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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.,...

Frank M. Kawana, 66, of Mililani, a foreman and a veteran of the Navy and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed away on April 15, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Merle, sons Ryan and Jon,...

Carlton Masaaki Yanagi, 67, of Honolulu, an Army and Air National Guard veteran, passed away on March 22, 2015. He was born in Hono­lulu. He is survived by brother Brian and sister Loreene Fujioka. Private services. Aloha attire. No flowers....

John Lake Tinsman III, also known as “Johnny Cab” and “Mettler,” 40, of Hilo, a chef, appliance technician and former member of the Hawaii Army National Guard, passed away on May 5, 2015. He was born in Denver. He is survived...

Tiburcio Bungay Agu, 84, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, a Kekaha Sugar Plantation retiree and a Hawai‘i Air National Guard veteran, passed away  in Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital on April 27, 2015. He was born in Kōloa, Kaua‘i. He is survived by wife Juanita A.; sons Vernon, Dominic...

Gary Kwook Quon Yuen, 66, of Honolulu, a retired Honolulu Police Department officer and an Air National Guard veteran, passed away on April 8, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Garrison, companion Deanna Shimizu, brother...

Robert W. Franco, 72, of Wahiawa, a retiree from the automotive industry and a National Guard veteran, passed away on April 22, 2015 in Wahiawa. He was born in Soledad, California He is survived by wife Barbara T.; daughter Bobbi R....