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Memorial of Our Loved Ones<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Sister Jessie Alai Kai, SS.CC.<\/strong>
1942-2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Kindness and joy best described Sacred Hearts Sister of 47 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n

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Kindness and joy best described Sacred Hearts Sister of 47 years
Joy and dedication are two words used over and over in describing Sacred Hearts Sister Jessie Alai Kai who went peacefully home to God on Dec. 2, 2022 at the convent of Malia o ka Malu on 4th Avenue in Honolulu. She was 80 years old and a religious for 47 years.
She served a variety of assignments over the years from religion teacher to secretary to parish pastoral minister.
Born in Hilo on Aug. 18, 1942, to Herbert Kai Sr. and Regina Aiu, Sister Jessie graduated from St. Joseph School, Hilo, and Honolulu Business College, and worked at Kai Store in Hilo and at Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu, before joining the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Honolulu in 1975. She made her profession of vows on April 9, 1978.<\/p>\n

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From 1980 to 1985, Sister Jessie served at Sacred Hearts Academy as a religion teacher and lower school secretary where she was much loved for her kindness, gentle spirit and sense of joy. In 1986, she was one of the founders of a community formed to
serve Sacred Heart Parish in Waianae. There she was in her element attending to the children and people of the parish with joy and dedication.
In 1997, Sister Jessie became a member of the Na Leo Hoonani Community in Palolo,
serving at St. James Mission and Sacred Hearts Academy grade school.<\/p>\n

In 2009, she was part of the group that founded a Sacred Hearts community at St.
Damien Parish in Kaunakakai, Molokai, endearing herself to the people as parish secretary, religious educator and enthusiastic volunteer. Due to failing health, she and the other sisters of the Molokai Community returned to Honolulu on March 2022. She joined the Regina Pacis Community where she spent
many hours in Eucharistic adoration and contributing to the joy of the community.
Sister Jessie is survived by her sisters Regina (Otto) Furlow, Pauline Weddle, Diane and Victoria Kai, and three brothers Herbert (Ingrid) Kai, Thomas, and Paul Kai and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Herbert A. Kai and Regina (Aiu) Kai and her brother, the Reverend Walter K. Kai.
Her funeral Mass was Dec. 14 in Sacred Hearts Academy\u2019s St. Margaret Mary Chapel. She was buried at Hawaiian Memorial Park in Kaneohe.
Source: Hawaii Catholic Herald, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and the Kai family.<\/p>\n

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John K. Kai<\/strong>
1944-2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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John Kaleinani Kai – December 22, 1944 – May 17, 2022<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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On May 17, 2022, John \u201cJohnny\u201d Kai, age 76, of Henderson, NV was called home by the Lord into eternal life peacefully surrounded by his wife and family.\u00a0 He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Esther, his high school sweetheart, their children, John \u201cKeoni\u201d (Ivanessa) of Henderson, NV, Michael (Lisa) of Kailua, Oahu, Elissa (Henry Springer) of Tualatin, OR, Leonard (Kristina) of Gilbert, AZ, and 9 grand children and 4 great-grandchildren.\u00a0 He was predeceased by his parents and his older brother George L.K. \u201cPee Wee\u201d Kai.<\/span><\/p>\n

John was born to George and Beatrice Kai on Dec. 22, 1944 in Hilo, Hawaii.\u00a0 His father George was a son of John and Annie Akamu Kai.\u00a0 His grandmother Annie was the daughter of A\u2019lai A\u2019ii.\u00a0 Annie was a daughter of Tong Yee (called A\u2019ii in Hawaii).
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A Celebration of Life service in Honolulu\u00a0 will be held Friday, August 12,\u00a0 at Inspire Church in Waikele (aka Upper Waipahu) where Johnny’s son, Michael, is the pastor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Memories from a Loving Son<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

