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Manuel T. "Tramp" Andrade, 94, of Haiku, Maui, died Friday at home. He was born in Lahaina. He is survived by son James; daughter Celia Fraser; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Rita's Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Memorial Park Cemetery. Donations suggested to Hospice Maui. Aloha attire.Mathew P. Avecilla, 82, of Waipahu, a U.S. Army retiree and retired Hickam Air Force Base barber, died July 27 in St. Francis Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lolita M.; sons Edwin and Henry, and several siblings. Wake: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, Makai Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Highway. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Frank Ballie, 79, of Kailua died Wednesday in Kailua. He was born in Puuloa, Ewa Beach. He is survived by daughter Patricia Belski; sons James, Edward and John; sister Cecilia Webster; brother David, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services. Donations suggested to the American Heart Association.
Angel Clinard-Iokia, infant son of Tamera Clinard and Anthony Iokia, died June 11 in Kapiolani Hospital. He is also survived by grandparents Antoinette and Doug Curtis. No services.
Dionicio C. Coloma, 61, of Kahului, a retired field worker for Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, died Saturday in Maui Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Elena T.; sons Edward, Erick and Walter; daughters Charity Sagario, Ethel Mendoza and Jose and Nora Coloma; and 12 grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Burial and additional funeral services will be held in the Philippines.
Haruko Funakoshi, 86, of Honolulu, a retired laundry worker for St. Francis Hospital, died Wednesday in Kuakini Hospital. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by sons Harold, Kenneth and Charles; daughter Joy Tanabe; brother Kosei Uyeunten, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services were private.
Pedro A. Garcia, 85, of Halaula, Hawaii, a retired service truck driver for the former Kohala Sugar Co., died last Tuesday at home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Maria; sons Francisco "Rudy" and Ernest T. "Smood"; daughter Shirley A. Garcia-Cosme; sisters Rosalie Cadiz and Veronica Diniega, and five grandchildren. Wake: 6 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. Call after 4 p.m. All night vigil to follow at the family home, 53-4183 Akoni Pule Highway. Mass:10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi, Hawaii. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Hawi Catholic Church Cemetery. Casual attire.
Janet S. "Sue" Joseph, 67, of Waianae, business partner for Angel's 24-Hour Towing and Used Auto Parts, died July 29 from injuries suffered in a car accident. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Archangel "Angel" J.; sons James "Boy," Charles "Charlie" and Sterling "Kosh" Joseph, Jason "Kimo" Chang and Clyde "Archy" Vincent; daughter Fabian "Fab" Sabella; sister Doris Taniguchi; brothers Edward Nakamura and Ernesto Padapat, 21 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary, Mauka Chapel. Call after 5 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Elizabeth L. Kahalepuna, 58, of Kapolei, a manager for Signature Theaters at Pearl Highlands, died July 29 from injuries suffered in a car crash. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Darrell K.; son Richard Jr.; daughters Catherine H.K. Lin-Kee and Louvinia H. and Lorelei N. Kahalepuna; sisters Henrietta Palenapa, Betty Cazinha, Dawn Akiona, Gloria Barcelona and Emmaleialoha Kaleo, and five grandchildren. Wake services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary, Mauka Chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Kaluaokalanipa-E-A "Kalua" Kaiahua, 64, of Lahaina, a construction consultant and practitioner for the art of spiritual traditional Hawaiian healing, died Thursday in Wailuku. He was born on Molokai. He is survived by wife Annette; sons Patrick and Lewis; daughters Shirley Blackburn, Stephanie Young, Helene Sado, Paulette Suzuki and Roxane Kaiahua; brothers George Ching, Hutsuo Uesugi, and Able and Donald Kaiahua; sisters Ruth Oyadamori and Cecilia Keawe, 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary, call after 9 a.m.; and noon Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaneohe, call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veteran's Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Eunsik Kang, 85, of Honolulu died July 31 in Queen's Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Sally; son Alden; daughters Gail and Laurie; sister Miriam Wee, and two grandchildren. Private Masonic services held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
John M. "Paloose" Kapumau Jr., 73, of Hilo, a Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation employee, died Thursday inHilo Hospital. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Evelyn; son John III; daughters Evelyn Bungula, Elizabeth Sanborn and Lisa Kapumau, 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services: noon Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Moses "Moki" Kim, 67, of Aiea, a retired Honolulu firefighter who also played and sang Hawaiian music for Aloha, Hawaiian and United airlines, died July 30 in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Beatrice; daughters Lenora Ishihara and Cynthia Kim; brother Joshua Keakalauloa; and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Richard Lorenzo, 59, of Haleiwa, a truck driver for the City and County of Honolulu, died Friday in Honolulu. He was born in Waialua. He is survived by wife Roberta R.; children Keala, Mahina, Kaena, Kalima, Haunani and Lahela; sisters Elizabeth Sensano, Nina Pangelinan and Rosita Baldogo; brothers Edward, Florencio, Phillip, Leroy and Gordon, and four grandchildren. Memorial ser-vices: 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Liliuokalani Protestant Church in Haleiwa. Call after 6 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 7 a.m. Saturday at Haleiwa Beach Park.
