Malelega Alefosio Bartley-Pele, 45, of Honolulu will be remembered in memorial services 5:30 p.m. Monday at Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, 897 2nd St, Pearl City. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.Earl "John" Hanson, 83, of Kaneohe, a retired U.S. Navy captain, died Sunday in Kailua. He was also a retired real estate agent with Pacific Condominium/Monarch Realty. He was born in Baltimore. He is survived by wife Jean; daughter Jean "Sandy" Mullis; sons Earl J. "Skip" Jr., John, David J. and Mark; 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kaneohe Seventh-day Adventist Church. Call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Private committal services. Casual attire.
Hazel Ayako Kishaba, 57, died March 20. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by husband Denis M.; son Richard S.; daughter Wendy S.K. Hata; sisters Carole Tomooka, Harriet Shibuya, Fujiko Iwamoto, Kay Nakagawa and Clara Yonashiro; brother Robert Shimabukuro and three grandchildren. Private services.
Albert Paul Leong, 80, of Honolulu, a retired assistant bureau chief with the Honolulu Fire Department, died Tuesday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Benny; daughters Becky Ann, Antoinette Leong and Alberta A. Tang; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mass: noon Wednesday at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: Greenhaven Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Alfred Perreira Lindo Jr., 84, of Waianae, who worked for Hawaii Brewery, died March 21. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret; sons Alfred III, Dennis, Lionel, Gordon and Rodney; daughter Jacquelyn Lindo-Souza; brothers George, Henry and Leonard; sisters Florence Cundiff, Katherine Gonzales and Patricia Fox; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Wednesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Masuo Mito, 97, of Honolulu, a retired dry-goods salesman, died March 23 in Straub Clinic and Hospital. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Robert S. and Daniel S., daughters Joyce K. Kim and Amy S. Shimamura, brothers Kazuharu and Yoshito, sisters Kimiye Hirota and Matsue Arakaki, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private services.
Umeka "Patsy" Nomura, 83, of Wahiawa died March 16. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by sons Robert, Calvin and Ronald; daughters Katherine Fujii and Wendy Ishii; brothers Sakai, Takashi and Tadashi Shimaura; sisters Jean Yuu and Norma Yamaki; 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Private services.
Lawrence Letane Su'a, 61, of Waipahu died March 20. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Vivian, son Frank, daughters Mary Aldosa and Catherine Taylor, mother Beatrice McBrayer, brother Bernard Mori, sisters Isabel Lee and Donna Ho, and five grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Paul Tsuyoshi Takamatsu, 65, of Mililani, a retired customer service manager at Aloha Airlines, died March 23. He was also a part-time inspector for the Department of Agriculture. He was born in Waikapu, Maui. He is survived by wife Grace; daughters Carrie Takamatsu, Naomi Schneider and Jill Takamatsu; brothers Tadayuki, Mikio "Mike" and Richard; sisters Setsuko Kaneshina and Peggy Smith; and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Raymond Yoshio Tamashiro, 81, of Pearl City died March 21. He was born in Haiku, Maui. He is survived by daughters Rachel Tamashiro and Irene Carr; brothers Kikuo, Henry and Richard; and sister Pat Tamashiro-Falkenstein. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Casual attire. No flowers.
Margaret Ahuna Wong, 93, of Honolulu died Wednesday. She was born in Punaluu. She is survived by husband John K.S., sisters Ruth Williams and Martina Whitehead, brother Joseph "Tarzan" Ahuna, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Scattering of ashes in Punaluu at a later date.
June Umeka Yamada, 86, of Honolulu, a retired sushi maker for Sekiya Restaurant, died Wednesday at home. She was born in Okayama, Japan. She is survived by husband Frank S., sons Robert and Stanley, daughter Charlotte Kuwanoe, sister Yayoi Naganuma, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Elayas "Pat" Bacio Yaris, 68, of Santa Maria, Calif., died March 23 in Santa Maria, Calif. He was born on Kauai. He is survived by wife Ceferiana "Sophie"; sons Marvin, Odell and Derek Yaris and Vincente, Lourdesito, Marc, Felix and Jose Jaralba; daughters Esmerelda Yaris, Anastacia Yaris Bungay, Marry Basso and Anecita Young; sister Helen Lendio; 36 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Rita Catholic Church, 89-318 Farrington Hwy., Nanakuli. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
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.