Juana Busto Batad, 77, of Honolulu died July 17 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Meliton Bagoyo, sons Meliton Bagoyo Jr. and Dwayne Conrad, daughters Shirley A. Batad-Labisores and Marilyn B. Canas, brother Conrado B. Busto, sister Maria B. Advincula, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary, 1330 Maunakea St. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2124 Pauoa Road. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples. Casual and aloha attire.
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Basalisa Armida Bulaoat, 82, of Lanai died July 18. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Pablito A.; daughters Concepcion B. Califlores, Lolita B. Magaoay and Soledad Sagasag; 29 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6-10 p.m. Friday at Lanai Filipino Clubhouse. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Lanai. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Lanai City Cemetery.
Ceferino Balbag Cadavona, 86, of Mililani, a retired Oahu Sugar Co. irrigation and masonry department employee and a Aloha Stadium maintenance crew supervisor, died last Tuesday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Angeles, sons William and Ceferino Jr., daughters Angelita Cadavona and Eileen Mitchell, sisters Nieves Balbag and Juanita Cascayan, 13 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grand- child. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual and aloha attire.
Gloria Jean Cantor, 46, of Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii, a Kona Beach Hotel PBX operator, died Wednesday in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Kona. She is survived by mother Marcella; brothers Andrew, Anthony and Edwin; and sisters Harriet Marquina and Dolly Primacio. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church in Kealakekua, Kona. Call after 9 a.m. Aloha attire.
The Rev. B. Ross Cleeland, 90, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a retired minister for the Presbyterian Church and the United Church of Christ, died June 29. He was born in Pittsburgh. He is survived by sons Byron "Hokulani" and Gene, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Lihue Christian Church on Kress Street. No flowers or monetary gifts. Donations suggested to a local church or charity.
Lazaro Gadingan Garabiles, 82, of Honolulu died Thursday. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Jose, Dominador, Lito and Fred; daughters Nieves Galapate, Maria Taligatos, Celia Galdones and Nida Centeno; sister Eulogia; 22 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Mass: 11:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Church, 2324 Omilo Lane. Burial: 1 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.
Miriam Elizabeth Gonzalez, 85, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died July 22. She was born in Pennsylvania. She is survived by husband Lt. Col. Ralph G., son Matthew D. and sister Emma Bannar. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire.
Alfred Masao Higa, 71, of Honolulu, a retired Fairway Electric Co. electrician, died July 19 in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Nancy N.; sons Alton M. and Shelton N.; daughter Liane E. Higa; brother George Y.; sisters Haruko Toyama, Lillian S. Ishihara, Rose S. Shimabukuro, Betty M. Sakamoto, Edna R. Wong and Donna M. Lee; and three grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers.
John Frank James, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Campbell and Waipahu High School teacher, died Friday. He was born in New Albany, Ind. He is survived by hanai son Jimmy Tieu and sisters Jamilah D. Pasha and Donita R. Fuller. Services: noon Saturday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Reception to follow. Aloha attire. No flowers. Donations suggested to St. Andrew's Cathedral or the American Cancer Society.
George Harold Johansen, 71, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Hilo, died Nov. 23, 2001, in Las Vegas. He was born in Haiti. He is survived by wife Isabelle, daughter Jessice Dauler and brother Herbert. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 in Hilo. Casual attire.
Arthur Kaikana, 82, of Hono-lulu, a retired St. Louis Drive Inn truck driver and custodian, died July 10. He is survived by brothers James and George; and sisters Mary Gallarde, Emma Alexander and Esther and Alice Kaikana. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Inurnment to follow at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Casual attire. No flowers.
Mele Vasiti Kanongata'a, 71, of Kahuku died last Tuesday. She was born in Tonga. She is survived by sons Siope, David, Sipelimani, Samuela and Mesui; daughters Luisa Mesui, Sela Tukuafu, Sulieti Prescott and Uini Sekona; brothers Semisi, Viliami and Tevita Hingano; sister Mele Tupou; and 31 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Laie Stake Center. Call after 6 p.m.
Fausto Motia Mindoro, 94, of Honolulu, a retired Diamond Head Memorial Park caretaker, died Friday in Hale Nani Nursing Home. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by daughter Mercedes Schmucker, brothers Pedro and Ernest, sisters Mary Pardon and Asuncion Galvin, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Dorothy "Dot" Wong Muller, 79, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died Wednesday in Liliha Healthcare Center. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by husband Richard L.; son Jerome "Jerry" "Kaumuali'i"; daughter Elvira "Lanani"; brothers Ernest, Henry and Kenneth Wong; and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Oahu Cemetery Chapel. Call after 10 a.m. Inurnment to follow at the cemetery.
April Ann Palisbo, 49, of Honolulu, died July 20. She was born in Wailuku. She is survived by son Joshua, daughter Christine Sagadraca, parents Victoriano and Manuela Sagadraca, sisters Marilyn Wallace and Carolyn Hulten, brother Edgar Sagadraca and grandmother Victoria Yanuaria. Services: 10:15 a.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples. Casual attire.
Olivia Mattos Soares, 86, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died July 21 in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by sons Tony and Clayton, daughters Loretta Garcia and Carol Mullins, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Graveside services: 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Janet Faith Stanko, 61, of Hilo, a retired manager for "The Estina" apartments in Beverly Hills, Calif., died July 26. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Bernard and Benjamin Burgo; stepson Daniel Stanko; parents Ismael C. and Lisa S. Flores; brother the Rev. Ismael; sisters Violet Wadkins, Judith Ater and Lucille Meek; five grandchildren; and four stepgrandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Valley of the Temples.
George Carreira Teves Jr., 70, of Kailua died last Tuesday in Kailua. He was born in Hono-lulu. He is survived by wife Margaret, son George III, daughter Cindy Olayer, brothers Wallace and Patrick, sisters Helen Silva and Rose Atyeo and two grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Thursday at the cemetery. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Leodolfo "Leo" Mingoy Verano, 81, of Ewa Beach, a retired Zippy's restaurant employee, died July 7. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by sons Jeoffrey, Gerry, Diony and Jesse; daughters Norma Viriyapunt, Lolita Manuel, Germa Valeriano, Nancy Verano and Gemma Pasion; 22 grand- children; and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Call after 6 p.m. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Ernest Tsuneo Watanabe, 91, of Aiea, a Watanabe Floral Inc. owner and founder, died Sunday. He was born in Paia, Maui. He is survived by wife Shizue; sons Wesley, Russell and Leland; daughters Louise Davis and Joanne and Susan Watanabe; sister Dorothy Kawamoto; 16 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Wake services: 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kalihi Stake Center, 1723 Beckley St. Additional services: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.
George Yutaka Yamanaka, 80, of Wahiawa died last Tuesday. He was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Carol, daughter Sara and sister Lorraine Andrade. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Call after 5:30 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.