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Esther Latai Keiki
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Esther Latai Keiki

May 20, 1932 - September 12, 2015

ESTHERL KEIKI, FIRE KNIFE DANCER, NANAIKAPONO JPO CROSSING GUARD DEAD AT 83 ESTHER LATAI KEIKI, NANAKULI’S FINEST FEMALE KNIFE DANCER AND FAMOUS CROSSING GUARD FOR NANAIKAPONO JPO DIED PEACEFULLY ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IN HER HOME AT NANAKULI, 3RD ROAD! SHE WAS 83. ESTHER WAS BORN IN HONOLULU ON MAY 20TH, 1932 ESTHER WAS A MASTER FIRE KNIFE DANCER AND CONTINUED TO DANCE WELL INTO HER SEVENTIES. SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR OVER 30 YEARS AT NANAIKAPONO ELEMENTARY AS A JPO MONITOR. SHE WAS LOVED BY THE ENTIRE NANAKULI COMMUNITY. ESTHER WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD FOR MANY YEARS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BUT MOSTLY AT HONOLULU AIRPORT WITH FREEMAN GUARDS. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED ON MANY BOARDS IN THE COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEERED WITH THE WAIANAE CIVIL PATROL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE WAIANAE POLICE STATION. SHE ATTENDED LAIE ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SONS: WILLIAM “WONGIE” JR (GEORGIE-ANN), BALDWIN “KAENA” , WAYNE “KUI KONG” (JERRI LEE), CRAIG “VUNI” (PEGGY). DAUGHTERS: CHARMAINE “PIKAKE” MOKIAO (ROBERT), JOHANNA “TALA” MOKIAO, NOVELENE “PAKALANA” ROBINSON, HAROLYNN “LOKE” YUEN. GRANDCHILDREN: 25 GREATGRAND CHILDREN: 37 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: 9 SISTERS: MOANA ALLEN(PUNALUU), POLA WONG (LAIE), CLEO AKINA (HONOLULU), VERNA ALLISON (NEW MEXICO), JAN CORONA (SAN DIEGO), YVONNE “KWAJI” LEE(MAILI), LOUELLA “CUDDLES” KING (MAILI), APRIL EIKO ALAPAI(OKINAWA), DOROTHY ALAPAI(AIEA), ANA CAIN(SOUTH CAROLINA), NANCY JEDRO (TEXAS) BROTHERS: GEORGE ALAPAI (GEORGIA), JOHNNY ALAPAI (HONOLULU) STEP MOM: MITSUE ALAPAI (FLORENCE, SC) COUSINS: IRENE CORREA(WASHINGTON), ROBERT AND LEROY HASKELL (HONOLULU), ALOMA WILLIS (PEARL CITY), MINAMI RAGAN (ALABAMA) PREDECEASED: HUSBAND WILLIAM KEIKI SR, MOM ANNA TEUILA LEOTA FANENE, FATHER JOHN BLOOMFIELD ALAPAI, FATHER THOMAS LIAE FANENE. SISTERS SHIELA TOLLEFSEN, HELEN TIKI NAMAHOE PANG. BROTHERS: REID AMONA LEOTA, PENROD TOMMY FANENE, CHARLES NAMAHOE AUNTIES: LORRAINE HASKELL, VAIOLINI NIKO. UNCLE ALEMA LEOTA. COUSINS: LILIU KAUHAAHAA, WALTER GOMEZ, BILLIE TUPUIVAO, ARLINGTON HIRAM, MOANA LOU HANNEMANN, EDMUND HIRAM, IPOLANI THOMPSON, JEFFREY HIRAM, ERMAINE NIKO.

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ESTHERL KEIKI, FIRE KNIFE DANCER, NANAIKAPONO JPO CROSSING GUARD DEAD AT 83 ESTHER LATAI KEIKI, NANAKULI’S FINEST FEMALE KNIFE DANCER AND FAMOUS CROSSING GUARD FOR NANAIKAPONO JPO DIED PEACEFULLY ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IN HER HOME AT NANAKULI,... View Obituary & Service Information

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