Arnold Kazuo Akamine, 63, of Mililani, a retired Castle & Cooke carpenter, died Dec. 2. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by son Guy, daughters Joyce Hammann and Donna Akamine, brothers Martin and Robert, sisters Annie Chang and Valerie Saito and six grandchildren. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel. Call after 5:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.Mary-Lee Ann Catekista, 57, of Waipahu, died Nov. 25. She was born in Yonkers, NY. She is survived by sons Daren W., August D. and Anthony F.; daughters Tina L. and Anjanette L.; brother Richard; sisters Madeline, Eleanor and Annie; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waipahu. Casual attire.
Norma Fried, 76, of Makaha, died Nov. 14. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. Services: 5 p.m. Thursday at Makaha Surfing Beach.
Yoon Sik Kim, 67, of Honolulu, an owner of a plastic factory in Korea, died Thursday. He was born in Korea. He is survived by wife Se Jin, sons Woon Hyun and Woon Han, daughters Hee Sook Cho and Woon Ju Kang, brothers and sisters in Korea and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Shane Keala Mahoe, 29, of Waianae, a Fleming Foods employee, died Nov. 28. He was born in Kailua. He is survived by parents Harry Sr. and Gladys, brother Harry Jr. and sisters Jacqueline Mahoe and Hana Peahi. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary mauka chapel. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha attire.
Richard Aloha Mendiola, 68, of Las Vegas, formerly of Hilo, the owner of Pacific Masonry in Hilo, died July 28. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Mary; sons Claude K. Sr. and Shane L.; daughters Donna L.P. Galdeira, Marilyn K. Valasco and Haaheo K. and Victoria K.; brothers Robert and Philip; 18 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Inurnment: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Carmen Mokiao, 64, of Gardena, Calif., formerly of Naalehu, Hawaii, a retired Transamerica Insurance payroll manager, died Dec. 1 in Gardena, Calif. She was born in Pahala, Hawaii. She is survived by sisters Agapita Ignacio, Esther Lacro and Phyllis Kane; hanai brothers Burt Castro and Robert and Gilbert Ganzagan; and hanai sister Arlene Simmons. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Naalehu Sacred Heart Catholic Church and 10 a.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel in Hilo. Call after 6 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.
Tom Toichi "Fat Boy" Okuda, 73, of Kailua, a retired deputy director of the courts and chief sheriff for state of Hawaii, died Tuesday in Kailua. He is survived by wife Alice; daughter Tracy Okuda-Lim; sisters Alice Oishi, Aiko Muranaka and Sadae Uwahori; and one grandson. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Private inurnment. Casual attire.
Annie Haina O'Riley, 80, of Waipahu, died Tuesday. She was born in Oahu. She is survived by sons Cayetano Jr. and Lorenzo Pineda; stepdaughters Marian Meyer, Helen Costa and Ruth Torres; stepsons Fredrick O'Riley and Benjamin Macadangdang; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary makai chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Casual attire.
Lorenzo "Bud" Purcell Royle, 87, of Kailua, a retired welder, died Tuesday in Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He was born in Nebraska. He is survived by son Walter; daughter Marylan Gesler; stepsons John and Bruce McAllister; sister Delores Mortenson; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Faith Baptist Church, Kailua Road. Donations suggested to the Faith Baptist Church Building Fund.
Jessica Joy Haunani Santos, 35, of Honolulu, a Hawaiian Telephone Co. clerk, died Thursday. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by companion Bunji Mark Takaya; sons Jacob and Jacy Takaya; father Francis Santos; mother Iris Furuto; brother Stanley Santos; stepbrothers Paul, John, Patrick, Robert, Richard and Steven; and stepsister Helen. Services: 5 p.m. today at Nuuanu Congregational Church, 2651 Pali Highway. Burial: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Hawaiian Memorial Park.
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.