Asterio Gacuscus Alconcel Jr., 44, of Honolulu, died March 8 in Straub Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Asterio Sr. and Francisca; and siblings Estrelita, Edward and Arnold Alconcel, Hilario Martin, Carolann Hernandez and Wesley Santos. Private services.Shinobu Joan Amaral, 72, of Kamuela, Hawaii, who died March 19 in Hale Hoola Hamakua, is survived by sister Sumi Ito. Incorrect information was published for an obituary Tuesday.
Pascual Manuel Andres, 69, of Ewa Beach, a retired employee for Tropicana Villages Phase Two and Three, died March 10. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Fermina "Emmin," sons Jesus and Gino, daughter Norma Cauilan, sisters Maximina Andres and Joaquina Pascual, and five grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Mililani Mortuary, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: noon Monday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Miriam Kulamanu "Darling" Apana, 74, of Nanakuli, a homemaker, died Saturday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by hanai sons Douglas Mahoe and Peter Mahoe; sons James "Butchie" and Morris; daughters Imaikalani Bertelmann, Kulamanu Kikila, Kaipoleimanu Brown, NakooOkalani Apana, Pililua Apana-Oki and Kalauokealoha Payne; 37 grandchildren and 76 great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kaumakapili Church. Call after 9 a.m. Scattering of ashes: 10 a.m. Sunday at Nanakuli Beach Park. Casual attire.
David George Backen, 64, of Kula, Maui, a retired heavy-equipment mechanic for Kiewit Pacific Construction, died Monday. He was born in Great Falls, Mont. He is survived by wife Louise M.; sons David, Raymond and George; daughter Charlotte Ost; stepdaughter Debbie Shirai; stepson Guy Freitas; brothers Rodney, Gerald, Dan, Jack and Joe; sister Teddy Hyde; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment to follow at a later date in Montana. Aloha attire. Leis only.
Virginia Cabral, 71, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a homemaker, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Wailua Homesteads, Kauai. She is survived by sons Daniel and Hartwell, daughter Michelle Gushiken, brother Louie Pontes, sister Rose Kurtie and 10 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Kauai Veterans Cemetery, Hanapepe. Casual attire.
Francis Philip "Buster" Carvalho, 78, of Hilo, a retired purchasing agent for C. Brewer Co., died Tuesday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Marguerite; daughter Ethel M. Peroff; brothers William R. and Clement; sisters Geraldine Shuman, Mary J. Abbey and Patricia Silva; and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Homelani Memorial Park, Hilo. Casual attire.
Verna Reece DeBoer, 71, of Keauhou Uka, Hawaii, a homemaker, died Tuesday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Sedro Woolley, Wash. She is survived by sons David and Steve, sister Velma Moore and one grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. tomorrow at the DeBoer residence, 75-355 Nohealani St. Casual attire. Donations suggested to West Hawaii Home Health Services.
Randolph R. "Randy" Freitas, 41, of Honolulu, who died March 24 in St. Francis Medical Center, will be buried in graveside services at 10 a.m. Saturday at Valley of the Temples. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.
Akitomi "Peter" Hamasaki, 81, of Honolulu, a retiree, died Friday. He was born in Wainaku, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Melina "Rita"; daughters Eva Jones and Rosa Hamasaki; son Peter; sisters Nancy Torigoe, Sally Crum and Sue Nakamura; brothers James and Goichi; and five grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Soto Mission, 1708 Nuuanu Ave. Burial: 1 p.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Stephen Toshiichi Kotake, 87, of Honolulu, president of Kotake Shokai, died Monday in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Haruyo, son Dr. John, daughters Vera Hu and Cora Say, sister Jane K. Nishimoto, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Manuel Henry Lara, 62, of Kaneohe, died Friday at home. He is survived by brothers Joe Brito and Ernest Brito; sisters Gloria Magdaleno, Esperanza Directo, Artie Sueda, Valerie Lopez and Brenda Magdaleno; daughter Delann Kelii and one grandchild. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Rose Kawehiwehi Muller McCarty, 91, of Honolulu, died Sunday at home. She is survived by daughters Pam Barton and Winona Aina, sister Annabelle Fyfe, nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after noon. Private inurnment to follow.
Ruby Geneva Nesnow, 92, of Hauula, a retired print shop administrator, died Tuesday in Kapunawai Ola. She was born in North Dakota. She is survived by sons Maurice, Joseph and David; brother Ole Synoground Jr.; sisters Mable Beavers and Laura Swenson; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Private services.
Joyce Yvonne Nobriga, 64, of Kaimuki, a foster mother, died March 21. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons George Jr., Chris and Matthew; daughters Barbara Holmes, Jackie Toilolo and Lori Tufaga; sister Lynn Rondiak and 17 grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire.
Jenny Marie Nycek, 40, of Honolulu, died Monday in St. Francis Hospice. She was born in Michigan. She is survived by daughter Leilani Perez, brother Stanley and sisters Jackie Nycek and Sandy Pelletier. Services: 2 p.m. tomorrow at Nuuanu Mortuary, east chapel. Call after 1 p.m.
Paulino Saholan, 72, of Makakilo, a retired cook for Hale Koa Hotel, died March 14 in Honolulu. He was born in Hawi, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Shizuko; daughters Christine Plumberg, Josephine Korioth and Kitty Burgess; brothers Santo, Theodore and Alfred Sajolan; sisters Connie Kehano and Rose Hipolito; and four grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Sadako Tanaka, 75, of Hilo, a retired accounting clerk for Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp., died March 18 at home. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by brothers Yoshito and Jiro, and sisters Mitsue and Miyoko. Private services. No koden.
Lynn K. Waters, 69, of Hana, Maui, a social services caseworker for the ARC of Maui, died Tuesday in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in South Dakota. He is survived by sons Richard and Sean, daughters Jacquelyn Waters and Camille Woodworth, brother Gene Baldwin, sister Shirley Grant, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. No services.
Yue Woo, 80, of Kaneohe died March 14 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in China. He is survived by wife Chui F.L. Woo; sons Kwok K., Eric Y.K., Wai K. and Francis; daughter Maria Arriaga and 14 grandchildren. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Monday at Borthwick Mortuary. No services. Burial: 11 a.m. Monday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
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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.