MAKAWAO, Maui — Komoda Store & Bakery, famed for its cream puffs, stick doughnuts and butter rolls, will close for four days next week in memory of Takeo Komoda, who died Aug. 1 at age 92.

Komoda ran the business side of the bakery, eschewing automation and technology, according to daughter Betty Shibuya. Even at his age, he still priced store merchandise by hand, she said.

"He didn't want to use computers. He wanted to do everything manually," Shibuya said. "He didn't think we were big enough."

Komoda's resistance to modernization didn't hurt the bakery's popularity with locals and omiyage-seeking visitors, who line up every morning to buy pastries before they sell out.

Komoda was born Feb. 9, 1916, in Makawao, the oldest of the six sons. That same year, his parents, Takezo and Shigeri Komoda, started a restaurant near what's now Polli's Mexican Restaurant. The business evolved into a dry goods store and bakery and moved to its current site on Baldwin Avenue.

After graduating from Maui High School, Takeo Komoda attended business school in Honolulu. When World War II broke out, his parents, who were Japanese citizens, turned the bakery over to their eldest son because they feared being sent to an internment camp, Shibuya said.

For many years, Komoda was a familiar sight sitting behind a desk overflowing with papers in a far corner of the store.

"He was a very quiet man who didn't say anything, he just did his job and worked long hours," Shibuya said. "After working in the store during the day, he did the bookkeeping at night."

The bakery used to close annually for the entire month of September to give family members a rest, and Komoda used that time to tour the world with his wife of 68 years, Kiyoko. Japan was a favorite destination, Shibuya said.

The business remains a family affair, with three generations working there today. Shibuya's husband, Calvin, is the manager.

Komoda's brother Ikuo, 78, is credited with devising the recipe for the bakery's popular cream puffs in the 1960s after returning from baking school in Minnesota. The bakery easily runs through up to 1,200 cream puffs a day, Shibuya said.

Ikuo Komoda and brother Dan, 77, continue to work parttime as bakers, and another brother, Joe, 87, also was a baker but retired.

To honor its president, Takeo Komoda, the store and bakery will be closed Monday through Thursday.

Komoda is also survived by a sister, Kikuye Mitsuda, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Nakamura Mortuary, with a service at 10 a.m. and burial at 2 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park. The family requests casual attire.