Edith Flavia Wright Don, a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, godmother and friend, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones at age 85 on December 21, 2024, on Maui, the place she called home for over five decades. Edith was born on 7 May 1939 in Bluefields, Nicaragua, ...
Jerome Keala Mook of Wailuku, passed away peacefully at home on April 15, 2025. Born January 22, 1951, to James Lei Mook and Veronica Kahale Pilayo Mook, he grew up in Waimanalo and worked at Job Corps in Kokee, Kauai. A Vietnam-era Army Veteran, he later pursued various occupations, notably ...
Elaine Shizuko Mori, 89, passed away on March 18, 2025 at Hale Makua in Kahului. She was born in Kumamoto, Japan on June 9, 1935. Private family services were held. Elaine retired as Kitchen Manager from Shirokiya Maui. She is survived by sons, Stanley and Russell Mori; daughters, Eileen (Matthew) Mishina, Linda (Daniel) Ling; brothers, Itaru (Yasue) Nakano, Kenji and Toshinobu Nakano; sisters, Minako Mori, Kiyomi (Masaru) Fukuyama and Michiko (Masahiro) Miyazaki; grandchildren, Trevor (Brandi), Corey, Chase & Riley; great grandchild Kolten.
With heavy hearts we announce, on April 21, 2025, our beloved Dora Baisa Chung Louis went home with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was born April 10, 1933, in Paia, Maui She was married to Soloman Chung (Deceased) and Melvin Louis (Deceased) She worked in sales and retired from JC ...
Francisco (Frank) Purugganan, 88, of Wailuku, Maui, passed away on March 31, 2025. He was born on July 2, 1936 in Wailuku. Visitation will be held from 8:30am-10am on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Lattter-day Saints, 125 West Kamehameha Avenue Kahului; services will begin at 10am; burial will follow, 1pm at the Maui Veteran’s Cemetery in Makawao. Frank was a retired Equipment Operator for the County of Maui at Waiehu Golf Course and he also retired from Host Marriott at the Kahului Airport. Frank is a Veteran of the US Army. He was predeceased by ...
Joan Evelyn Epler, of Kihei, Maui, passed away peacefully at home on April 10, 2025, at the age of 94. Born on September 13, 1930, in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, to Stanley and Harriet Giltner, Joan was raised in Linden, New Jersey, alongside her beloved sister Ruth (predeceased). After graduating from Linden High School in 1948, she went to work for Prudential Insurance in Newark, New Jersey, and later worked as a key punch operator for the Standard Oil Company. Joan later moved to the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where she met the love of her life, Donald Epler. The two ...
