The Nation - News from June 2, 1986

Challenger astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka is to be buried today with full military honors in a public service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu. A wake and funeral rites took place at Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Mission in Kealakekua, Hawaii. Onizuka, 39, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, and six other crew members were killed Jan. 28 when the shuttle exploded shortly after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Onizuka’s remains were flown to the island of Hawaii on Saturday, and the flag-draped coffin was carried to the Onizuka family store in Keopu.