• Richard Watanabe Richard Watanabe Richard Nobuichi Watanabe of Kapa‘a died Feb. 1, 2011 at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at the age of 79. He was born in Lanai City, Lanai on Jan. 18, 1932 and retired as an Industrial Arts
• Richard Watanabe
Richard Watanabe
Richard Nobuichi Watanabe of Kapa‘a died Feb. 1, 2011 at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at the age of 79. He was born in Lanai City, Lanai on Jan. 18, 1932 and retired as an Industrial Arts teacher with Kapa‘a High School.
He is survived by his wife, Violet Watanabe; three children, Jan Watanabe of Hilo, Leah (Nathan) Aiwohi of Kapa‘a, Ken (Nikie) Watanabe of Hilo; 5 grandchildren; brother, Herbert S. Watanabe of Hilo; 4 nephews and numerous cousins.
A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at Lihu‘e Christian Church with visitation from 1 p.m. and services celebrated at 2 p.m.
Kaua‘i Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home assisted the Watanabe family with arrangements.