Manuel C. Luiz, 76, of Hilo, a retired parks caretaker for the County of Hawaii, died Friday in Hilo Hospital. He was born in Hakalau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Angela; sons Manuel C. Jr., Clyde, Ricky and Robert; daughters Claudia Mina, Pamela Dutro, Arlene Ah Sing and Kathleen Nagai; sisters Ruth Souza and Mildred Wilbert, 25 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Elias Meshulam, 81, of Kihei, Maui, a retired produce retailer and an original tenant of the Farmer's Market in Los Angeles, died Sunday at home. He was born in Rochester, N.Y. He is survived by wife Frances; sons Richard, David and Jerry; daughter Judi Weiner; sister Clara S. Saul, and nine grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. tomorrow at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Maui Veteran's Cemetery. No flowers. Donations suggested to the Rotary International Foundation or the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital Transportation Fund.
Elizabeth S. Michaels, 29, of Honomalino, Hawaii, died July 29 in Tripler Army Hospital. She was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. She is survived by fiance Theodore Dinson; son Kurt Jr.; daughters Leilani Michaels and Daeja Taetuna; father of children Kurt; parents Elizabeth and Gogo Taetuna; brothers Larry Kuahuia and Antone Taetuna; sisters Cynthia Baeza, Pearline Casuga, Theresa Taetuna, Michelle Fomai and Valentina Johnson, and grandmothers Amoe Casuga and Pepe Taetuna. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Gogo and Elizabeth Taetuna's home in Milolii Village. Call after 6 p.m. All night vigil and rosary to follow. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial:church cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Henrietta Naluai-Hollinger-Deconte, 88, of Honolulu, formerly of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired accountant for Hickam Air Force Base, died Thursday in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Arthur V. Hollinger, six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment to be held later. Casual attire. No flowers.
Christina Paneto, 78, a homemaker, of Pukalani, Hawaii, died last Tuesday in Kula Hospital. She was born in Kaupakalua, Hawaii. She is survived by son Manuel; daughters Lucy Rafanan, Violet Javier, Elizabeth Lopes and Agnes Carvalho,13 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Casual attire.
Richard Robello, 69, of Ewa Beach died July 29 in Ewa Beach. He was born in Hawaii. He is survived by sons George and Rick; daughters Cindy Robello, Debbie Pagan and Betty Rodrigues; sister Sophie Souza; brothers Frank and Clarence, and five grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veteran's Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
Hatsune Shintani, 93, of Waimea, Kauai, died July 31 at home. She was born in Waimea. She is survived by husband Torao; daughters Kay S. Cuneo, Mildred Tokushige and Jean Tsuchida; brothers Shigenori, Tomeo, Larry and Tokuzo Nishikawa; sister Mitsuko Ishii, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.
Purificasion R. Suguitan, 84, of Honolulu, died July 23 in Honolulu. She was born in Vintar the Philippines. She is survived by husband Ambrocio B., and sisters Rosalina Butac and Jovita Palado. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
Ricardo S. "Rick" Tamayo, 48, of Keaau, Hawaii, a reservations clerk for America West Airlines, died July 28 in the Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nev. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by mother Maria E.; brothers Eddie, Benny and Nestor, and sister Adelaida "Lenor" Bautista. Wake services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Keaau, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Genevieve N. Tango, 59, of Los Angeles, who died Aug. 16, 1999, will be remembered in an 11 a.m. memorial service Saturday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m., Alae Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers. The additional information was provided for an obituary that was published last Aug.18.
Juan P. Tomas, 89, of Honolulu, a retired carpenter, died July 20 in Kuakini Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by son Juan Jr., a grandchild and a great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary, call after 6 p.m.; and 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, call after 8 a.m. Burial: Valley of the Temples.
You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/hiindex.html
The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.