John Monroe Bryce, 87, of Kailua, Hawaii, died July 31, 2004.  He was born in California on January 1, 1917. 

In World War II John served as an Electronics Technician, Submariner, aboard the USS Sea Dragon.  Later he attended Texas A&M University and was at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard 20 years as Project Supervisor.  He was a builder/skipper of Enterprise class sail boats and builder/flyer of an experimental 13 metre sail plane.  A bicyclist, he participated in the Trans Canada race at age 64.  He was a Master Mechanic and a furniture craftsman.

Survived by stepson, Thomas Kappock III; daughter, Lucinda Hoffman; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.