Birth date: Nov 10, 1932 Death date: Dec 24, 2013
Jane Baldovi Nikaido, 81, of Hawaii Kai died at home on December 24, 2013. Born in Haiku, Maui on November 10, 1932. She is a 1954 graduate of Iowa State Teachers College and retired English, Yearbook and Journalism teacher at Kal Read Obituary
I've just learned, with great sadness, of Mrs. Nikaido's passing. She was my journalism teacher at Kalani and advisor for the school paper when I was its editor. She was also a childhood friend of my aunt Frances (Mainkey) back on Maui. I've thought of her often over the years and will always remember her infectious energy and brilliant smile.
Aloha,
My mother is Francis "Mainkey" Seno Simon from Haiku, your mother was a childhood friend of her and our family still lives in the property next to your grand mother on Hamana place behind Kawaharada bakery in Haiku.
I just wanted to share my thought and prays with you, as I know your mother attending my mothers funeral and would always stay in touch with her. My aunty Rosaria Seno is aware too.
The Seno Ohana blesses you folks.
Her hair color is different but her smile is just as beautiful. I will always remember Mrs. Nikaido with that bright wide smile and twinkle in her eyes. She was the yearbook advisor and I was a staff photographer my sophomore year. Her encouragement and matter-of-fact confidence in me helped me to carry out my duties as head photographer (a girl!) for the next two years. I now realize how important those years were in shaping the adult I became. My life is so much richer for having known her...thank you Mrs. Nikaido! You live on in my heart.
Joan (Ihori) Rich, Kalani '72
Mrs. Nikaido was my yearbook teacher when I was in high school in the 1980s. What a wonderful woman! She was open, energetic, generous and kind hearted. I could go on. She has left a legacy that will live on through the many students whose lives she touched. My condolences to her family.
Leilani Catbagan Fitzgerald
