Yasuo Kuwaye Yasuo Kuwaye ADVERTISING Yasuo Kuwaye, 90, of Hilo died April 17, 2013, at Hospice of Hilo’s Pohai Malama facility. Born in Honokaa on May 19, 1922, he was chairman of the board of Kuwaye Trucking. He was a
Yasuo Kuwaye
Yasuo Kuwaye, 90, of Hilo died April 17, 2013, at Hospice of Hilo’s Pohai Malama facility. Born in Honokaa on May 19, 1922, he was chairman of the board of Kuwaye Trucking. He was a member of Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin, Japanese Community Association, Hui Okinawa, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Hawaii, East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjinkai, “2-10 Golf Club”, a lifetime member of Hawaii Island Contractors Association, honorary member of Hilo Jaycees, and past member of Kiwanis Club of East Hawaii.
Visitation will be held on May 11 at Dodo Mortuary chapel in Hilo at 9 a.m. with a memorial service at 11 a.m. Casual attire is requested.
He is survived by wife, Hanako Kuwaye of Hilo; daughter, Frances Kay (Leroy) Chow of Hilo; son, Wayne Yoshio (Carol) Kuwaye of Hilo; sisters, Misao Sakamoto of Palo Alto, Calif., Sumiko (Stanley) Toyama of Hilo, and Sachiko (Tomoo) Kanetake of Mountain View, Calif.; sisters-in-law, Masako Kuwaye of Costa Mesa, Calif. and Michie Kuwaye of Hilo; three grandchildren; numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins.
Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
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