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Leslie Walker “Les” Stewart Jr., 70, of Wahiawa, a retired chief of Army casualty and mortuary affairs and the Army Mortuary, and a U.S. government embalmer, passed away on August 18, 2015. He was also and retired Army sergeant first...

Charles Yadao Oliva, 86, of Mililani, a federal government retiree, former bus driver at Leeward Bus Co. and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed on July 21, 2015. He was born in Koloa, Kauai. He is survived by wife...

Photographs taken from the HIANG 25 published booklet in 1971 Bobby was the last surviving charter member of the Hawaii Air National Guard from 1947. He has the distinction of being the first HIANG member promoted to the rank of...

Antone G. Bento, 101, of Honolulu, a Hawaii County lead painter, an Army veteran who served with Company C, 298th Infantry Regiment, and recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, passed away on August 2, 2015....

Aug. 27, 2015Albert John DeMotta Sr., 81, of Pepeekeo, Hawai‘i, a retiree from the former Hilo Coast Processing Co. in Pepeekeo and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on August 27, 2015. He was born in Hilo. He is...

Aug. 10, 2015Jackson Yorio “Jack” Hamamura, 86, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, a veteran of the Army, Air Force and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed away in Salem, Oregon on August 10, 2015. He was born in Koloa, Kaua‘i. He is survived by wife JoAnn; son...

David Francis Meyer, 97, of Hilo, formerly of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired truck driver for the former Hamakua Sugar Plantation and an Army private first class with the 1st Regiment, Hawaii Rifles, died in Pohai Malama Hospice of Hilo. He...

Gilbert Silva “Papa Gil” Sampaia, 87, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Hospital general maintenance department employee and a retired Hawaii Army National Guard sergeant, passed away on August 23, 2015. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife...

Lawrence K.K. Mun, age 83 of Pearl City passed away on July 18, 2015 at Pali Momi Hospital. Retired after 38 years in Civil Service and 40 years with the Hawaii National Guard as a Master Sergeant. He is survived...

Primo Rivera Menor, 78, of Waipahu, a former employee of Consolidated Theaters at Kam Drive-In and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on August 15, 2015. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by daughter Beranda Matsunaga-Lee,...