• Gary Aoki • Masayoshi Fujita Gary Aoki Gary Francis Aoki died peacefully at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Sept. 30, 2011, at age 66 after an eight-year battle with Hodgkin’s disease. Born in Honolulu on March 16, 1945, he worked
• Gary Aoki • Masayoshi
Fujita
Gary Aoki
Gary Francis Aoki died peacefully at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Sept. 30, 2011, at age 66 after an eight-year battle with Hodgkin’s disease. Born in Honolulu on March 16, 1945, he worked for the Canadian airline Wardair and in the hospitality industry with Starwood Hotels & Resorts where he retired from the Sheraton Po‘ipu.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilfred and Fumiko Aoki, and brother, Lowell Aoki.
He is survived by his wife, Kymry; stepsons, Ashton and Ryan Perez; daughters, Danielle (Ian) Lin of Des Moines, Iowa, Chelsea (Scott) Hermodson of Blaine, Minn.; 7 grandkids, sister, Janice Sawada, brother, Earl (Susan) Aoki, many nieces and nephews, and his beloved dog, Taffy.
A celebration of his life will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at Joe’s on the Green in Po‘ipu. UH attire preferred. Online: memorialwebsites.legacy.com/GaryAoki
Masayoshi Fujita
Masayoshi “Masa” Fujita of Hanapepe died Sept. 14, 2011, at Straub Clinic and Hospital at age 84. Born in Hanapepe, he was a retired State of Hawai‘i vocational rehabilitation counselor and a U.S. Army veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Teruko Fujita of Hanapepe; daughters, Doreen M. (Ronald H.) Fujita-Hino of Honolulu; Colette C. (Roy S.) Akahoshi of Mililani; brothers, Takeshi Fujita of Hanapepe and Sadao Fujita of Cypress, Calif.; sister, Karen K. Kamada of Honolulu and five grandchildren.
Visitation begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Hanapepe United Church of Christ; service begins at 10:30 a.m. No flowers.
Arrangements are made by Hosoi Garden Mortuary.
