Advertiser Staff
KAPA‘A, Kaua‘i — Former territorial legislator and veteran businessman Yoshichi Yoshida, 96, died Jan. 24, 2001.
He was born on Kaua‘i and was the retired owner of Y. Yoshida Service Station and Bus Co. in Kapa‘a.
Yoshida was elected to the territorial House of Representatives as a Republican in 1956 and 1958. He lost in the first state general election in 1959.
Survivors include sons Hugh Yoshida, the University of Hawai‘i athletic director, and Reuben Yoshida; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Funeral 3 p.m. tomorrow at Kapa‘a Hongwanji Mission.
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