Obituaries for March 1

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Fumiyo Matsuno, 94, of Hilo died Feb. 5 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, she was a retired sales clerk for the former Stationers Corp. of Hawaii and cashier for the former Sure Save Supermarket. Services held. No flowers or koden (monetary gifts). Survived by sons, Chris Matsuno of St. Louis and Frank Matsuno of Kapaa, Kauai; daughter, Joye Matsuno of Hilo; sister, Miyoko (Noboru) Tanita of Hilo; brother-in-law, Takumi Doi of Honolulu; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Fumiyo Matsuno, 94, of Hilo died Feb. 5 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, she was a retired sales clerk for the former Stationers Corp. of Hawaii and cashier for the former Sure Save Supermarket. Services held. No flowers or koden (monetary gifts). Survived by sons, Chris Matsuno of St. Louis and Frank Matsuno of Kapaa, Kauai; daughter, Joye Matsuno of Hilo; sister, Miyoko (Noboru) Tanita of Hilo; brother-in-law, Takumi Doi of Honolulu; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

James “Jim” Patrick McQuaid, 99, of Keauhou died Feb. 25 at Hospice of Kona Nakamaru Hale in Holualoa. Born in Darlington, Wis., he was a retired business owner, member and past president of Kona Men’s Golf Club and U.S. Army World War II veteran. Celebration of life 1-4 p.m. Saturday (March 4) at Amici’s Restaurant at Kona Country Club. No flowers. Memorial donations to a favorite youth golf organization. Survived by wife, Mae McQuaid of Keauhou; daughter, Dianne McQuaid of Wellington, Colo.; sons, Michael (Carleen) McQuaid and Patrick McQuaid of Woodland Hills, Calif.; five grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawaii.

Paul Marshall Murcury, 70, of Pahoa died Feb. 22 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Lawrence, Mass., he was a retired signmaker and U.S. Navy veteran. No services. Survived by brother-in-law, Bob Hemple of Florida; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.

Midori Yanagawa, 100, of Hilo, formerly of Makaweli, Kauai, died Feb. 17 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Waimea, Kauai, she was a retired nurse, worked for the Robinson family on Kauai, former ballroom dance instructor and member of Waimea Senior Center on Kauai and West Kauai Hongwanji. Services held. Survived by daughters, Dee Kawanishi of Hilo and Vikki (Ross) Higa of Honolulu; sister, Tsuneyo Ikeda of Kaumakani, Kauai; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.