ukulele, singing karaoke at various parties, ...

Irene Hideko Machida, 78

Irene Hideko Machida, 78, of Kahului, Maui, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2019 at Hospice Maui Services honoring Mrs. Irene Machida will be held on Thursday, June 13, 2019 at Nakamura Mortuary, with visitation at 9:00am followed by service at 9:50am. Irene is pre-deceased by her husband, Richard Masanao Machida. Irene leaves to cherish her memory, daughter, Shannon S, Machida Cabanilla (Juan) and son, Kayne N. Machida; sisters, Mona Y. Hamaoka (Neal), Karen N. Ikoma (Don) and brother, Myles S. Kamei. The Machida family would like to thank the staff at Maui Memorial Hospital ...

Yoshiko Judy Napihaa, 95

Yoshiko Judy Napihaa, 95, of Wailuku passed away on May 27, 2019. Yoshiko was born on September 15, 1923 to Taro and Ushi Higa. She was a cook at Tasty Crust before retiring. She is pre-deceased by brothers, Takeo, Hideyasu, Susei Higa and sister Fumiko Miyahira. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, brothers, Seigi, George (Yone), William (Laura) Higa; sister, Hiroko Fukuda; numerous nieces and nephews. Private services were held. The family requests no koden. Please feel free to make a donation to your favorite charity in her remembrance. Nakamura Mortuary is assisting with ...

Mary Lou Schenk, 92 

Mary Lou Schenk, 92, of Wailuku, Maui passed away at her home on June 4th, 2019 under Hospice Care and was surrounded by her family. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 4th, 1926. She was a kind and loving mother and a lifelong member of St. Anthony Church in Wailuku. Mary Lou and her Husband Walter K. Schenk (deceased) moved to Maui in 1966 with their 7 Sons; David (Loretta), Brian (deceased), Douglas (Cindy), Michael, Gregory, Kenneth (Lilly) and Jeffrey (Keni). She has 6 Grandchildren; Cristina Schenk (Chad Bundy), Kevin Schenk (Ashley), Jenna Nishita (Josiah), Katrina ...

Frank Beecher Wooding III, 77         

Beecher died June 1, 2019, while windsurfing at Kanaha Beach Park on Maui. Beecher was born in September 1941 in Meriden CT to Frank and Ella Wooding. He earned a BA in Geology at Harvard, graduating in 1965. He worked for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts for 40 years. The bulk of his career at WHOI was spent designing and developing instrumentation for the ocean-bottom environment. He participated in at least 60 science cruises. Beecher is survived by his wife of over 51 years Christine M. Wooding; by his sister Sara W. (Keith) Goodrich of Lake Forest IL, ...

Pearl Lorraine Blair, 94        

Pearl Lorraine Blair was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Kim Len and Harriet Loy Kyau Yap on November 25, 1924. She enjoyed a full and wonderful life and went home to be with God on April 27, 2019 at the age of 94. She attended Maryknoll Elementary School and University Lab School, graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1942. As a secretary, she especially enjoyed working for many years at Central Union Church on O’ahu and for Big Brothers, Big Sisters on Maui. Pearl was married to Daniel F. Blair from September, 1948 until his passing on January, 2005. She is survived by her ...