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Josefa Moe is known as an originator of free-hand T-shirt airbrushing. Josefa loved nothing more than to set up easel and airbrush on a busy sidewalk in
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he would paint T-shirts and bracelets while enjoying one of his lifelong joys; people-watching. After his retirement to Las Vegas, Josefa’s younger sons and daughter continued the successful
Hawaiian airbrush tattoo business that Josefa had created in Hawaii.
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boarding school while his mother and father performed the world over. In his teen years, Josefa traveled with his parents who starred in Felix
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Hawaiian thugs in shows like
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Josefa Moe is survived by his 11 children: Brian, Joseph, Daniel, Robin, Jaymie, Christopher, Kalani, Taui, Tammy, Kaipo and Cheyne Mo'e.
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