Debra-Jean Bernadette "Debbie" Kenui
Debra-Jean Bernadette "Debbie" Kenui
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Debbie was an administrative secretary for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and a Waiakea High School graduate class of 1982.
She was also a former legal secretary for Kobayashi, Watanabe, Ing, Kawashima & Goda; project administrator for Academia Sinica; sales representative for Geoffrey Beane Outlet Store; counterperson for Dairy Queen; and student secretary for U.H.-Hilo Student Services.
Volunteer works:
-Active board member for Hui Malama Ola Na O'iwi Cancer Support Group, Malama Ka Pili Pa'a
-Member and greeter for New Hope Christian Fellowship - Hilo
-Volunteer for American Cancer Society programs and services: Reach to Recovery; Making Strides Against Breast Cancer; and Hope Lodge Hawaii
-A certified cancer patient navigator
-Organizer / Team Mom for various baseball and volleyball organizations
-Volunteer for Hawaii Pacific Oncology Center
-Recipient / Speaker for: Relay for Life "Ms. Relay"; Lady Footlocker "I Can" Campaign; Portraits of Hope; and KBIG FM Breast Cancer Awareness Events
-Volunteer for Convoy of Hope Breast Cancer Resource Tent
-Volunteer and Advocate in cancer community
-Volunteer for Hawaii Care Choices
A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday (Nov. 20, 2025) at New Hope Christian Fellowship – Hilo; Visitation at 9 a.m. and Service at 10 a.m.
Casual aloha attire welcomed.
Debbie is survived by her, husband, Milton H. Kenui Sr., sons, Milton Kenui Jr., Michael (Maile) Kenui, Marcus Kenui; 2 granddaughters; mother, Patrica L. Silva of Hilo; sisters, Cheryl (Mike) Dias of Hilo, Brenda (Clayton) Kenui of Hilo and Anne (Thomas) Sweeny of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; brother, Darren (Lehua) Silva of Maui; numerous nieces, nephews and loved ones. Debbie's legacy lives on in all of them.
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