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Ernest “Outlaw” Silva, also known as Ernest DeSilva, 77, of Hilo, a former Hilo Country Club groundskeeper and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 26, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by half...

John “Sonny” Kaiewe Jr., 83, of Hilo, a retired U.S. Department of the Interior resource management specialist at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and a veteran of the Army and Hawai‘i Army National Guard, passed away on April 20, 2013. He...

Shigeru “Shige” Fujimoto, 88, of Honoka‘a, Hawai‘i, a retired Hāmākua Sugar Co. journeyman welder, Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree and an Army veteran who served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion, Company B, during World War II, April...

Arthur Mitchell “Aka” Mahi, 79, of Kalaoa, Hawai‘i, a retired Hawaiian Dredging Co. laborer and Isemoto Construction Co. employee, passed away on March 23, 2013. He was also an Army and Hawai‘i National Guard veteran who served during the Korean...

Clement Kahoonei Kaonohi, 76, of Kailua, a retired Honolulu Police Department lieutenant and a National Guard veteran, passed away on March 19, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Isabelle; son Clement “Kahi” Jr.; daughters Tammy-Lynn...

Walter Kaimiola Kotrys, 49, of ‘Ewa Beach, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard member and a veteran of Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, passed away on Febraury 28, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Brandonn Kealiinohomoku and Chad Kotrys; brothers...

Mitchell Kwan Leong Chong, 46, of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard communications specialist, passed away in Kaiser Medical Center on February 16, 2013. He was born in Hawai‘i. He is survived by wife Nora G., son Temujin G., mother...

David Rosario, 73, of Hilo, a retired supervisor at the former Hilo Coast Sugar Plantation and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard and Army veteran, passed away in the Queen’s Medical Center on February 14, 2013. He was born in Olaa, Hawai‘i....

Donald Keli‘i Nathaniel, 78, of Hilo, a retired Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Co. harvester and pruner, and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree, died in Hilo Medical Center on February 14, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived...

Ernest Napua Kalehua “Pops” Kai Sr., 79, of Hilo, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree and a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Korean War, passed away in Hilo Medical Center on January 21, 2013. He was born in Hana,...