![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through talking the two found out that Dativa knew her mother Guadalupe from the days in the Philippines because the two would go down to the river together to fetch water. On one of those visits that Grandma went with she met and befriended Dativa Padilla. My Grandpa Suero, being the boss would go to visit his single laborers in Kipu camp to play cards and socialize. I was always so envious of my Kauai cousins who were so at home in Yoneji store and its treasures-which to me meant those red plastic sandals that squeaked when you walked!Įven back then, life on Kauai was different from Oahu and grandma fell in love with fishing and crabbing. It was always so much fun to explore in the store before we made our way to the back to find grandma. At that time Grandma worked at Yoneji store as a butcher and the store was a playground for many years for my cousins and I. In 1967 thanks to Aunty Kathy’s employment with the Lihue Plantation Store they bought their first home in Molokoa which will always be to me Grandmas house-pokey grass and yard filled with plants, refrigerator stocked with food, and door always unlocked. When they first arrived on Kauai, they stayed at the Kuboyama Hotel (now the Nawiliwili Tavern), and later rented a home from Mamoru Kaneshiro (then-owner of Kaneshiro Hog Farms) in Kalaheo, and later moved to Lihue, where they rented a house owned by the Oanas. My mom shared so many stories about growing up in Waipahu with all of her siblings and her cousins, and I know they were good times, but in the 1950s they moved to Kauai when my grandpa, who worked for the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association as a supervisor in sugar technologies, was assigned to Lihue. They fell in love, got married and had 5 children, my mom Carmencita, Catalino the second who died in infancy from whooping cough, Catalino the third, my uncle Tino, Kathleen, my aunty Kathy, my aunty Charlmaine as well as her niece/hanai daughter, Andrita, my Aunty Rita. ![]() Soon after, while playing tennis for Oahu Sugar, Grandma would meet my grandpa, Catalino Suero who was her tennis coach. At that time the family was living on Waipio Peninsula with a full view of Pearl Harbor and the atrocities of war left an impression on Grandma. Unfortunately, this dream was interrupted by World War 2 and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In 1941 she graduated from Waipahu High School with dreams of becoming a highschool home economics teacher. Her salary went straight to her mother to help support the family. In fact, all of us girl cousins grew up playing softball just like Castora and Nancy and they would enjoy watching our Bobby Sox games.Īt the age of 16, grandma went to work at Dole Cannery in Honolulu where she worked the night shift earning 35 cents an hour prepping the pineapples. They were an awesome tandem and growing up me and the other cousins would always hear stories about their softball days. For softball she was the catcher and grandma Nancy was the pitcher. She played softball, tennis, and even volleyball. The journey took 3 months in steerage and when they reached Hawaii the family settled in the Spanish camp in Waipahu where my great grandfather labored as a “cut cane” man on the plantation and my great grandmother worked as a laundress. In order to secure passage the family had to lie about Castora’s age and say that she met the minimum age requirement of 2. At the age of 1, she, her older sister Nicolasa, my Aunty Nancy, and older brother Nicanor, my Apo Nick, along with their parents boarded a ship and headed to America because her father had been recruited by the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association to work. Grandma's EulogyĬastora Asuncion Guillermo was born on March 28,1922 in Laoag, Philippines to Guadalupe and Eulogio Guillermo. If you would like to send flowers, please click here. LOCATION: 4362 Uahiapele Street Lihue HI 96766Īttire: Aloha FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICE DATE: June 1st, 2018 - FridayįAMILY GATHERING: Lihue Neighborhood CenterĤ362 Uahiapele St. Location: Bamboo Grill (Wailua Golf Course) ![]()
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