Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 7, 1 July 1987 — Cazimero Honored [ARTICLE]

Cazimero Honored

Bill Cazimero, father of eight sons and four daughters and grandfather of 37 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, was honored by Kemoo Farm Restaurant of Wahiawa as its "Father of the Year." The program was the highlight of the weekly Tuesday Kemoo Farm entertainment headliner featuring Charles K.L. Davis June 16 at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel. It also featured the Na Kupuna quartet of Milla Yap, Healani Doane, Irma Kaeek and Thelma Anahu who have been performing together since 1938. The most famous perhaps of Cazimero's dozen ehildren are Robert and Roland, top island entertainers also known as the Brothers Cazimero. The Father of the Year was presented with a plaque from Richard H. Rodby, president of the landmark Kemoo Farm Restaurant. Cazimero was born in Kohala on the island of Hawaii and graduated from Kohala High School. Music was always very mueh a part of his life. He taught himself to play the saxophone, trumpet and all Hawaiian instruments. While living on Hawaii, he had his own group called the Cazimero Orchestra. The family moved to Oahu in 1940 and Cazimero worked for Inter-Island Dry Docks and Dillingham Corporation before hooking on with the Navy as a federal civil service employee from where he eventually retired. Cazimero played music with his wife's group for 23 years, doing the military circuit and USO shows. This man of music continues to entertain to this day.