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Henry Stanley Leite, 80, of Aiea, an Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 14, 2014. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Soon Yea, sons John G. Pupek and Charlie Pak, daughters Linda Fong and...

  click on photographs to enlarge Retiree News received word of the passing of Colonel James R. Ashford, retired commander of the then 154th Fighter Group. Colonel Ashford was 90 years old and passed on April 9, 2014.  Colonel Ashford...

Nicholas Donald "Nick" Teves, 79, of Kāne‘ohe, a retired Shell Oil dealer, passed away on March 8, 2014.  He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Roberta; daughters Donna and Linda Teves, and Marie-Ann Wetter; brother Gary; sister Sylvia;...

James Toshiyuki Minato, 92, of Hilo, a retired director for the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workers Compensation Division, an Army veteran who served in World War II and a retired Hawaii Air National Guard captain, passed away...

Seichi Yamamoto, 95, of Honolulu, a retired National Guard supply sergeant and an Army retiree, passed away on February 23, 2014. He was born in Honoka‘a, Hawai‘i. He is survived by brother Kelly and sisters Claire Kubota and Geraldine Omori.

Carl K. Tanaka, 54, of Honolulu, a National Guard veteran, passed away on March 4, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Howard Masaru and Helene F. Tanaka, brother Craig and sister Laurie Ann Kepa.

Elsie M. Coopman, 50, of Kapolei, a retired Air Force Reserve major and a manager with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, passed away on March 5, 2014.  She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Kevin, son Alec,...

Teruo Oshiro, 86, of Kekaha, Kauai, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard retiree, passed away on February 2, 2014. He was born in Lawai, Kauai. He is survived by wife Florence Tomita; daughters Nancy Berson, Kerry Han and Lisa Tomita; brothers...

LeRoy Bow Chong Yuen, 78, of Honolulu, a Public Utilities Commission director and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on February 5, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Eva; son Marty; daughters Tammy...

Wright Ernest “Buddy” Upchurch, 76, retired Quality Assurance Specialist for Rockwell Intl. Rocketdyne Division, passed away on December 12, 2013 at Pali Momi Medical Center. He served in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard in the 1960s and 70s before moving to...