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Harley Wee Fat Ching, 81, of Kula, Maui, a retired Kula Hospital building and grounds maintenance supervisor and an Army National Guard and Army Reserve veteran, passed away on August 4, 2013. He was born in Keokea, Maui. He is...

Ray Kiyoshi Nakamura, 78, of Hilo, a retired carpet layer and a veteran of the Army and Hawai‘i Army National Guard, passed away on July 13, 2013. He was born in Kukuihaele, Hawai‘i. He is survived by brothers James and...

William F. Heilbron, 82, of Kāne‘ohe, a business owner and Air National Guard veteran, passed away on July 2, 2013. He was born in Hawai‘i. He is survived by sons Burt, Kurt, Kent, William and Zachary; and two grandchildren.

Dominador Don Pamat Abregano, 87, of Pearl City, passed away June 28, 2013 in Honolulu. Born October 22, 1925 in Hakalau, Hawai‘i. Dominador was a retired staff sergeant from the Hawai‘i Army National Guard 29th Infantry Brigade & Troop E...

Joseph M. Lopez, also known as “Myboy” and “Papa Joe,” 72, of Hilo, a retired Hawai‘i Electric Light Co. machinist and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on July 18, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is...

Gerald C.L. Ching, 76, of Pukalani, Maui, passed away June 25, 2013 in Maui. Born February 27, 1937 in Kula, Maui. He retired from Hawai‘i National Guard. He was in charge of G&K Food Service for 7 years. He is...

Herbert Cardoza, also known as “Richard” and “Da Bread Man,” 78, of Ookala, Hawai‘i, a state heavy-equipment operator, rancher and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on July 2, 2013 in North Hawai‘i Community Hospital. He was born...

Francis Yoichi Ryusaki, 78, of Waimea, Hawai‘i, a retired employee of the Hawai‘i County Department of Water Supply, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel, and a veteran of the Air Force and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed...

James “Jimmy” Toledo, 72, of Mililani, a Board of Water Supply maintenance supervisor and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on May 5, 2013. He was born in Wahiawā. He is survived by brothers Frank B. Jr. and...

The Rev. Walter Milton Harris, 74, of ‘Ewa Beach, a Hawai‘i Diocese Episcopal priest, Navy family advocacy educator, chaplain with the Air Force and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, and Army medevac helicopter pilot, passed away on June 3, 2013. He was...