{"id":11916,"date":"2011-02-27T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obits.staradvertiser.com\/2011\/02\/27\/benjamin-say-bun-yee\/"},"modified":"2011-02-27T02:00:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T12:00:01","slug":"benjamin-say-bun-yee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/hsaobits\/2011\/02\/27\/benjamin-say-bun-yee\/","title":{"rendered":"BENJAMIN SAY BUN YEE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02272011_OBT_BENJAMIN_YEE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11991\" title=\"02272011_OBT_BENJAMIN_YEE\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02272011_OBT_BENJAMIN_YEE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>BENJAMIN SAY BUN YEE<br \/>\nBen (Uncle Bunny) passed away on February 5, 2011 at age 75.<br \/>\nBorn in Honolulu on July 30, 1935, Ben graduated from Kaimuki High School and Chaminade University.<br \/>\nServed in the U.S. Air Force for 8 years and retired as a Lieutenant in the Honolulu Police Department after 25 years. Ben was a helping hand to all his friends and relatives; and was an active member of the Kailua Senior Citizens Club and Choral Group.<br \/>\nSurvived by son Robin (Tonya); daughter Joni Pulani (Alan) Cumpston; grandchildren Mahina (Lucas) Sayin, Kainoa Cumpston and Malea Yee; a great-grandchild on the way; brothers Charles (Ernestine) and Walter (Ursula); sisters Gwen (Raymond) Leong, Angie Kau, May (Herman) Nii and Nannette (Norman) Koga; brother-in-law Harry Haynes; sister-in-laws Nancy Yee, Clara Yee and Dorothy Kahoiwai; 25 nephews and nieces; and many grandnephews and grandnieces.<br \/>\nHe was preceded in death by his beloved wife Paahana in 2007; brothers Chungy and Ted; and brother-in-law Kulina Kau.<br \/>\nVISITATION 10:00 A.M.; MASS 11:30 A.M. ON SATURDAY MARCH 5 AT ST. JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH, 920 Keolu Drive in Kailua. Private inurnment at Hawai&#8217;i State Veterans Cemetery. 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