My father, Charles Arthur Turner, passed away today. He was living in Kea'au on the Big Island with his wife Gen. He was 74.
His obituary, from the Honolulu Advertiser, reads as follows:
His obituary, from the Honolulu Advertiser, reads as follows:
Charles Arthur Turner, 74, of Kane'ohe, died May 29, 2009. Born in Honolulu. U.S. Army military police officer; retired Honolulu Police Department sergeant; U.S. Marshall Service court security officer; Department of Defense Naval Magazine Lualualei captain of operations. Survived by wife, Genevieve Farias-Turner; sons, Kale, Dayle and Arthur Alika; daughters, Mona Lisa Fernandez and Paula Blackshire; hanai sons, Gilbert Skip and Douglas Farias and Gary Phillips; hanai daughter, Candace Farias; 19 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Visitation 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary, service 5 p.m.; cremation to follow; private scattering of ashes at a later date. Casual/aloha attire.In the weeks leading up to this day, I knew my dad's health had declined. In my last conversation with him by phone, I told him that I would see him again. "All will be well, Dad," I told him.
