The Hawai‘i State Senate will honor their late colleague Breene Harimoto with a memorial service on Tuesday, July 7 in the Senate Chamber.
The State Capitol remains closed to the public due to the pandemic. The memorial service will be available live via ‘Ōlelo channel 49 and the Hawai‘i Senate Facebook page beginning at 10:55 a.m. A virtual guest book of condolences to Senator Harimoto’s family will be available for the public to sign.
The memorial will begin at 11 a.m. with a processional for Senator Harimoto’s family, from Beretania Street into the Senate Chamber, honored by dignitaries in the rotunda. A service will then take place in the Senate Chamber.
A digital program will be released next week. Confirmed speakers include Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald, Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Representative Gregg Takayama, Governor David Y. Ige, Norman Nakanishi, Founding and Senior Pastor of Pearlside Church, and House Speaker Scott K. Saiki.
Senator Harimoto passed away Thursday, June 18, after a long fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 66.
The senator served the residents of District 16 – Pearl City, Momilani, Pearlridge, ‘Aiea, Royal Summit, ‘Aiea Heights, Waimalu, Halawa, and Pearl Harbor for six years. He was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. Prior to his election to the Senate, Breene Harimoto served on the Honolulu City Council for four years.