My dad, John Kaleinani Kai, passed away last Tuesday at the age of 78.\u00a0\u00a0As children, we saw him as LARGER than life. He would show up late for a softball game, change out his dress shoes, and exchange them for cleats, takeoff is Aloha work shirt, and put on his jersey and baseball cap. His friends and teammates would be so excited because dad was always the cleanup batter. He would walk straight up to the batters box and hit a home run. It was like a movie to all of us watching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dad served in a police force for 14 years, was a union shop steward for SHOPO, a sergeant (twice named Officer of the Year), and a true community servant as he coached youth baseball and two high schools, taking the BIIF baseball championships and making it to the state tournament. All from a student body no more than 500 students. Larger than life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fast forward, and the older he got, the sharper his memory became. He wrote down his memoirs on a computer program, would write about his stories of his childhood, family genealogies (endless at times, tracing our ancestry back to ali\u2019i..\u201dokay, Dad..that\u2019s awesome\u201d we would say to him),his entrepreneurial risks that he took, businesses that he helped build, all that my daughter put it into a book that has filled, what I would call the silent years or the forgotten years to me, because I was too wrapped up in my own life from the ages of 17 to 30. I look back, and dad was simply a LEGEND.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But today we move forward. We know that his new home is in Heaven; the prize, the reward, the blessed assurance of the saints. No more pain, where there is no sorrow, where he has a new body and two great legs that took him over the bridge ( he described it) into eternity into the arms of his Good Shepherd (in the final week of his life that\u2019s WHO he saw).\u00a0\u00a0So we continue, here on earth, to fight the good fight of faith, to perpetuate his LEGACY through this Ohana.\u00a0\u00a0He was the kindest father, the gentlest man.\u00a0\u00a0A loving\u00a0\u00a0husband to my mom, Esther (Jimenez) Kai \u2014 Saint Joseph\u2019s c\/o \u201864\u2013an absolute loving grandpa and, in all around amazing man.\u00a0\u00a0A hui hou, Dad.\u00a0\u00a0We miss you but know that you\u2019re a part of the \u201cgreat cloud of witnesses.\u201d I thank Jesus for you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Michael Kai<\/span><\/p>\n

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John and Esther Kai Ohana, August 12, 2022, Inspire Church, Waipahu, Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Waituck Lo<\/strong>
1919 – 2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Waituck Lo was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 9, 1919. He was 200 years and 1 month when he passed away on July 9, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Agnes Ching Lo, his children Edwina Lo-Gosnell, Felix Lo, Lisa Lo-Revelli. He has six grandchildren \u2013 Nicolas Gosnell, Nathan & Daniel Lo, Alexandra & Juliana & Enzo Revelli. Waituck has one great-grandchild, Rhen Gosnell.<\/p>\n

Waituck was civil engineer in Honolulu while he pursued his love of painting \u2013 watercolor on silk. He won many awards and honorable mentions for his exquisite Chinese watercolor brush paintings on silk. Please click on Waituck Lo Memorial Tribute<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> to view a compilation of his work and the family that surrounded him.<\/p>\n

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Wyleon Lo<\/strong>
1918 – 2014<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Wyleon Lo, 96, born in Hawaii on May 22, 1918, passed away on September 4, 2014. He is survived by his wife Amy Lo, his children, Linda Cheetham (Jim) and Cy Lo from his marriage to Brenda Lo, step- children Donna Takahashi and Michael Takahashi (Andrea), grandsons Christian, Sean and Ryan Cheetham, stepgrandsons Holden and Peter Takahashi, great-grand- son Gunnar Cheetham, and brother Waituck Lo (Agnes). He was predeceased by his parents Tong Kam Ha and Lo Wait Tong and brothers Wai Sung, Wai Chee and sister Chou Oi. He leaves behind many nieces and nephews. Through his efforts and those of his brother Waituck, family ties were reestablished between the Tong and Aluli families, gathering for many reunions. Wyleon was talented in sculpting, painting and photography. He designed and painted the dragon columns in Chinatown in front of the Bank of Hawaii building. They have become a neighborhood landmark. He worked at Hawaiian Electric as a bookkeeper from 1948 to 1979. He retired from Hawaiian Electric to join the family business: stores in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center and Hilton Hawaiian Village selling Pacific Rim art and wares. Special thanks to his niece Wina Gosnell and Catholic Charities for providing time, company and care to Wyleon in his later years.\u00a0<\/section>\n

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