Manabu “Mana” Uyeda, 90, of Naalehu died July 5 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Hilo, he was a retired electrician for the former Ka‘u Sugar Co. and a U.S. Army World War II veteran with the 442nd
Manabu “Mana” Uyeda, 90, of Naalehu died July 5 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Hilo, he was a retired electrician for the former Ka‘u Sugar Co. and a U.S. Army World War II veteran with the 442nd Infantry Regiment. Services held. Survived by sons, Lloyd (Coleen) Uyeda of Waipahu, Oahu, and Wendell Uyeda of Naalehu; daughter, Patricia “Pat” McAvoy of Hilo; brothers, Charles (Cynthia) Uyeda of Detroit and Herbert (Dale) Uyeda of Los Angeles; two grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Cecil Odell Wear, 69, of Keaau died July 9 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Anderson, Mo., he was a retired accountant for the State of Tennessee and member of Hilo Seventh-day Adventist Church. Private services. Survived by wife, Barbara Wear of Keaau; son, Tony (Tammy) Wear of Chattanooga, Tenn.; daughters, Lisa (John) Tisor of Fallon, Nev., and Ayalnesh (Mesfin) Assega of Lancaster, Pa.; brothers, Walter Wear, Frank (Bibi) Lee and Joe (Candy) Lee of Gentry, Ark., David Wear of Fallon, John (Florabelle) Wear of Bryant, Ala.; sisters, Opal Lewellen of Gentry, Patsy McKinley of Concord, Okla., Ann (Jefferson) Coker of Nashville, Tenn., Wilma Gathright of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Melba Lee of California; five grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.
