Year: 2013

Henry “Hank” Arthur, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard member, passed away on May 11, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Reiko, and a daughter, Karen. His service will be at 1230 on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Hosoi…

Recently retired CSM Richard Tanaka is now working for the Pacific Disaster Center. PDC is headquartered on Maui but operates an office at Fort Shafter. He is the Disaster Services Advisor, dealing with emergency management, planning, operations and training. It’s…

Richard Cline is one a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member serving in the 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron. He is an Ironman competitor and he is trying to earn a special spot in the Kona Ironman. Clink here to learn more…

CMSgt Howard Okita retired from the Hawai‘i Air National Guard several years ago after serving 40 years. He served most of his career in the supply area.  Paralleling his Guard career is an even more celebrated one as an outstanding…

Howard L. Guerrero, 90, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 51 electrician, owner of Guerrero Electric Co. and a veteran of the Air Force, Hawai‘i Air National Guard and Hawaii Royal Guard, passed away on April 11,…

Albert Lauro, 74, of Waipahu, formerly of Hawai‘i Island, a retired carpenter and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 13, 2013. He was born in Pa‘auilo, Hawai‘i. He is survived by son Albert Jr.; daughters Roxanne…

Ernest “Outlaw” Silva, also known as Ernest DeSilva, 77, of Hilo, a former Hilo Country Club groundskeeper and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 26, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by half…

John “Sonny” Kaiewe Jr., 83, of Hilo, a retired U.S. Department of the Interior resource management specialist at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and a veteran of the Army and Hawai‘i Army National Guard, passed away on April 20, 2013. He…

Shigeru “Shige” Fujimoto, 88, of Honoka‘a, Hawai‘i, a retired Hāmākua Sugar Co. journeyman welder, Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree and an Army veteran who served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion, Company B, during World War II, April…

Arthur Mitchell “Aka” Mahi, 79, of Kalaoa, Hawai‘i, a retired Hawaiian Dredging Co. laborer and Isemoto Construction Co. employee, passed away on March 23, 2013. He was also an Army and Hawai‘i National Guard veteran who served during the Korean…