Edwin Kamisugi

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My name is Joshua and Edwin Kamisugi was my grandpa. On behalf of my grandma Diana, my dad Lance and mom Diana, Uncle Keith and Auntie Grace, and Uncle Wade, thank you for being with us today to say goodbye to him and honor his life of service to his country, service to our community, and as a provider for his family. Grandpa was born in 1944 to Aisuke and Sameyo (Watanabe) Kamisugi in Waipahu. He was the youngest in an already large family with sister Kay and brothers Mitsuo, Henry, George, Robert, James, Raymond, and Donald. Many of grandpa’s siblings were already adults when he was born, so he was lucky to have more than his dad and mom taking care of him. Grandpa met my grandma Diana at Waipahu High School where they were both in the Class of 1962. They were high school sweethearts and got married when they were both 20 years old in 1964 at Waipahu Soto Zen Temple.  My grandma probably had many boys to choose from, so grandpa was very lucky that grandma agreed to m...