Memories of Edward M Sanpei

In memory of

Edward M Sanpei

Mililani, HI, USA

June 8, 1944 - February 1, 2020

Jun 8, 1944 - Feb 1, 2020

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Holly Christensen

Dear Ruby, Keith, and Cheryl,

I’m deeply saddened to hear of the loss of your husband and father. He was both a lawyer and dear friend to my parents, John and Barbara Christensen. After dad died, he continued to be a huge support to me in handling their affairs and went out of his way to even help me physically clean out mom’s residence when she was too ill to live independently.

I’ll always remember Ed’s brilliance as a lawyer and generous, loving spirit as a man. I miss him.

Holly Christensen

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Julie Sanpei

Uncle and Aunty's house was the place where we got together as a family to enjoy meals and each other's company. I have so many good memories of holidays in Mililani. There was a place for all of us to hang out: uncles outside in the backyard; aunties in the kitchen and living room; grandma and grandpa in the den and cousins everywhere. We never wanted to go home. Popping fireworks was the best in the cul-de-sac; even sweeping up with Uncle Eddie in charge of the clean up crew afterwards was fun. He was always so laid back; I never saw him mad (even the Christmas Keith accidentally drove his new remote control car in the pool, Uncle was calm). The first time I saw him do the banzai toast I was shocked he could yell that loud. I will miss Uncle, his smile and they way he would chuckle when he was amused.

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Gordon Tsuji

I first met Ed while working for Dole during the summer when he was a high schooler from Aiea. Most of the student workers were from Wahiawa and Waialua back then. He was soft-spoken, hard working and one of the good guys. When I next met him about 30 years later in Mililani through youth baseball. Ed was the same nice guy, now with a growing family. The following 30 years saw our children become responsible adults and allowed us to share stories when we had our annual Super Bowl get-together with Ed and Ruby and the "gang". We'll miss his genial smile and laugh, win or lose. Rest in peace. Gordon/Sharon

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Patti Kuwamoto

Uncle Ed has always been a big part of my life from helping me with homework in my elementary years, playing board games and sports in grandma and grandpa’s yard, to our discussions about college, camping and family dinners. As an adult, he was always interested and caring about how I was doing in my career and in my life. I will cherish all the memories and will miss uncle dearly!

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Janis Loventhal

Mililani, HI, USA

Annual Christmas Day Dinnner at Uncle Ed’s house

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Janis Loventhal

Uncle Ed was so kind and generous . I never saw him ever get angry . He didn’t have a mean bone in his body. He had a nickname for me . “Jan Jan” 🥰. He snd his family hosted Thanksgivings and Christmas Day dinners. These were the most happiest times when we gathered our family together to share events if the last year snd just enjoy all the good food , games snd fellowship. Many great memories at Uncle Ed’s house that I will cherish for ever💙🙏.

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Walter Beh

I have many wonderful memories of Ed, especially when we both drove our kids to school and arrived at work at the crack of dawn. Ed and I had a good hour of work done before anyone else arrived. He loved to talk about his great kids! Walter and Hazel Beh

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Frank Sanpei

Eddie was my kid brother. During our “hana butta days” he was always following me around. He was very quiet. When I went into Engineering, I told him it was very hard and you had to be very smart. So in later years when I heard he had dropped out of Engineering it reinforced my belief I was smartest. But he later told me he dropped out because he was “bored”. And to my surprise, his other classmates told me he made straight A’s. Then he went into law, at Harvard Law no less.

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