Masayo Okano Masayo Okano of Wailua Homesteads, Kaua’i, died at home on Oct. 1, 2001, at the age of 79. Bornin Honolulu, O’ahu, on Nov. 20, 1921, she was a retired custodian with Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital. She is survived
Masayo Okano
Masayo Okano of Wailua Homesteads, Kaua’i, died at home on Oct. 1, 2001, at the age of 79.
Bornin Honolulu, O’ahu, on Nov. 20, 1921, she was a retired custodian with Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital.
She is survived by two sons: Gerald (Ruby) Okano of Pearl City, O’ahu; Bryan (Nancine) Okano of Kapa’a, Kaua’i; two daughters: Merle (Athey) Spence of Kapa’a, Kaua’i and Laraine (Steven) Yamashita of Kapa’a, Kaua’i; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers: Thomas (Peggy) Nishimitsu of Kapa’a, Kaua’i and Kenneth (Yasuko) Nishimitsu of Valinda, Calif.; three sisters: Betsy Ferreiro of Kapa’a, Kaua’i, Doris (Charles) Hoch of Las Vegas, Nev., and Claire (Lloyd) Tanabe of Westminster, Calif.; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services were private. Arrangements were handled by Garden Island Mortuary, Ltd.
