Gov. Linda Lingle has ordered that state flags fly at half-staff Monday in honor of former state Rep. Robert C. Oshiro, who died Feb. 12 at age 83.

Oshiro served in the Legislature from 1959 to 1970, representing Wahiawa, Waialua and Kawailoa.

Oshiro also served as chairman of the state Democratic Party in the 1960s, and was chairman of The Queen's Health Systems and the Queen Emma Foundation.

Today his son, state Rep. Marcus Oshiro, D-39th, represents Wahiawa.