Year: 2013

Clement Kahoonei Kaonohi, 76, of Kailua, a retired Honolulu Police Department lieutenant and a National Guard veteran, passed away on March 19, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Isabelle; son Clement “Kahi” Jr.; daughters Tammy-Lynn…

Walter Kaimiola Kotrys, 49, of ‘Ewa Beach, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard member and a veteran of Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, passed away on Febraury 28, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Brandonn Kealiinohomoku and Chad Kotrys; brothers…

This is a photo of then LT Theodore "Ted" Daligdig on the right, taken in sometime in the early 1960s. Click on the photo to enlarge it. Can anyone identify the other two soldiers in the photo? Ted served many…

Mitchell Kwan Leong Chong, 46, of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard communications specialist, passed away in Kaiser Medical Center on February 16, 2013. He was born in Hawai‘i. He is survived by wife Nora G., son Temujin G., mother…

David Rosario, 73, of Hilo, a retired supervisor at the former Hilo Coast Sugar Plantation and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard and Army veteran, passed away in the Queen’s Medical Center on February 14, 2013. He was born in Olaa, Hawai‘i.…

Donald Keli‘i Nathaniel, 78, of Hilo, a retired Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Co. harvester and pruner, and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree, died in Hilo Medical Center on February 14, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived…

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Robert DeCoster, a former member of the 154th Security Forces Squadron, has retired from the 110th Fighter Wing (Michigan ANG) after serving 32 years in the Air National Guard. Bob served as the technician with the 154 SFS here many…

Hirono taps two retired Air Force officers for her defense and military team U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawai‘i, has tapped Walter Kaneakua and Nick Ikeda, former aides to Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka, to staff her defense and military legislative team. Kaneakua,…

Ernest Napua Kalehua “Pops” Kai Sr., 79, of Hilo, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree and a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Korean War, passed away in Hilo Medical Center on January 21, 2013. He was born in Hana,…