Sheila Luke Akana, 68, of Kaneohe, a retired Kapunahala Elementary School teacher's aide, died Tuesday at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Bernard, daughters Denise Akana and Sheldeen Peneku, sister Sherry Ponce, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Casual attire.Chiyoko Arizumi, 86, of Honolulu, died April 23. She was born in Umauma, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Norman and Lloyd, daughters Margaret Arizumi and Karen Sekiya, brothers Kiyoshi and Sadami Deai, sister Hisako Hashimoto and two grandchildren. Private services.
John Joseph Bruton, 94, of Kailua, a U.S. Army staff sergeant who served in World War II, died April 21 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in New York City. He is survived by wife Vera, daughter Barbara Fuller, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church in Waimanalo. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services: 3 p.m. next Monday at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
John Hon Chang, 82, of Honolulu, a retired chemical engineer for the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, died Thursday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret, daughters June Chang and Carol Chang-Phelps, and two grandchildren. No services. Donations suggested to St. Peters Episcopal Church, 1317 Queen Emma St., Honolulu 96817.
Brendan Philip Chee, 18, of Honolulu, died April 25 in St. Francis-West Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Philip and Brenda, brother Bryan, sister Jocelyn and grandparents Fedor and Anna May Brandt. Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Star of the Sea Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Casual attire.
Grace "Gracie" Hemenway, 63, of Honolulu, died April 25 in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Charles Jr.; daughters Dora Baldwin, Charlynn Chock, Tina Iha and Cindy Hussey; brothers Alexander A. and Wesley R. Hussey; sisters Diana Ysabel, Lauwae H. Len, Nona Fuller and Kathy Book; and eight grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tabernacle, 1560 S. Beretania St. Call after 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial to follow at Pauoa Hawaiian Cemetery. Casual attire. No flowers.
Eloise Kapuakomela McInerny Hulse, 80, of Honolulu, a First Hawaiian Bank escrow officer, died Wednesday in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son Michael M., daughter Marillyn H. Thompson, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Mass: 1 p.m. Thursday at Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Call after 11:30 a.m. Private burial. Casual attire. No flowers.
Howard Hide Kawakone, 87, of Honolulu, a retired Palama Settlement maintenance employee, died April 22 in Reno, Nev. He was born in Hamakua, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Kenneth and Calvin, daughter Florence Haley, sister Kiyoko Tomari, one grandchild and one great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Committal services and inurnment: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Guy Isao Kokubun, 49, of Pearl City, a plumber, died Friday in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughters Brandi and Britney, mother Nancy "Hana," brothers Mark and Dean, sisters Colleen Hawkins and Teri Ann Handa, mother of his children Manette and one grandchild. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Honolulu Bible Church, 1844 Palolo Ave.
Clara Kamako Lau, 81, of Aiea, a retired Loui Poi Shop owner, died Saturday at home. She was born in Wainaku, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Gordon, Richard, Gregory, Roy, Theodore and Robert; daughter Colleen Fergerstrom; brothers Seiyu "Ernest" and Masato Nakaza; sisters Jane Aki, Sadako Lum and Shirley Yamashiro; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 1 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Toyoko Hashimoto Mukai, 85, of Hilo, a retired florist, died Friday at home. She was born in Honomu, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Victor and Leonard, daughters Lauren Tsuchida and Laura Ota, brother Shigeyuki Hashimoto, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Holy Cross, 440 W. Lanikaula St., Hilo. Call after 2 p.m. Private burial. Casual attire.
Esther Shizue Shiraishi, 68, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died April 23 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. She was born in Hanapepe, Kauai. She is survived by husband Richard H., sons Michael and Jeffrey, daughter Sandra, brother Wallace Momohara and sisters Edith "Deko" Ko, Faye Honjo, Verna Jim and Linda and Janice Momohara. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Cremation to follow. Casual attire. No flowers.
William B. Simpson, 79, of Aiea, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard resource management specialist, died Thursday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Priscilla V., son William "Bill" III, daughter Karen Raley, sisters Betty Cesarini and Patsy Santos, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. No flowers.
Fiatamapu Su'e, 78, of Honolulu, died April 27 in Honolulu. She was born in Aua, American Samoa. She is survived by sons Tamoto, Alafoti, Kifi, Peniamina, Tavita, Ioanatana, Ulisese and Thomas; daughters Milovale, Tuina, Faapaia, Faiumu, Leafa, Vaosilika and Colleen; 34 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ierusalema Fou Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Honolulu. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.
Henry J. Takata, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard employee, died Tuesday in Honolulu. He was born in Kealia, Kauai. He is survived by wife Nancy; son Alton; daughters Denise Yoshida, Laura Lincoln and Donna Kanetake; sisters Sue Makanani and Norma Senda; and five grandchildren. Private services.
Robert Shigeo Tsuha, 68, of Kaneohe, a retired farmer, died April 23 in Castle Medical Center. He was born in Kahaluu, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Charlotte A., sons Scott and Aaron, brother Thomas and sisters Chiyoko Aniya and Mabel Yonamine. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Alfred Kaleikahua Akau Wong Sr., 85, of Honolulu, a retired University of Hawaii fiscal officer, died April 25 in Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born in Kau, Hawaii. He is survived by sons Alfred Jr., Gaylord and Deric; daughters Joycelyn Yim, Arlene Hurley and Melva M. Wong; sisters Jane Ishii and Flossie Shiroma; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples. Aloha 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.