'It's painful,' Lahaina family remembers beloved husband, father

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LAHAINA, Hawaii (KHON2) -- The Lahaina wildfires claimed the lives of 102 people. Families left behind are still struggling with the loss and the loss of their properties.

74-year-old Clyde Wakida was a familiar face in Lahaina town. He built his Puapihi Street home where he and his wife, Penny, lived for over three decades and it's where he was found the day after the fire. Penny still doesn't like talking about that day.

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"There's daily so many little things that will just conjure up a memory of something that we've lost and just, it's painful. It just never really goes away," explained Penny Wakida, who lost her husband during the Aug. 8 wildfire.

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