The Compassionate Friends Honolulu Chapter Steering Committee Terry and David have been co-leaders of The Compassionate Friends Honolulu Chapter since May of 2015. David is also the webmaster for the Chapter and is the Regional Coordinator for the Hawaii Region. Terry and David are retired. Our son, Darryl passed in November 1999 from respiratory failure in conjunction with gastric adenocarsinoma, a stomach cancer. He was 18 when he passed and had just graduated from Castle High School. It's been a rough journey, though we have matured and grown a lot since. Clara has joined our steering committee and has been the parent coordinator since February 2018. Her daughter Melanie passed in March 2012. Tami Cox Martinez - Treasurer: Mom to Danielle Cox who passed in 2016. Tami retired after 30 years in medical sales. She enjoys travelling, gardening, cooking, and helps her husband Raul run his construction business. She is so honored to be a part of the steering committee. Jennifer feels incredibly honored to be the sibling facilitator. Jennifer found TCF early in her grief, after losing her brother Ian, in early 2020. She found TCF to be an incredible support, and wants to give back to those who gave her so much support. Jennifer moved to Hawaii in early 2021, and looks forward to sharing the aloha support with her fellow sibs.  Georgiana (Georgie) Best, is honored to be the Editor of TCF Honolulu Chapter Newsletter in honor of Patrina. Georgie joined TCF Honolulu in April 2024 shortly after Patrina passed. She retired after 36 years with the federal government, working throughout the world, as Administrative Officer, Public Affairs Specialist, Human Resources Specialist, and Program Manager. Georgie loves volunteering, traveling, exercising, gardening, dining out and watching movies with family and friends. As Editor, she looks forward to the Chapter Newsletter being a link for bereaved parents, siblings, and families, to share their stories of love, pain, joy, anger, peace, faith and doubt, as well as to help each other grieve and grow. Above all, she looks forward to providing helpful grief-related materials, important TCF local and national resources, events and matters to help with healing.
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