Cresencio "Ching" Alalem, 61, of Kapaa, Kauai, a security officer at Freeman Guards Inc., died Thursday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by brothers Joseph and Timothy, and sisters Consuelo Carinio and Dolly Kama. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.Alipio M. Alvarado Sr., 87, of Kaumakani, Kauai, a retired irrigator at Olokele Sugar Co., died Friday in Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Alipio Jr., Romeo, Honorato, Nolan and Norvin; daughters Feme Alvarado and Donna Fernandez; 17 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at the Garden Island Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additonal services: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Episcopal Church, Eleele. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at Hanapepe Filipino Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. John's Episcopal Church or the American Cancer Society.
Jhosuke Asato, 89, of Honolulu, a retired auto mechanic at Asahi Service, died March 17 in Kailua Hospice. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by sons Hajime and Kenneth T., daughters Fujie Oshiro and Hisae Nakahodo, sisters Tomi Asato and Yoshiko Oshiro, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire.
Sue Ziskind Bailin, 88, of Honolulu, a retired secretary, died Friday. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by husband Herbert and daughter Amy. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
Fausto Felipe Bumagat, 54, of Keaau, Hawaii, died March 25 in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Imelda; sons Ryan and Ray; brothers Artemio Bumagat, Roque Visaya and Sotero Bumagat; sisters Jovencia Marquez and Estela Garcia; and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Keaau. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Hilo. Casual attire.
Basilio B. Cabato, 92, of Honolulu, died Saturday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Benjamin, Gary, Steven and Spencer; daughters Jean "Keikiali'i" Cabato-San-Filippo, Pauline "Lani" Hidalgo and Sandrina "Ilima" De-La-Cruz; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. Friday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Malio Gago, 39, of Ewa Beach, died March 21 in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by daughter Vaiolagi Confer, mother Palesoo, brothers Lowel and Faavae "Chris," and sister Joan. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Nazarene, Ewa Beach. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park, Pearl City. Casual attire. No flowers. Incorrect information was provided by the mortuary for an obituary published yesterday.
Selma Elf Green, 87, of Kihei, Maui, a retired dietician and homemaker, died Saturday in Hospice Maui. She was born in Whidbey Island, Wash. She is survived by sons Roy and Walter, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Hospice Maui.
Floreta "Puring" Llanesa Jose, 76, of Wahiawa, a retired Del Monte Corp. employee, died March 7. She was born in Waimanalo. She is survived by son Clemente Antonio, daughter Teresita Alzona, brothers Abelardo Llanesa and Andres Esteban, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary chapel. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Vernon Haines "Vern" Kam, 56, of Hilo, owner of Vern's Towing and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died Wednesday in Hilo Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Bronsen Kam and Alton Birgado; daughters Deidre and Verna; brothers Dennis Kam, Nathan Brown and Raymond Kaaihue; sister Eloise Heidenfeldt; and three grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at the Dodo Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Call again on Saturday after 8 a.m. at the mortuary chapel. Additional services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Burial to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Nancy Victor Kaonohi, 92, of Waimanalo died March 20. She was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She is survived by sons James K. Jr. and Clement K. Sr., daughters Genevieve L. Kamau'u and Kehau Tahauri, sister Pauline Gonzales, 25 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waimanalo Ward, 41-972 Oluolu St. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Harriet Piilani "Dolly" Zablan Lau, 85, of Waianae, a retired Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel employee after 29 years, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Joseph F.Y., daughters Sylvia "Nona" Muranaka and Aileen Anjo, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at the Diamond Head Memorial Park Mortuary chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Additional services: 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Adriano Macalma Macalma, 76, of Honolulu, a pipe installer for the Philippine government, died March 10. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Visita; sons Jaime, Orlando and Dominic; daughters Nida Agullana, Janet Daduyo, Josephine Bongolan, Mary J. Tan, Maybel Roque and Yolanda Asuncion; brothers Benito and Federico; sisters Isabel Padamada, Francisca Padamada and Pilipinas Macalma; 23 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of the Mount Church. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Call after 8 a.m. Interment: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park.
Eva Moniz, 88, of Waipahu died March 26. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by husband Theodore "Ted," sons Theodore R. and Clarence, brothers Manuel Perreira and John Perreira, and four grandchildren. Mass: noon Friday at St. Joseph Church. Call after 10:30 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Raymond Rodrigues Sr., 44, of Hilo, a musician with Alex Riviera and his Serenaders, died March 21 in Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Peggy Velez; son Raymond Jr.; daughter Rayeann; mother Helen; brothers David J. Pacheco and Lionel Rodrigues; and sisters Davelyn Acasia, Doreen Shibuya and Charmaine Silva Jr. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Glad Tidings Church, 116 Kapiolani St., Hilo. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Roseline Rosina Haumea Lanai Ekau Macomber Smith, 88, of Kailua-Kona, a homemaker, died March 22 in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in Kahaluu, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Richardson K. Sr. and Delbert L., hanai son Gordon Yeaman, daughters Adeline Lewi and Bertha K. Rivera, brothers James Macomber Jr. and James Leleiwi, sister Rose Alapai, 39 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Helani Congregational Church, Keauhou-Mauka. Call after 9 a.m. Inurnment to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ponciano Adaoag "Mariano" Soriano, 94, of Wahiawa died March 20. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lorina; sons Ponciano Jr. and Jayar; daughters Pupaia Hunkin, Susan Delgado, Sallie Milne and Shirley Earles; brothers Isidoro and Domingo; sisters Rosal Galanza and Hemina Hambaro; and numerous grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
George Hiroto Sunahara, 69, of Kaneohe died March 15 at home. He was born in Wahiawa. He is survived by wife Elaine; sons Bryan, Stephen and Wayne; mother Natsuyo Ikkanda; brothers Harry and Eddie; sisters Flo Sato, Nancy Shibuya and Diane Sunahara; and five grandchildren. Private services.
Fred Sadao Takara Sr., 81, of Honolulu, a retired assistant manager at the Niu Valley Times Super Market, died March 22. He was born in Kainaule, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Jean M.; son Fred S.; daughters Cynthia Y. Sumimoto, Sharon H. Takara and Noreen M.T. Chun; and sister Margaret U. Uyehara. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
Ethel Tomiko Teruya, 77, of Honolulu, a retired sales associate at Sears Roebuck and Co., died Saturday at home. She was born in Waipio, Hawaii. She is survived by husband George, sons Dudley Mori and Keith Teruya, daughter Renee Augenstein, brother Takeo Isa, sisters Grace Miyasato and Harriet Urcia, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Paulina C. Tumbaga, 83, of Aiea died March 13. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Teodoro Domingo; daughters Florentina Gamiao, Josepha Domingo and Edna Sabalburo; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Additional services: noon Saturday at St. Elizabeth Church. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dorothy Natsuko Yanagi, 84, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, a retired restaurant and hotel cook, died Friday in St. Francis Hospice-Puiwa. She was born in Paauilo-Mauka, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Horace Sr.; sons Welsy, Carl and Horace Jr.; daughters Janet Yanagi and Ruth Kam; brothers Jack Kameda and Larry Kameda; sisters Kay Segawa and Ruth Soppa; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Sunday at the Kona Hongwanji Mission. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire.
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.