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James Akahi “Kimo” Keanini Jr., 71, of Aiea, an officer and voice operations supervisor for the Telecommunications Management Group and an Army veteran, passed away on April 18, 2015. He was born in Hoolehua, Molokai. He is survived by sons James...

Raymond Ernest Naylon Sr., 82, of Honolulu, a Hawaii National Guard staff sergeant, Honolulu Police Department captain, a security officer for Victoria Ward and U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector,  passed away on May 7, 2015 . He was born in...

Gordon Kwock Wai Tam, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Aloha Airlines maintenance supervisor and Tam’s Shoe Repair Shop owner, and a Hawaii National Guard veteran, passed away on May 2, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by...

Brig Gen Joseph Kim emailed Retiree News, to pass on information about Sandy Hoggan’s services. The funeral will be on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, starting at 1715, at the Mililani Mortuary Park & Mortuary. Additional information will be in the...

Robert Lawrence Cookman, 62, of Kamuela, Hawaii, a stevedore for McCabe Hamilton & Renny and Matson Navigation, and a veteran of the Army and Army National Guard, passed away in Kamuela on May 11, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He...

Charles Shigemi Kakigi, 80, of Hilo, a Federal Aviation Administration flight service station manager and a veteran of the Air Force and Air National Guard, passed away on May 8, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by...

Retiree News received very sad news that Sandra “Sandy” Hoggan has passed away this afternoon. She died after a long and courageous fight with cancer.  She was a fighter and an inspiration to all. Sandy enlisted in the Hawai‘i Air...

Henry Hitoshi Yamada, 84, of Honolulu, died at Straub Hospital on May 14, 2015. He established and was former President of Ziebart Auto Rust Proofing of Hawaii. He was a veteran of the Hawaii Army National Guard and retired instructor...

John S. Matsuda, 74, of Wahiawa, a retired shop teacher at Aliamanu Intermediate School and a National Guard veteran, passed away on May 14, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Carol L.G.; son Shawn Y.;...

John Michael Angelo Cole Caneda Sr., 51, of Hilo, an auto body mechanic and an Army National Guard veteran, passed away on May 12, 2015. He was born in Kailua. He is survived by wife Charmaine, son John M.A.C. Jr.,...