Richard LaForge

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Richard William LaForge, 79, of Laupahoehoe, died March 24 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Detroit, he was a retired college career counselor at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.

Richard William LaForge, 79, of Laupahoehoe, died March 24 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Detroit, he was a retired college career counselor at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.

Friends may call at 9 a.m. March 29 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Papaaloa for a 10 a.m. Mass. Family requests casual attire be worn.

He is survived by wife, Phyllis LaForge, of Laupahoehoe; sons, Mark LaForg,e of Suzuka, Japan, Gregory (Sheri) LaForge, of Plainwell, Mich.; brothers, Ed LaForge, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Paul LaForge, of Iowa; sister, Mary Skartiaris, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.