Samuel Sumner ADVERTISING Samuel Sumner Samuel S. Sumner, Jr., 68, of Honoka’a died Feb. 15, 2016, at Tripler Army Hospital on Oahu. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was a retired special education teacher in Honokaa. He loved his country and
Samuel Sumner
Samuel S. Sumner, Jr., 68, of Honoka’a died Feb. 15, 2016, at Tripler Army Hospital on Oahu. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was a retired special education teacher in Honokaa. He loved his country and served four years in the United States Coast Guard and three years in the United States Army, as a Vietnam vet. He was a world traveler, adventurer discoverer, was a very active member of the Honokaa Lyons Club.
Burial will take place 9 a.m. May 21 at the West Hawaii Veteran’s Cemetery in Kailua-Kona.
He is survived by wife, Patricia Rivera-Sumner of Honokaa; father, Samuel S. Sumner, Sr. of Oxnard, Calif.; sister, Doris La Frenais; step-daughter, Christine Rivera-Acuna; nephew, granddaughters, and in-laws.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Crystal Sumner.
