Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Paia Hawaiian Protestant Church; service will begin at 11:00 a.m.; cremation will follow.
Joy was a retired warehouse Manager at Maui Land & Pineapple Company. She was predeceased by her husband, Donald Bissen; and sons, Donald Bissen Jr. and Wesley Kahala Bissen Sr. She is survived by her daughters-in-law, Madonna “Donna” Bissen of Tacoma, Washington, Kehau Bissen; hanai son, Stevens-Drake (Lisa) Ho’okano; sister, Verna “Jiddy” U’u; brother, Ernest (Jackie) Hokoana; 6 grandchildren, Wesley Kahala Jr., Elliot Kalanipo’o, Joel Maka’aha, Jarrett Mino’aka, Derrick Ha’aheo, Darren La’akea; and 4 great grandchildren, Simira Makamae Wahine Ho’okai Bissen, Sophia Marie Kehaulani Bissen, Jarrett Mino’aka Bissen Jr., and Stance Konapiliahi Bissen.
The family would like to thank the staff at Hospice Maui and Maui Memorial Medical Center’s, Haleakala East, 5th floor for the care given to Joy.
