In Memoriam

November 19, 2024

Our hearts go out with deep sympathy to the families of HEA members who passed this past year.

Hisashi Aoki
Kenji Arakaki
Gladys A. Awai-Lennox
Alexander J. Cadang
Bernice H. K. Chang
Frederick C. S. Chang
Frances K. Char
Harry Char
Loretta S. K. Chee
Ellen F. Chew
Nora W. Chong
Patsy I. Chun
Nora K. Chung
Helen Harman Coelho
Linda Y. Dutcher
Barbara L. Frissell
Claire Y. K. Furukawa
Sumie S. Hamamoto
Michael S. Hamm
Ruth K. Hase
Jackie Hayashibara
Edward T. Higa
Janet Hirota
Jacob K. Hueu
Betty S. Ikeda

Akinori Imai
Stanley M. Ito
Jean E. Iwamuro
Margaret K. Kagihara
Takashi Kajihara
Ruth Y. Kaneda
Alice T. Kaneko
Emiko F. Katada
Jean K. Kawamura
Roy K. Kawamura
Florence L. Keala
Fusae Y. Kiyokawa
Joyce H. Kobayakawa
Sharie C. Koeppel
Jane O. Komeiji
Masao Kuniyoshi
Annette C. Lam
Emma K. S. Lau
Robert B. Lee
Sara P. S. K. Lee
Sam Leong
Lenora Leu
Tai Hi Lim
Betty K. H. Liu
Gaylien L. Luke

Gerald J. McDowall
Barbara N. Mende
Walter Miklius
Edward H. Misaki
Thomas T. Mitsunaga
Frances K. Miyazono
Etsuko N. Mori
Hiroko Murakami
William M. Nagaishi
Albert T. Nagata
Alice M. Nagata
Charlotte C. Nagoshi
John H. Nakamura
Ronald Nakata
Koyumi Oda
Hilda Ohama
Francis K. Oshiro
Kaoyo W. Otsuka
Nobuko M. Oyakawa
Sidney M. Rosen
June M. Saito
Sueno M. Sasano
David Pohaikealoha Scott
Ruby Shigeta

Betty Z. Shimabukuro
Ramona R. Souza
Eugene S. Sunakoda
Albert Y. Tamaribuchi
Aileen Y. Tanaka
Tomie Y. Tanaka
Mitsue Taniyama
Roland K. Tatsuguchi
Cynthia L. Tchou
Setsuko T. Teramoto
George K. Urabe
Gladys M. Watanabe
Charles K. Whitten
Madeline C. Wong
William D. Woodall
Marie T. Yamashita
Francine Yamate
Allan M. Yap
Edward N. Yoshida
Arleen E. Yoshimura
Etsuko Y. Yoshino
Georgiana Yuen
Mary K. Zarbaugh

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