Kyle Kevin Tamotsu Dela Cruz

July 11, 1961 - December 27, 2020

Kyle was born on July 11, 1961 in Honolulu at Kapiolani Women's and Children's Hospital. Kyle had six other siblings. Jerry H. Dela Cruz (deceased on May 12, 2018), Dean J. Dela Cruz, Cynthia L.K. Dela Cruz, Brenda L.Y. Dela Cruz, Ray G.Y. Dela Cruz and Marjorie M.T. (Dela Cruz) Taputu. Kyle's parents Jerry Dela Cruz (deceased on May 02, 2010) and Dorothy "Dottie" Kazuko (Okuda) Dela Cruz (deceased on March 18, 2014) loved Kyle very much. Kyle joined the Navy in January 1980 and served on the submarine USS Juneau and traveled around the world. He's had many life experiences and was taught to love his country and made countless friends in the 1 1/2 years he was in the Navy. But nothing was more important to Kyle than FAMILY! Kyle was loyal, committed and loved taking care of his family. He spent everyday telling jokes and making people laugh. To Kyle, life was love and Kyle so loved life with his loved ones. He was humble, kind, generous and had an unwavering love for everyone he cared most about. Kyle has 5 nephews Wayne H. Dela Cruz who spent his 40 years of life thus far living with Kyle in the family home in Kaneohe. Kyle lovingly referred to him as "Da Boy" or "Haj" part of Wayne's middle name. Kyle's other nephews Sonny and Joshua Taputu who's Dad Pagota "Pago" Taputu showed Kyle the Samoan culture which Kyle loved and embraced. Kyle also has 2 other nephews, Cody Ray Dela Cruz and Cory Ekolu Dela Cruz, who lives in Arizona. They both respected and loved their Uncle Kyle very much. Kyle's niece Stephanie S. (Dela Cruz) Valiente, wife to AJ and mother to Aiden, Aaron, Sabrina and Sadie, was nicknamed "Sweetie" by Kyle. He had a strong connection to Stephie and Kyle said on many occasions that if he had a daughter, he'd hope she would be like Stephie. Kyle's other niece Tiana "Nani Girl" (Dela Cruz) Stricklin married to Joshua Stricklin and mother of 5 year old Parker Boy is the daughter of Ray who lives in Arizona now, but still loves Kyle, even from thousands of miles away. Although all of our hearts are broken with the loss of Kyle, we are at PEACE knowing Kyle is free from all his physical ailments and no more being trapped in his emotional trials and tribulations. We promised our brother Kyle he WILL have a Celebration of Life Memorial Service that he so deserves. It will take a little while once the craziness of the Pandemic subsides then we can make it happen. Please leave words of love and messages of friendship here on this page. Kyle is listening and watching and knows and feels all of our love. The following is a link to Kyle's GoFundMe page if you'd like to help the family through this loss of their loved one. https://www.gofundme.com/f/1wmgpasgdc?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 We will let everyone know once the Memorial Services are arranged. Aloha from The Dela Cruz Ohana