Governor Linda Lingle has ordered all state flags at state and county buildings to be flown at half-staff today, from sunrise until sunset in honor of former State Representative Robert C. Oshiro.

A private burial is today.

Oshiro died on Feb. 12. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1959, representing Wahiawa, Waialua and Kawailoa. He served in the Legislature for 11 years from 1959 to 1970.