Aiko Hestand passed away peacefully in Tyler on April 19,2024. She was preceded in death by her husband Edgar B. Hestand.
She was born in Naha, Okinawa on March 3, 1938 until she was married in 1960 and traveled as a military wife. She leaves behind her sister Hatsuko Tamaki, brother Chinki Kinjo, her daughters Janet Martins (Joseph) and Michele Sizemore(Wayne) , grandchildren - Ericka Mueller (John), Taryn Leisy (Ryan), Tracey Frederick (Mitchell), Joseph Martins, Juliana Martins, and Jade Martins, great grandchildren- Layney, Cooper, CJ Mueller, Rylan Leisy, Marshall and Elliott Frederick and many nieces and nephews as well as many dear friends. The family is arranging a private funeral.
