Obituaries for May 13

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Sunao “Sam” Mayeda, 78, of Hilo died April 29 in Hilo. Born in Kaiwiki, he was a retired bookkeeper for the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel and a U.S. Army veteran. No services. Private burial to be held at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No.2. Survived by sister, Masako Kadooka of Hilo; brothers, Melvin (Chris) Mayeda of Torrance, Calif., Clarence Akio Mayeda of Honolulu; sister-in-law, Klothilde Mayeda of Bad Mergentheim, Germany; numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Sunao “Sam” Mayeda, 78, of Hilo died April 29 in Hilo. Born in Kaiwiki, he was a retired bookkeeper for the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel and a U.S. Army veteran. No services. Private burial to be held at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No.2. Survived by sister, Masako Kadooka of Hilo; brothers, Melvin (Chris) Mayeda of Torrance, Calif., Clarence Akio Mayeda of Honolulu; sister-in-law, Klothilde Mayeda of Bad Mergentheim, Germany; numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.