Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday June 30, 2013, at Ballard Family Mortuary; service will begin at 12:00 p.m.; scattering of ashes will follow at Haycraft Beach Park in Maalaea.
Benjamin retired in Maintenance at Royal Lahaina Resort. He is survived by his wife, Olga Kepa; sons: Joseph (Jennifer) Kepa, Darin (Monica) Mahiai, William (Alice) Kepa, Jerry Soto, Shannon Bagley; daughters, Yolanda (Clifford) Kaholokula, Olga (Gladiol) Namauu, Cheryl (JP) Gratacos, Sonia Bagley, Kualei (Laki) Kaahanui-Soriano, Cheyenne Cramer; sister, Patricia Alipio; 24 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; many God children; sisters, Patricia Mamo Aripio, Minnie Soto, Naomi Calderon; brothers, Joseph Tampon, Henry Kahaikupuna, and Jeremiah Kahaikupuna (deceased)