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Richard E. Genereux, 57

Richard E. Genereux, 57 of Kahului, passed away on December 19, 2017 in Wailuku. He was born on November 2, 1960, in Topeka, Kansas. Private services were held. He was the retired Director of Risk Management for Payment Processing, Inc., Fremont, CA. Richard loved to travel, making trips to Great Britain, especially Brighton Beach and London, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Japan and China. He enjoyed the travel and winning prizes in game machines throughout his travels. He was a collector of memorabilia, comics, videos and his prizes. He kept many ...

Jason K. Lonzaga, 54

Jason Kalei Lonzaga was born January 10, 1963, in Wailuku. He attended Haiku School, graduated from Maui High School, and proudly served in the Armed Services. He loved diving, fishing, hunting and all manners of outdoor activities. Nakamura Mortuary is assisting with arrangements. A Celebration of Jason’s life will be held at Nakamura Mortuary on January 2, 2018. Visitation will begin from 8:30am to 9:30am with service to begin at 9:30am; burial will take place at Maui Veteran’s Cemetery in Makawao at 1:00pm. Jason is predeceased by Elmara Dekluijver and Dutch ...

Florendo M. Manuel, 87

Florendo M. Manuel, 87, of Kahului, Maui, passed away on December 24, 2017, at his home, with his loving family by his side, under the care of Islands Hospice. He was born on February 7, 1930, in Banna, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, January 5, 2018, at Norman’s Mortuary; service will begin at 7:00 p.m. A graveside service will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Maui Memorial Park Cemetery; burial will follow. Florendo was a retired construction worker at Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company. He was ...

Yaeko Matsuda, 85

Yaeko Matsuda, daughter of Rikiichi & Shizuko Kawaguchi, was born in Makawao, Maui on October 12, 1932 and passed away on December 17, 2017 at Hale Makua. Services honoring Mrs. Matsuda will be held at Kahului Hongwanji Mission on Friday, January 5, 2018. Visitation will begin at 9:30am with services beginning at 10:30am. Interment services will be held privately. The family requests casual attire. In lieu of flowers and koden, the family asks donations be made in Aunty Yaechan’s name to Hale Makua and Kahului Hongwanji Mission. Yaeko attended Kamehameha III School in ...

Marilyn Simpson, 92

Marilyn Simpson passed away December 26, 2017 peacefully at home in Kula Hawaii at the age of 92. Marilyn lived during the depression years in Blue Rapids Kansas where her father and grandfather owned a flour mill. She graduated from Kansas University and married the “boy next door”, Jerry Simpson. They moved to Casper Wyoming, had their son Clay, and then to Calgary, Alberta Canada. There Jerry started a survey company now called Midwest Surveys. They then had three beautiful daughters. They discovered Maui in 1963 and retired to Kula permanently in 1979. She is ...

Yoshie Suehiro, 77

Yoshie Suehiro, 77, of Wailuku, passed away on December 14, 2017 at her care residence under the care of Islands Hospice. Yoshie worked as a Barber for over 20 years being the owner of Sue’s Barber Shop in Wailuku. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 5, 2018 at Nakamura Mortuary for the public from 10:00am to 10:45am, with prayer services to begin at 10:45am. She will be laid to enteral rest at Maui Memorial Park at 2:00pm. Nakamura Mortuary assisted with arrangements.Born on February 28, 1940 to Yunoshin and Nakano Suehiro. She is survived by brothers, Robert S. ...