Fusayo "Fuzzy" Sakasegawa Scannell Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Fusayo Sakasegawa Scannell, aged 95, died from natural causes on August 29, 2016 in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Fusayo was affectionately known as Fuzzy to her family and friends. She was born on February 20, 1921 in a sugarcane plantation camp, Wainaku Camp 3, South Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawai’i, to parents Hikoichi Sakasegawa and Tsurue Asakura. As a student, Fusayo attended Hilo schools, graduating from Hilo High School in 1938. After graduation, and attending business school on O’ahu, she worked several jobs as an executive secretary; finally ending her career at Camp H. M. Smith, a United States Marine Corps installation in Halawa Heights above Pearl Harbor. She met her husband, Robert Francis Scannell, when they both lived in apartments in Waikiki. Married in 1950 in Honolulu, they moved to Halawa Heights, Aiea, and had three children: Peter of Lowell, MA (1951), Lois Ann Knezek of Sanger, TX (1953), and Marian Swider of Honolulu, HI (1960). Fusayo has seven grandchildren: Madeline Scannell, Gabriel Knezek, Sarah Knezek (Coquis), Nicholas Knezek, Christopher Swider, Kylie Swider, and Caden Swider. She is also survived by one great-grandchild, Luca Coquis-Knezek. She is predeceased by her husband, Robert, who passed away on May 11, 2009. She is also predeceased by siblings, Kazuo “Will”, Fumiko “Peggy” Szanik, Isao “Eugene”, and Misue “Margaret Kiyabu.” She has four surviving siblings, Sadako “Sadie” Sekiya, Masuo, Mineo, and Shigeki “Harry.” Fusayo was an avid gardener and kept a large vegetable garden with many fruit trees; folks waited all year for her famous homemade guava jelly and mango chutney. She was also a proficient seamstress, knitter and crocheter making the family’s clothes and sweaters when they were younger. Robert and Fusayo loved travel, and after retirement spent part of their time teaching English in Japan. Another joy of their lives were trips with the entire family, including such exotic destinations as the Panama Canal, Alaska and Paris, France. Donations are appreciated at www.alz.org.

Fusayo "Fuzzy" Sakasegawa Scannell

February 20, 1921 - August 29, 2016

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Fusayo "Fuzzy" Sakasegawa Scannell

February 20, 1921 - August 29, 2016

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