As a second generation American of Japanese Ancestry or Nisei, Thomas lived through some of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. His parents, Sunao and Tori Nikaido, emigrated from Fukushima-ken, Japan, and he was the fourth of five children. He was born in 1923 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. Thomas Nikaido, 97, passed away peacefully at home on October 29, 2020. We are eternally grateful for your love, kindness and support.Ī private service at Punchbowl is pending. To his many relatives, friends and the staff at Hale Ku‘ike Bayside, thank you for being a part of his life. The furniture he built, home patios he enclosed, his hand carved woodwork, and restored jeeps and boats are testaments of his skills and creativity that we continue to cherish. He was an avid hunter and fisherman providing food and at times memorializing his catch through his taxidermy hobby. He achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant and was appointed Commander of “M” Company, Laupahoehoe, 299th Regimental Combat Team.ĭad will be remembered as a family man of many talents and interests who we believe could build or fix anything. Machida served in the Army and in 1948 joined the Hawaii National Guard. where he retired as an instrument specialist and factory superintendent. He was employed by Kaiwiki, Laupahoehoe and Hamakua Sugar Co. He is survived by wife of seventy years, Tsuneko children: Layne (Evelyn) Machida, Sheryl Bell, Lloyd (Kari) Machida, Gayle (Paul) Machida-Isono and Klyde (Joni) Machida sister Chizuko Nakamura, six grandchildren, nieces and nephews.Ī former resident of Ookala and graduate of Laupahoehoe High School, he also earned an electronics certification while studying in Seattle, WA.
94, of Ewa Beach, HI passed away peacefully on July 13, 2021.
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