A memorial service for former professor Ritva Sinikka Hayasaka Strand, who died of a heart attack Dec. 20 in Florida, will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at Central Union Church.

Hayasaka Strand was a retired professor of linguistics and president emeritus of the University of Hawai'i Professional Assembly.

She will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The family requests aloha attire and no flowers.