Rosalie S Smith:  

Life My Spouse I MET MY SPOUSE DANNY THROUGH A VERY DEAR FRIEND. DANNY IS NOW RETIRED FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU AND WORKED FOR THE MAYOR OF HONOLULU FOR 20 YEARS. HE IS THE MOST LOVING PATIENT MAN AND IS LOVED BY ALL AS HE HAS SUCH A GREAT PERSONALITY. My Pets MY DOG WAS HALF COLLIE AND HALF HEALER AND HIS NAME WAS ILIO. HE DIED ON MAY 1, 2003 AS HE WAS 91 YEARS OLD. WE DO MISS HIM. My Kids MY OLDEST SON IS LAWRENCE "KALEI", AGE 40 WAS DIVORCED AND HAS HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS IN LANDSCAPING IN FOREST GROVE, OREGON AND HAS 3 SONS AGES 22 AND 20 AND 11 WHOSE NAMES ARE KALEIOHAO AND KOAMALU AND KEKOA. IN JUNE OF 2005 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ESOPHAGAEL CANCER WHICH IS INOPERABLE SO WAS TERMINAL. HE WAS FIGHTING IT WITH ALL OF HIS BEING AND WAS TAKING NATURAL THINGS TO TRY TO BEAT IT. HE WAS SO UPBEAT AND HAD A LOT OF FAITH IN GOD. WE WERE WITH HIM WHEN HE WENT THROUGH THE KEMO AND RADIATION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THAN WENT BACK THE END OF OCTOBER AND RETURNED HOME NOVEMBER 16, 2005. HE WOULD HAVE COME HOME WHEN HE STARTED FEELING THAT HE NEEDS TO BE. HE CAME HOME WITH 4 OF HIS FRIENDS ON DEC. 31, 2005 AND STAYED UNTIL JANUARY 9, 2006. THOSE 4 FRIENDS WERE THE NURSES AND THE ORDERLY THAT CARED FOR HIM WHEN WE WERE NOT THERE. THEY ALL BELONG TO THE SAME CHURCH. IN FACT, IT WAS A GROUP FROM HIS CHURCH THAT BOUGHT HIS PLANE TICKET TO COME HOME. THEY ARE FUN LOVING, CARING, EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE. WE WERE CALLED BACK TO OREGON IN AUGUST OF 2006 AND REMAINED WITH HIM UNTIL HE PASSED ON NNOVEMBER 14, 2006 TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS 41ST BIRTHDAY. HE LOST HIS FIGHT WITH LIFE ON BUT GOT LIFE FOREVER WITH GOD IN HEAVEN AND NO MORE PAIN AND NAUSEA. WE ALL MISS HIM TERRIBLY BUT ARE SO THANKFUL TO KNOW HE IS NO LONGER SUFFERING. HIS THREE SONS ARE HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME WITHOUT HIM BUT WE TRY OUR BEST TO DO WHAT WE CAN. KOAMALU LIVES IN WAIMANALO AND WORKS AT WHOLE FOODS IN KAHALA, KALEIOHAU LIVES IN EUGENE OREGON AND WORKS AT A SAW MILL AND KEKOA LIVES IN OVIEDO FLORIDA WITH HIS MOM STEPHANIE. MY #2 SON IS PAUL, AGE 40, MARRIED TO SHAWN AND THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN, ASHLEY-25 ATTENDED WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAN TRANSFERRED TO U.H. AND IS NOW MARRIED TO KEKOA KAHOOPII AND HAD OUR FIRST GREAT GRANDSON ON JUNE 13, 2014 AND LIVES IN KANEOHE WITH HER IN-LAWS ABD US EXPECTING OUR SECOND GREAT GRANDSON IN JULY 2015. BRANDI-LEI AGE 21 ATTENDED KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL AND IS NOW ATTENDING UH MANOA AND WILL BE A SENIOR COME SEPT 2015 AND LIVES WITH US. SHE WILL BE ATTENDING SCHOOL IN FRANCE THIS SUMMER AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT. WE ARE EXCITED FOR HER AND CADE "MAKANA" AGE 15 ATTENDS CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN KANEOHE AND LIVES WITH HIS MOM TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM US AND SEE HIM ALMOST EVERY DAY. PAUL PASSED AWAY IN JUNE 2010 OF A BRAIN ANEURISYM . HIS WIFE WAS THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR ARBY'S RESTAURANTSFOR 25 YEARS AND NOW IS HEAD ACCOUNTANT FOR AN ELECTRICAL COMPANY AND WILL START HER NEW LIFE WITH JOE LO ON APRIL 18, 2015. WE WISH THEM WELL AS JOE IS A WONDERFUL MAN. PAUL COACHED THE PUNAHOU SCHOOL VARSITY GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 41 ON JULY 29, 2010. HIS FUNERAL WAS ON JUNE 28,2010 AT ST. ANN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HIS ASHES WAS PUT OUT IN KANEOHE BAY THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY JUNE 30, 2010. OUR SONS ARE NOW ALL GONE WITH GOD AND WE ARE STILL HERE. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE BUT IT WAS GOD'S PLAN AND WE DO LOVE G...Expand for more