{"id":32458,"date":"2012-08-04T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obits.staradvertiser.com\/2012\/08\/04\/john-johnny-williams\/"},"modified":"2012-08-04T02:00:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T12:00:01","slug":"john-johnny-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/hsaobits\/2012\/08\/04\/john-johnny-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN &#039;JOHNNY&#039; WILLIAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-4-JOHN-WILLIAMS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32459\" title=\"8-4 JOHN WILLIAMS\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-4-JOHN-WILLIAMS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>JOHN &#8216;JOHNNY&#8217; WILLIAMS<br \/>\n&#8220;He Was Our Beginning&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn &#8220;Johnny&#8221; Williams Sr., 91 years, died on July 28, 2012 of natural causes. He was born in Honolulu and grew up in Liliha, the son of John Williams and Kealoha Aimoku.<br \/>\nAt the age of 16, he started working at McCabe, Hamilton and Renny, Ltd. as a stevedore and retired as a supervisor after 52 years of dedicated service.<br \/>\nJohn loved playing his ukulele, singing, and Sunday afternoons in the backyard &#8220;having a few&#8221; with family and friends.<br \/>\nHe is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy Jean, daughters, Leatrice Maluhia Kauahi, Bernadette Nalani Williams-Wright, Sandra Kuulei (William Morry) Moskovitz, Louise Kealoha (Howard Harvey) Gerboc, sons, John Williams Jr. and Jeff (Debbie) Williams, 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.<br \/>\nVisitation on Friday, August 10, 2012, 5:00 p.m. at Borthwick Mortuary Mauka Chapel, services to begin at 6:30 p.m. Aloha attire and leis are welcomed.<br \/>\nOur daily stream of life goes on,<br \/>\nbut still that vacant chair<br \/>\nrecalls the love, the voice, the smile<br \/>\nof the man who once sat there.<br \/>\nAloha `Oe Dad and Papa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN &#8216;JOHNNY&#8217; WILLIAMS &#8220;He Was Our Beginning&#8221; John &#8220;Johnny&#8221; Williams Sr., 91 years, died on July 28, 2012 of natural causes. 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