Dwight A. Emery

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Dwight Emery

KANEOHE, HI — Dwight A. Emery, 77, of Kaneohe, HI, passed away on December 26, 2010. He was born on August 11, 1933, in West Paris, the son of Keith and Edna McMahon Emery. He attended West Paris schools and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He graduated from the Navy School of Music and played in the Navy Band at Pearl Harbor.

Mr. Emery was very involved with music and played string bass in the Honolulu Symphony for several years. He played at one time with a dance band at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel as well as other music jobs over the years. He also played with the original Parisians Dance Band with his father and brother during his high school years. He retired from his day job at Shell Oil at Pearl Harbor in 1996.

Mr. Emery is survived by his wife of 42 years, the former Louise Lar; his son and wife, Keith and Lori Emery; grandson Ethan; brother-in-law Paul and formally adopted daughter Maile Higuchi, all of Hawaii; brothers, Lawrence and wife Carolyn of Sacramento, CA and Warren and wife Mary of West Paris; uncle and aunt, Glenn and Mae Emery of West Paris and several cousins, nieces and nephews in Maine.

Funeral services will be held in Hawaii on January 29, with burial in the musicians' section of Hawaii Memorial park in Kaneohe. A memorial service will be held in the spring in Maine.